Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Bad faith insurance refers to an insurer’s attempt to renege on its obligations to its ...

Some insurance payments are treated as tax-free by the IRS. For example, if you pay for car insurance and your insurance carrier later repairs your car after an accident, the amount of the repair bill ...

When it comes to insurance claim practices handled in bad faith, the Golden State is an unfortunate leader. In August 2025, the Sixth Appellate District Court of California published a decision in an ...

Insurance bad faith lawsuit recoveries can be significant, dwarfing the underlying dispute. By definition, a bad faith case comes out of an underlying dispute or accident. That duality can make the ...

Dealing with an insurance company after a car accident can be a real pain. Having to talk to an investigator (after you've already spoken with the police), wait months for a determination, and ...

The recent wildfires in Southern California and natural disasters elsewhere in the country have left thousands of people grappling with enormous loss — and the complex insurance claims process that ...

The insurance relationship is contractual, but when policyholders claim insurers failed to honor their obligations, they typically invoke the tort of "bad faith." In these contexts, the possibility of ...

If you follow reporting from 60 Minutes or NPR, you've likely noticed we're facing a national crisis in home insurance and bad faith actors in the insurance industry, with Florida as the epicenter of ...

A federal appeals court ruled that a jury should decide whether Kinsale Insurance Co. acted in bad faith in a case involving a 2015 shooting at a St. Lucie County lodge. The lodge's insurer, Kinsale, ...