Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defending Bad Faith Claims
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Insurance Implications of the California Consumer Privacy Act
Applying Montana state law, the United States District Court for the District of Montana has held that an insurer has no duty to interplead its policy limits to satisfy claims by multiple competing claimants and did not...more
If you’ve received a settlement check from an insurance company after a car accident, property damage claim, or injury settlement, you might be wondering: how long is an insurance check good for? While holding onto it for a...more
The Fair Claims Settlement Practice Regulations set forth the relevant time limits for claims handling responses and determinations. The most important time limits are: 15 days to acknowledge receipt of claim (10 Cal. Code...more
The Eleventh Circuit’s decision in Kinsale Insurance Company v. Pride of St. Lucie Lodge 1189, Inc., -- F.4th ----, 2025 WL 1142094 (11th Cir. Apr. 18, 2025), has significant implications for the good faith standard...more
Insurers are frequently asked to satisfy their duty of good faith and fair dealing by entertaining reasonable settlement offers within the combined limits of the policies. However, primary and excess insurers do not always...more
Parties to a lawsuit may have vastly different perspectives on the validity and value of a claim, but as a matter of course, the issue of settlement will arise. Trial is an exceedingly expensive endeavor with an uncertain...more
A little more than one year after Progressive scored a bad faith win in Eres v. Progressive American Ins. Co., 998 F.3d 1273 (11th Cir. 2021), Progressive came away with another victory in Deary v. Progressive American Ins....more
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently released two opinions involving multiple liability claims against an insured with insufficient policy limits. Both cases involved appeals from summary judgment orders in bad...more