When Insurance Companies Won’t Settle
I’ve been representing policyholders in insurance coverage litigation for 35 years, and I’m convinced that I’ll never understand the logic of insurance company claim departments. They settle cases that I think they might want to fight, and they fight cases tooth-and-nail that I think they really should settle. (Maybe it’s me.)
The carrier’s claim file often doesn’t contain the type of rational, detailed analysis I would expect. (I’ve reviewed many in discovery.) Not long ago,…