How has Covid-19 affected the number of bad faith opinions issued?

From April through August 2020, we’ve posted 51 times on the Bad Faith Blog. Subtracting four posts during that time focusing solely on covid-19 issues without mentioning bad faith, there are 47 posts over this five month period. During the same five month time-period in 2019, we had 49 posts. In 2018 it was 54 posts, and in 2017 it was 55 posts. In short, as of yet, we have not seen a significant decline in opinion writing on bad faith insurance claims during the Covid-19 pandemic.

We also note that the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Insurance Bad Faith Case Law Blog reached 1,700 posts this month, since our first post in June 2006.