A recent article authored by the national publication Claims Journal cites the “shock waves” reverberating in the insurance industry in the wake of a court decision addressing liability in a bad-faith matter. The Journal states that an appellate court decision from a...
Millions Of Dollars Recovered
For Bad Faith Insurance Denials
Month: January 2019
Did you ever think you might need earthquake insurance?
After living in Oklahoma for years, it probably surprised you when earthquakes began happening on a somewhat regular basis. Oklahomans know how to deal with tornadoes, hailstorms and other violent weather, but when it comes to the ground shaking without warning, it's...
Insurer continues to take heat in wake of volcanic Hawaii blast
Hawaii’s huge Kilauea volcano violently erupted last year. The wake of that cataclysmic event has spawned continuous seismic activity, both natural and human-based. We touch upon the latter in today’s blog post. We referenced Kilauea’s tirade in our July 31, 2018,...
Insurance bad faith: a broad umbrella of possibilities
Some insurance law attorneys work exclusively and diligently on behalf of policyholders dealing with problematic insurers concerning virtually every type of coverage matter. For many individuals and families, their insurance disputes spotlight issues relevant to...
State regulators: we’re not putting up with this insurer’s conduct
“[C]harging consumers for policies that they weren’t even aware of.” That insurer’s deplorable conduct was spotlighted by industry regulators in one state recently. We referenced the matter in our January 8 blog post, and turn to the key details of that story in...
Bad faith writ large: Where did that insurance policy come from?
There are many fascinating – yet, for policyholders, disconcerting and too often tragic – stories in the annals of insurance companies’ bad-faith conduct toward consumers. We have spotlighted many of them on our pro-policyholders’ insurance law blog at the tenured...