Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | August 19, 2019 Crawford has acknowledged that the insurance industry it serves is not living up to its good faith claims obligation in a recent publication. Here is the confession about the 2017 Hurricane season which it reported in Today’s Large & Complex Claims Landscape: Preparing for the… Continue reading Insurance Claim Payment Delay Following Expected Disasters is Epidemic
Tag: Good Faith
Insurance Companies Must Perform in Good Faith Regardless of Their Customer’s Imperfect Actions
Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | September 21, 2018 Insurance companies routinely argue for immunity from their wrongful actions because acts of their customers are not perfect following a loss. Policyholders are not claims specialists. Policyholders generally are not in the insurance claims business much less the civil litigation business which the… Continue reading Insurance Companies Must Perform in Good Faith Regardless of Their Customer’s Imperfect Actions
Claims Handling Requirements by State – California
Robert Trautmann | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | February 21, 2018 As I am writing this blog, most of the country is in the middle of a deep freeze. Here in New Jersey, the forecast doesn’t show any signs of warming up: So naturally, my mind turned to more temperate climates and so today… Continue reading Claims Handling Requirements by State – California
“My Bad, I Thought It Was in Good Faith” is Not Good Enough – Contractor Ordered to Pay Prompt Payment Penalties
David A. Harris and Jesse M. Sullivan | Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP | January 15, 2016 Retention clauses are almost always included in California construction contracts and permit an Owner to withhold a portion of what is owed to the General Contractor as security to ensure the proper completion of the work. General Contractors… Continue reading “My Bad, I Thought It Was in Good Faith” is Not Good Enough – Contractor Ordered to Pay Prompt Payment Penalties
Can Insurers Sue for ‘Reverse Bad Faith’?
Robert d. Helfand | Carlton Fields Jorden Burt | December 4, 2015 The insurance relationship is contractual, but when policyholders claim insurers failed to honor their obligations, they typically invoke the tort of “bad faith.” When courts try to explain this anomaly, they cite features of insurance making it uniquely important that parties respect each… Continue reading Can Insurers Sue for ‘Reverse Bad Faith’?