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 ...

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 ...

This article was originally published by Cla i ms Journal on June 16, 2025 and is republished here with permission from the publication. Bad faith litigation has long posed both legal and reputational ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...