Posts tagged bad faith

• Insurance Companies Will Be There? For whom?

  Brett Goodson | June 28, 2009 10:17 PM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It was impossible to turn on the radio, a television or go online this weekend and not see the news. Michael Jackson, the king of pop himself, died at the age of 50. The headlines were everywhere,...

• Report Lists Top Ten Worst Insurance Companies

  Nick DiCello | July 18, 2008 4:57 PM | 1 CommentCleveland, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  And the winner is... Allstate Insurance Company! Congratulations to Allstate for topping the list of the worst insurance companies in the United States. According to a recent report published by...

• Insurer Ordered to Pay $10,000,000.00 for Bad Faith Termination of Health Insurance Policy

  Nick DiCello | October 14, 2009 11:15 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On September 14, 2009, the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict against Fortis Insurance Company, now known as Assurant Health or Time Insurance Company, for wrongfully terminating...

• Grange Insurance Company May Settle Bad Faith Class Action Suit Relating to Use of Colossus

  Alison De Villiers | March 10, 2008 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Grange Insurance Company has proposed a nationwide bad faith class action settlement for Grange insureds who submitted UM/UIM bodily injury claims, pursuant to Grange auto policies between January 1, 1999 and December 12, 2007. Those affected must submit claims for consideration by April 3, 2008. The lawsuit against Grange alleges that Grange underpaid people for UM/UIM bodily injury claims...

• Allstate Named as Worst Insurance Company in the U.S.

  Alison De Villiers | July 14, 2008 3:48 PM | 1 CommentCincinnati, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A recent study named Allstate as the worst insurance company in America. It attributes Allstates worst of the worst status to their shareholder over policyholder attitude. Other insurance companies...

• Requested Allstate Files Could Show Bad Faith

  Chrissie Cole | January 25, 2008 1:14 AM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Secret Allstate documents - coined the "McKinsey documents" - allegedly show how the company has intentionally made low-ball claim offers to its customers for years, netting Allstate billions of dollars. But the McKinsey documents have yet to be seen. These documents could be potentially devastating to them in insurance bad faith litigation.Trial lawyers who have previously sued Allstate have...

• Health Insurance Companies Fight to Keep Rescission Alive

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | April 30, 2010 11:53 AM | 1 CommentCleveland, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Imagine that you have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, one that will require lengthy and expensive medical treatment. The concerns and worries you might have are obvious and likely...

• Judge overrules request for class action case against Allstate

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | November 06, 2006 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week, Fayette Circuit Judge Thomas Clark overruled a Kentucky woman's request to represent a class of plaintiffs in an action against the nation's second largest insurer, Allstate Insurance. The complaint alleged that the company had employed practices designed to punish injury victims who pursued claims for their injuries. Lawyers for Geneva Hager have accused Allstate of illegally...

• Insurance Bad Faith: The Good Hands People are Rarely On Your Side

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | October 26, 2006 6:46 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Why is it that when an insurance company is vying for your business, and of course your premium dollars, they claim to be "by your side" or "your good neighbor" or even the kind and generous "good hands people" but when the crisis hits and you are truly in your greatest moment of need they are no where to be found. For the unfortunate residents of Gulfport, Mississippi who lost everything...

• Ohio Prohibits Insurers from Denying Claims and Cancelling Coverage Unless They Clearly Prove Fraud By The Insured

  Nick DiCello | April 14, 2008 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Every day Ohioans join the ranks of the uninsured and are denied health insurance benefits because carriers allege they misrepresented their health histories on insurance applications. Indeed, many...