Brett Carey | Insurance Journal Bad faith litigation has long posed both legal and reputational risks for insurers operating in Florida. With the enactment in 2023 of House Bill 837—a sweeping tort-reform measure—there are important changes to how insurers and their claims professionals must approach liability and settlement practices. While these reforms offer clearer guidance… Continue reading Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know
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Fourth DCA Reverses Jury Verdict Due to Improper Admission of Claims Handling and Bad Faith Evidence
Tiffany Bustamante and Stephanie Roman | Cozen O’Connor In Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Naze, No. 4D2024-0098 (Fla. 4th DCA June 4, 2025), the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a jury verdict in favor of the insured, holding that the trial court improperly admitted irrelevant and unduly prejudicial evidence of claims handling in… Continue reading Fourth DCA Reverses Jury Verdict Due to Improper Admission of Claims Handling and Bad Faith Evidence
Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know
Brett Carey | Rumberger Kirk Bad faith litigation has long posed both legal and reputational risks for insurers operating in Florida. With the enactment in 2023 of House Bill 837—a sweeping tort-reform measure—there are important changes to how insurers and their claims professionals must approach liability and settlement practices. While these reforms offer clearer guidance… Continue reading Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know
Louisiana Governor Vetoes Bill Limiting Bad Faith Lawsuits Against Insurers
Ezra Amacher | Claims Journal Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry vetoed a bill last week that would have limited bad faith lawsuits against insurers, a move that raised criticism from the insurance industry. SB 111, sponsored by Sen. Alan Seabaugh, R-Many, intended to bring clarity to when claimants could bring bad faith personal or bodily injury… Continue reading Louisiana Governor Vetoes Bill Limiting Bad Faith Lawsuits Against Insurers
Insurer’s Use of Conflicting Reports Not Bad Faith, Says Court
Paul Ferland and Joshua Tumen | Property Insurance Law Observer In El Dueno, LLC v. Mid-Century Insurance Company (2025 WL 1540329) (10th Cir. 2025)), the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgement on behalf of the insurer on the basis that the insurer did not act in bad faith when it denied the insured’s claim based… Continue reading Insurer’s Use of Conflicting Reports Not Bad Faith, Says Court