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Cozen O'Connor

Alleged Bad Faith Failure to Advise Policyholder of Consequences of Settlement Conduct Causes Insurer to Settle $22 Million...

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Progressive recently settled a bad faith lawsuit with the guardians of a child injured in a car accident driven by a Progressive policyholder, Earl Lloyd. Progressive faced liability for an underlying judgment in excess of...more

White and Williams LLP

California Federal Court Rules Excess Policy Not Triggered by Underlying Insurers’ Payment of Uncovered Loss

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On Monday, November 16, 2018, in AXIS Reinsurance Company v. Northrop Grumman Corporation, Case No. 17-8660 (C.D. Cal.), a federal district court in California ruled that an excess fiduciary liability insurer did not owe...more

Carlton Fields

Fifth Circuit Reverses Mississippi District Court’s Interpretation of “Ambiguous” Language to Nullify Defense Within Limits...

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Insurance policies that include the cost of defending a particular claim or action within the policy’s limit of liability, often referred to as “burning,” “eroding,” or “defense within” limits policies, are common in the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Insured May Bear the Consequences of Insurer’s Negligence

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For decades, California courts have mandated that an insurer is obligated to accept a “reasonable” settlement demand within policy limits on behalf of its insured. If it fails to do so, it is liable for the entire judgment,...more

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