Automobile Insurance
Policyholder's Coverage Suit Can Proceed Where He Sufficiently Identified Claim against Insurer in His Bankruptcy Case, Court Rules
A federal district court in Pennsylvania has rejected an insurance carrier's "judicial estoppel" argument and ruled that a policyholder sufficiently had identified a coverage claim against his insurance carrier in his bankruptcy case, thus allowing him to assert the claim against the insurer in a lawsuit he filed after he had received his bankruptcy discharge. Read More

Automobile Insurance
In Out-of -State Accident Case, Appeals Court Finds that Policy's Extraterritorial Clause Referred Only to Other State's Financial Responsibility Law, Not Its UIM Limits
A Wisconsin appellate court has ruled that an extraterritorial clause in an automobile insurance policy issued in Montana referred only to Wisconsin's financial responsibility law, not to the rules regarding the minimum amounts and types of coverage required to use Wisconsin's roads. Read More

Homeowners Insurance
Court Dismisses Homeowners' Force-Place Insurance Claims under RESPA and the FDCPA
A federal district court in Alabama has dismissed two homeowners' force-place insurance-related claims against a lender and mortgage servicer under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Read More

Personal Lines
Policyholder's Request for Insurer's Personnel Info, Including Bonus Awards, is Upheld in Bad Faith Case
A federal district court in California has rejected an insurance carrier's objections to a policyholder's request for personnel data, including performance rating and bonus information, in a bad faith case, finding that the request was "not overly broad, unduly burdensome, vague, or ambiguous," and that the insurer's confidentiality and proprietary concerns, and its concerns about its employees' privacy, had been addressed by a confidentiality agreement it had signed with the policyholder. Read More