Federal Court Splits North Carolina Hurricane Insurance Claims November 15, 2023 By Insurance Journal staff A North Carolina investment firm and its property insurer have each won partial victories in a dispute over hurricane insurance...
Fla. Supreme Ct. Rejects Offset from Jury Award for $4M Paid to Settle Bad Faith Claims November 3, 2023 By Jim Sams Randy Willoughby’s lawyers turned a $10,000 uninsured motorist policy into a $4 million bad-faith settlement with his auto insurer. Then...
Viewpoint: Florida Begins New Era with Major Property Insurance Reforms December 22, 2022 By John Dickenson and Chad Pasternack For the fourth time since 2019, the Florida Legislature has enacted property insurance reforms aimed towards stabilizing a beleaguered insurance...
Ky. Supreme Court Overturns Jury Verdict in Bad-Faith Claim December 21, 2022 By William Rabb Cincinnati Insurance Co. dodged a $4.6 million judgment last week when the Kentucky Supreme Court found that a trial judge...
Neb. Supreme Court: Contractors with Assigned Benefits Can’t File Bad-Faith Claims October 18, 2022 By Jim Sams A restoration contractor that had been assigned benefits by a policyholder cannot pursue a bad faith claim against an insurer...
Bankruptcy Court Ruling Secures $93M in Additional Coverage for Refinery Owners December 20, 2021 By Jim Sams The owner of a Philadelphia refinery that was shut down after a June 2019 explosion secured at least $93 million...
Pennsylvania Court Awards Summary Judgment to Insurer Accused of Bad Faith April 27, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania awarded summary judgment to an insurer accused...
Ohio Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Insurer in Sex Harassment Case January 3, 2018 By Denise Johnson Last month, a federal judge in Ohio’s Northern District Court ruled in favor of Zurich American Insurance Company, granting the...
Federal Judge Rejects $1M Lawyer Fees in $125K Bad Faith Case September 7, 2017 By Denise Johnson A lawyer’s request for more than $1 million in attorneys’ fees was rejected by a federal judge in Pennsylvania. Bernie...
Georgia Court Rejects Bad Faith Claim Citing Insurer’s Lack of Consent to Settlement April 27, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson The Georgia Supreme Court denied an insured’s bad faith claim against its insurer for its refusal to pay a settlement...