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Goldberg Segalla

Navigating the Time-Limited Policy Limits Demand: Best Practices for Insurers and Defense Counsel

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In the evolving landscape of insurance litigation, the time-limited, policy limits demand has emerged as a high-stakes challenge for insurers, defense counsel, and claims professionals alike. These demands – often issued...more

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog

Strength in Numbers—The Class Actions Strategy for Insurance Claims

When wildfires, floods or other disasters strike, multiple policyholders can be affected in similar ways. But historically, each policyholder would take on their insurance company alone—a tough task, especially for individual...more

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Texas Supreme Court Reaffirms Procedure for Litigating Bad Faith Claims in UM/UIM Cases

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In In Re State Farm Automobile Insurance Co. and Lindsey Nicole Dessart, 712 S.W.3d 53 (Tex. 2025), the Texas Supreme Court clarified the proper procedure for litigating bad faith claims related to uninsured/underinsured...more

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[Webinar] Time-Limited, Policy Limits Demand: Critical Issues Facing Insurers When Settling Third-Party Liability Claims - July...

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Join Goldberg Segalla partners Brady Yntema and Jeff Matty for an interactive webinar discussing critical issues facing insurers when presented with a time-limited, policy-limits demand to settle third-party liability claims...more

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[Webinar] Practical and Tactical Approach to Good Faith Claims Handling in the Current Bad Faith Environment - March 22nd, 12:00...

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Bad faith is a continuum and must be considered from claims stage to trial. Insurance law veterans Thomas F. Segalla and Colleen M. Murphy will help you understand tools and potential solutions to the challenges faced by...more

Payne & Fears

Policyholders Should Be Skeptical of Coverage Denials, Court of Appeal Warns

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On May 5, 2023, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District released a policyholder-friendly decision reiterating the importance of an insurer’s duty to defend. The case also is a reminder to policyholders to...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

More Stringent California Claim Law Could Benefit Policyholders

To combat a perceived litigation tactic by plaintiffs counsel of using settlement demands within policy limits to set up insurers for bad faith, insurance company associations lobbied for statutory clarification to avoid...more

Cozen O'Connor

Defending Institutional Bad Faith Claims, Part II – Focusing on Plausibility

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In Part I of this series, we discussed institutional bad faith and best practices for insurers to minimize the risk of these costly and intrusive lawsuits. In Part II, we will focus on cutting discovery off at the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

The Ramifications of a Less-Than-Thorough Investigation

An insurance carrier has declined to defend a claim asserted against its insured, arguably without meeting its obligation to investigate the claim. For whatever reason — a change in personnel, loss of a file, or some other...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Butler Quarterly - Winter 2017

Two recent federal cases highlight the challenges practitioners face in presenting expert claims handling testimony in bad faith litigation under the Daubert standard. In the first case, a court excluded such expert testimony...more

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