The purpose of this article is to study the various statutes concerning first-party, excess-liability in an effort to compose a model act. The primary issues affecting this problem are two-fold: First, what type of extra-contract damages should be available (e.g., attorney fees, litigation ...
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the litigation or settle- ment.38 Where the insurer is under a duty to act, its failure to act mightgive rise to liability based on negligence.39 Negligence on the part of the insurer is not sufficientto establish the tort of first Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Broadway Arms Corp., ...
The next edition of this column discussesinsurance issues for "third-party" liability risks associated with e-commerce activities. There is a discussion of the gaps in traditional liability policies for such risks, how the new e-commerce liability policies respond to them, and how insureds are r...
of developments that impact the insurance industry. The Property Insurance Law Observer will survey court decisions, enacted or proposed legislation, and regulatory activities from all 50 states. We will also include commentary on current issues and developing trends of interest to first-party insurers...
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摘要: Over the past several decades jurisdictions throughout the United States have been addressing the issue of whether an extra-contractual cause of action arises when an insurance company fails to honor an insured's claim of loss—whether it be a third party...
many of whom will not be used to collecting and handling such a volume of customer data. There is a distinct worry that staff will be improperly trained in how to collect and handle customer contact information, and the rush for businesses to adopt third party applications...
First-Party Insurance Bad Faith Liability: Law, Theory, and Economic Consequences he idea that insurers should be penalized for unfair claim settlement practices involving fi rst-party insurance coverage is a relatively recent development in the long history of insurance law. Today, many states allow...
An important issue in the design of automobile insurance no-fault laws is the extent to which medical expenses are covered by first party personal injury protection (PIP) coverage, rather than individual or group first party health insurance. Most state no-fault laws make PIP coverage primary and...