Long Term Care Insurers Settle Class Action Lawsuit For $15M Two insurers have agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged bad faith insurance practices over their long term care insurance policies. Hundreds of Missourians had sued the insurance companies for raising their premiums on long term care insurance without notice, but over 1,600 will benefit. → Read More
AAJ Report Details How Insurance Companies Deny & Delay Claims The American Association of Justice (AAJ) has released a report which highlights bad faith insurance practices by some of the nation’s largest insurers. It is entitled Tricks Of The Trade: How Insurance Companies Deny, Delay, Confuse and Refuse. → Read More
Allstate Policyholder Awarded $8.2M in Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuit A Florida Allstate policyholder didn’t feel as though he was ‘in good hands’ and sued the insurer for bad faith insurance practices after it refused to pay his claim. The result was an $8.2 million jury verdict against the insurer – with another $100,000 at stake. → Read More
Texas Insurance Dept Fines Capitol County Mutual for Bad Faith The Texas Department of Insurance has fined the Capitol County Mutual Fire Insurance Company for misrepresenting insurance policies and for treating policyholders in bad faith after Hurricane Rita hit the Texas coast in 2005. → Read More
Insurance Companies Make Money By Not Paying Your Claim We’ve all seen the television ads showing insurance agents meeting their policyholders at the seen of an auto accident at 3 a.m. and getting their claim paid the next day. While that actually may happen, the truth is that those situations are the exception and not rule’ because insurance companies make money by not paying your claim. → Read More
Jury Finds Texas Mutual Guilty Of Bad Faith Insurance Practices A Texas jury recently found that Texas Mutual Insurance Company acted in bad faith after it failed to provide medical records to the doctor of a workers’ compensation recipient and violated the Texas Insurance Code. → Read More
CT Auto Repair Shop Awarded $15M Due To Hartford Insurance Co’s Bad Faith Insurance Practices A Stamford Connecticut jury awarded an auto body repair shop a whopping $15 million after it sued The Hartford Financial Services Group (The Hartford) for unfair trade practices because the insurer attempted to control all aspects of car repairs’ something that long time State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says cannot happen. → Read More
California Man Wins Bad Faith Insurance Lawsuit against Atlantic Mutual A California man with commendable aspirations recently won a bad faith insurance lawsuit against the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company after the insurer simply ignored his claim regarding a gym accident that left him a quadriplegic. → Read More
Bad Faith Auto Insurance Practices Lead To $55M AZ Jury Verdict Against MetLife An Arizona jury recently ordered insurance giant MetLife to pay an Arizona couple over $55 million for refusing to cover an automobile claim. The majority of the verdict represents punitive damages against the insurer for bad faith insurance practices. → Read More
Are there any disability benefits controlled at the state level? Most disability programs, like Social Security disability insurance, are run on the federal level. However, there are a few states that offer their own disability benefits programs specific to residents of their jurisdiction. → Read More
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