Common Bad Faith Insurance Practices

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Bad faith insurance practices are a topic of conversation all over the internet and in the state of Florida. Determining whether the insurance company acted in bad faith, though, is a complex legal analysis. A client had a very poignant question for us in Tampa the other day that made us think. We brought them in for a consultation.

What are specific instances, generally, for the public out there with regards to bad faith? Generally speaking, it’s when an insurance company fails to resolve a claim when it should have or could have acted fairly or reasonably towards its own insured. Another problem that we have sometimes are just a pattern or practice by an insurance company over multiple claims and multiple insureds of not paying out on claims. Every case, however, is individual and we need to evaluate your policy to see if there is a claim for bad faith. Give us a call and we’ll be glad to evaluate your case for you.