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Cozen O'Connor

Defending Institutional Bad Faith Claims, Part I – A Primer on Institutional Bad Faith

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Broadly speaking, there are two types of bad faith claims that may be alleged against an insurance company - traditional or non-institutional bad faith, and institutional bad faith. For the former, a policyholder would seek...more

Perkins Coie

South Carolina Attorney-Client Privilege Ruling Is a Gift to Insurers

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As Law360 recently reported, the South Carolina Supreme Court delivered a gift to insurers facing bad faith claims in that state. The court determined that, where a policyholder brings a bad faith claim against its insurer...more

Butler Snow LLP

Bad Faith Insurance Defense and Reliance on Advice of Counsel

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In Mississippi, for a plaintiff to recover punitive damages against an insurance company for bad faith refusal to pay a claim or to fulfill an obligation existing under the terms of an insurance policy, the insured must be...more

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