MARCH 2016 BAD FAITH CASES: NO BAD FAITH IN CASE WHERE PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURER COVERED SUMS IT ALLOCATED TO INSURANCE BAD FAITH CLAIMS AGAINST ITS INSURED – A LIABILITY INSURER – BUT DID NOT COVER SUMS ALLOCATED TO UNCOVERED BREACH OF CONTRACT AND PUNITIVE DAMAGE CLAIMS (Philadelphia Federal)

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In United National Insurance Company v. Indian Harbor Insurance Company, the insured was itself an insurance company, which had been sued for bad faith (Insurer-1). …

MAY 2014 BAD FAITH CASES: THIRD CIRCUIT (1) UPHOLDS DISCOVERY RULINGS THAT RESERVES AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH REINSURER WERE NOT DISCOVERABLE; (2) REITERATES THAT INSURER IS NOT OBLIGATED TO MAKE PARTIAL PAYMENTS ON A DISPUTED CLAIM; AND (3) FINDS NO BAD FAITH IN INSURER NOT ALTERING ITS ORIGINAL POSITION BASED ON ITS FIRST EXPERT’S VALUATION – DESPITE A SUBSEQUENT HIGHER VALUATION BY ITS SECOND EXPERT– PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE APPRAISAL PROCESS (Third Circuit)

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In Mirarchi v. Seneca Specialty Insurance Company, the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court’s judgment in the carrier’s favor on a fire loss claim. The…