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SC Appeals Court: Insurer’s Bad Faith Meant Award Was 10X Policy Limit

Jose Castillo didn’t ask his insurance company to defend him from a lawsuit that alleged his shoddy construction caused millions of dollars in water damage to a townhouse project, so his insurer didn’t provide a defense. That turned out to …

Florida High Court: Citizens Immune from First-Party Bad Faith Claims

In Citizens Property Ins. Corp. v. Perdido Sun Condominium Ass’n, Inc., 164 So.3d 663 (Fla. 2015), the Florida Supreme Court held that Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, a state-created entity that provided property insurance, was immune from liability for statutory first-party …

Georgia Supreme Court Sides with XL Specialty in Barring Bad Faith Claim

The Georgia Supreme Court denied an insured’s bad faith claim against its insurer for its refusal to pay a settlement because the insured settled on the amount without the consent of the insurer that was required by the policy. A …