Bad Faith Insurance

Your insurance may go up after a claim that is not your fault, depending on the type of claim you’re filing. If your claim involves a car accident, insurance companies sometimes view drivers involved in crashes as higher-risk, regardless of fault.  However, how much your rates increase—or if they increase at all—can also vary based …

You can sue an insurance company for bad faith when, among other things, the insurer unreasonably denied or delayed your claim without a valid reason. Bad faith claims arise when insurance companies fail to uphold their end of the policy agreement, acting unfairly toward the very people they have a duty to protect. If you …

To prove a bad faith insurance claim, you must show how the insurance company acted unreasonably or unfairly in handling your claim. This may include proving how it denied your claim without proper investigation, delayed payments without a valid reason, or offered a too-low settlement. If you want to build a case showing how an …