This CLE webinar will discuss proving or defending bad faith claims based on the use of algorithms or "insurtech" to establish totaled vehicle valuation. The panel will review potential claims as well as recent cases raising these issues. Read More

This CLE course will offer insurance counsel strategies for protecting confidential communications and preserving the attorney-client privilege. The panel will discuss waiver and exceptions to the privilege, the interplay with reinsurance and reporting to reinsurers, the tripartite relationship, the... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss wrongful insurance policy cancellation leading to bad faith, policyholder rights and remedies, and insurer perspectives. The program will also offer possible solutions if an insurer refuses to renew coverage in retaliation for the policyholder's successfully enforcing i... Read More

This CLE course will discuss claims for insurer bad faith liability from the use of artificial intelligence in underwriting and claims investigation, adjusting, denial, and settlement. The program will discuss the basis for bad faith claims, novel legal issues, and current cases. Read More

This CLE course will discuss the rights and obligations of the policyholder and the insurance company regarding settlements and the company's liability for verdicts in excess of policy limits. Read More

This CLE course will examine how and when an insurer is liable for the malpractice of defense counsel that an insurer selected to represent its policyholder. The panel will also address when retained counsel's malpractice may lead to claims for extra-contractual bad faith damages. The program will a... Read More

This CLE course will discuss unique discovery requests that arise when a policyholder argues that its insurer's investigation and subsequent denial of its claim was arbitrary, capricious, and undertaken "in bad faith." The webinar will cover what information to request, how to request the informatio... Read More

This CLE course will discuss strategies for using claims handling experts in various types of bad faith insurance cases, including first party property, underinsured/uninsured motorist and excess liability claims, as well as expert qualifications, the admissibility of their testimony concerning lega... Read More

This CLE course will offer guidance to counsel bringing or defending bad faith claims alleging the insurer's inadequate or inappropriate investigation of complex claims. The panel will review what makes an investigation inappropriate, special issues involving coverage denial or reservation of rights... Read More

This CLE webinar will offer insight into the rights of insurers and reinsurers regarding their "right-to-associate" and "claim control" rights and the consequences of invoking them. The panel will discuss what these rights mean, potential bad faith liability that can arise, how reinsurers can waive... Read More

This CLE webinar will examine how counsel for insurers can recognize when a third-party plaintiff attempts to "setup" the insurer for a bad faith claim. The panel will address what insurers can do to avoid this trap, counterclaims, and relevant affirmative defenses based on the plaintiff's fraudulen... Read More

This CLE course will discuss how an insurer's duty to settle may be impacted by two difficult but recurring situations: (1) when multiple claimants are competing for insufficient policy limits against an insured, and (2) when claimants from a single occurrence will release fewer than all of multiple... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss whether the attorney-client privilege is being eroded in bad faith litigation. The panel will review the tripartite nature of attorney-client privilege among the insurer, the insured, and the attorney representing the insured. The program will discuss who controls the p... Read More

This CLE course will discuss the challenges and complications for insurers from rescinding an insurance policy and how a policyholder can effectively respond if the insurer attempts to rescind its policy after a covered claim is made. The panel will review addressing rescission for statutorily requi... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss strategies for discovering policyholders' communications with their legal counsel, including counsel's work product. The program will review which states have weakened or destroyed insurers' testimonial and work product privileges, the severe consequences of treating co... Read More

This CLE course will guide counsel in responding to time-limited demands for payment of the policy limits without drawing a claim for bad faith. The panel will discuss controlling law and statutes, requests that do and do not trigger insurer obligations, safe harbors that may excuse a response, and... Read More

This CLE webinar will guide counsel through the duties and rights between primary and excess carriers, the primary carrier's potential for extracontractual damages to the excess insurer, and the potential for the excess insurer to incur extracontractual damages for breaching its duties to the primar... Read More

This CLE webinar will discuss an insurance company's duty to know the law, the duty to explain denial of claims, what an adequate and proper claim denial looks like, how these duties affect the assertion of privilege, and how to stem erosion of evidentiary privileges in bad faith litigation. Read More

This CLE course will guide insurance counsel on steps to protect confidential communications and preserve the attorney-client privilege. The panel will discuss waiver and exceptions to the privilege, the interplay with reinsurance and reporting to reinsurers, the tripartite relationship, the role of... Read More

This CLE course will discuss what options exist when the insurer and policyholder disagree over how to resolve third-party liability, with an emphasis on the conditions under which a policyholder may settle the claim on its own, the risks of doing so, and its right to indemnity from the insurer. Read More

This CLE course will discuss the growing trend of policyholder counsel to hold claims agents liable for bad faith when they delay or deny payment other than as required under prompt pay and other statutes as well as under common law theories of bad faith. This trend will substantially influence who... Read More

This CLE course will discuss when and why an insurer might be exposed to damages for alleged bad faith conduct even if it fully complied with its contractual obligations by paying a claim in full or properly denying it. With more frequent claims, counsel for insurers must understand what type of con... Read More

This CLE course will review the rights and obligations of the policyholder and the insurer regarding settlement, the insurer's liability for verdicts in excess of policy limits, actions insurers can take to reduce exposure to bad faith failure-to-settle claims, and options for policyholders if the i... Read More

This CLE course will discuss how an insurer's duty to settle may be impacted by two difficult but recurring situations: (1) when multiple claimants are competing for insufficient policy limits against an insured, and (2) when claimants from a single occurrence will release fewer than all of multiple... Read More

This CLE course will review the holding and real world consequences of GEICO Indem. Co. v. Whiteside (Ga. Apr. 19, 2021), a negligent/bad faith failure to settle case that insurance counsel in all jurisdictions have watched closely and described as "extremely problematic." The panel will unravel the... Read More

This CLE course will discuss what happens when insurance claims handling goes awry and a plaintiff attempts a frontal assault on the insurer's long standing claims-handling practices and procedures in a claim of institutional bad faith. Read More

This CLE course will discuss the unique challenges of using opinion experts in bad faith insurance litigation, the legal requirements for tendering expert testimony at trial, and objections to overcome. Read More

This CLE course will prepare both insured's and insurer's counsel for the legal quagmire of consent to settle clauses, including those paired with hammer clauses. Though an insured might desire the ability to prevent settling a perceived as groundless claim, under these clauses, an insurer may be ab... Read More

This CLE course will provide critical insight to counsel for insurers facing tag-along bad faith claims on how to position a case for summary judgment. Our panel will discuss essential factors to consider during the claims investigation and discovery phases of litigation along with evidentiary proff... Read More

This CLE course will discuss and explore the mechanics of what's been called the bad faith "set-up" in insurance litigation. Both first-party and third-party claim scenarios will be reviewed and detailed, along with many of the tactics commonly associated with set-up allegations. The program will al... Read More

This CLE course will discuss the rights and obligations of insurers, policyholders, and non-insureds in circumstances where a non-insured asserts an insurance bad faith claim against an insurer. The parties' rights and obligations vary markedly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Our panel will addre... Read More

This CLE course will discuss and explore the evolution of the proverbial bad-faith set-up in insurance litigation. While the fundamentals of insurance bad faith remain the same, recent developments have blurred the lines between proper claim handling and efforts to "set-up" insurance carriers for ba... Read More

This CLE course will explore the pursuit and defense of causes of action against individual adjusters and insurance company personnel for bad faith. Addressing these claims varies broadly across the jurisdictional spectrum, and our panel will provide guidance on the viability of claims, strategies f... Read More

This CLE course will discuss bad faith claims that arise in the context of first-party property claims, prevailing case law on bad faith claims in the property insurance context, and issues that pose a risk of bad faith claims against insurers, including disputes over property damage appraisals and... Read More

This CLE course will discuss pleadings standards for insurer bad faith claims, what plaintiffs must allege to survive a motion to dismiss, and how insurers can leverage tougher pleadings standards to win a motion to dismiss. The program will look at case law developments and how the courts have been... Read More

This CLE course will outline pre-trial strategies for both insurers and policyholders litigating bad faith claims. The program will focus on demand letters to insurers, drafting and answering bad faith complaints, proving and opposing damages, bifurcation, and using expert witnesses. Read More

This CLE program will discuss bad faith pitfalls for insurers in investigating and handling claims involving additional insureds (AIs) as well as bad faith claims that arise under defense-within-policy-limits insurance policies. The program will identify risks to insurers and ways to mitigate these... Read More

This CLE course will address various trial strategies for plaintiffs/policyholders and insurers litigating bad faith insurance claims. The program will discuss how to evaluate the case to decide whether to go to trial or settle, convincing themes for the jury, and bifurcation of coverage trial from... Read More