--- title: Insurance - Bad Faith description: Advocate Magazine articles on Insurance - Bad Faith, from the Subject Matter Index. url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/tag/Insurance%20-%20Bad%20Faith --- [![Litigating wildfire claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Cohen_istock_165830956_49b11684bbeaefdd2f60c73cdbc9590c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-february/litigating-wildfire-claims "Litigating wildfire claims") ## [Litigating wildfire claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-february/litigating-wildfire-claims "Litigating wildfire claims") A look at the complexity of fire claims and why insurance coverage and bad-faith expertise matters [Alexander Cohen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/alexander-cohen "Alexander Cohen") From Issue: [2025 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-february) [![Buying immunity](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Ehrlich-istock-171286088_42a87a42df9cb217530942d532a2a8ff.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-september/buying-immunity "Buying immunity") ## [Buying immunity](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-september/buying-immunity "Buying immunity") The lid is off the policy! Can insurers immunize themselves from their bad-faith failure to settle by buying the bad-faith claim from their own policyholder? [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich") From Issue: [2019 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-september) ## [Why is there a genuine-dispute doctrine?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-september/why-is-there-a-genuine-dispute-doctrine "Why is there a genuine-dispute doctrine?") The differences between an insurer’s genuine-dispute defense and bad faith [Arnold Levinson](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/arnold-levinson "Arnold Levinson") From Issue: [2017 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-september) [![The duty-to-settle analysis after [[case]]Pinto[[/case]]](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Echeverria-istock-1179678984_b467f2c5f02f6e1ce51ea8d202c3a5c7.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/the-duty-to-settle-analysis-after-case-pinto-case "The duty-to-settle analysis after [[case]]Pinto[[/case]]") ## [The duty-to-settle analysis after [[case]]Pinto[[/case]]](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/the-duty-to-settle-analysis-after-case-pinto-case "The duty-to-settle analysis after [[case]]Pinto[[/case]]") Was the insurer’s failure to settle the result of unreasonable conduct on the part of the insurer? [Ricardo Echeverria](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ricardo-echeverria "Ricardo Echeverria") From Issue: [2022 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november) [![Rethinking damages for breach of an insurance contract](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/CohenM-istock-1077220418_9bd37c9bdec5d0b7f9eb78459849a23c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/rethinking-damages-for-breach-of-an-insurance-contract "Rethinking damages for breach of an insurance contract") ## [Rethinking damages for breach of an insurance contract](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/rethinking-damages-for-breach-of-an-insurance-contract "Rethinking damages for breach of an insurance contract") Restoring balance between insurers and their insureds. Why must we prove that the carrier acted unreasonably? [Michael L. Cohen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-l-cohen "Michael L. Cohen") From Issue: [2022 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november) [![Insurance bad-faith mediations](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/deVries-istock-2149669962_a8abe88f9bf95106dd4ed71133b4e5aa.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-september/insurance-bad-faith-mediations "Insurance bad-faith mediations") ## [Insurance bad-faith mediations](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-september/insurance-bad-faith-mediations "Insurance bad-faith mediations") Bad-faith mediations present a challenging set of issues and dynamics that affect how they are best approached and conducted [Doug deVries](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/doug-devries "Doug deVries") From Issue: [2024 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-september) [![Health insurance bad faith for prosthetic denials](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Doyle-istock-94474563_8e7fcbd40d58344ad7314307675e9d3d.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/health-insurance-bad-faith-for-prosthetic-denials "Health insurance bad faith for prosthetic denials") ## [Health insurance bad faith for prosthetic denials](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november/health-insurance-bad-faith-for-prosthetic-denials "Health insurance bad faith for prosthetic denials") The basic things to look for in evaluating bad-faith claims for improper denial of coverage for prostheses [Conal Doyle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/conal-doyle "Conal Doyle") [Stephen Beke](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/stephen-beke "Stephen Beke") From Issue: [2022 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-november) [![The emerging frontier of long-term-care-insurance bad faith](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/coleman_istock-870060028_cc334e5dc6dfa16c19186b25e16fce5c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-april/the-emerging-frontier-of-long-term-care-insurance-bad-faith "The emerging frontier of long-term-care-insurance bad faith") ## [The emerging frontier of long-term-care-insurance bad faith](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-april/the-emerging-frontier-of-long-term-care-insurance-bad-faith "The emerging frontier of long-term-care-insurance bad faith") As the claims for baby boomers start rolling in, the denials are likely to start churning out [Terry Coleman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/terry-coleman "Terry Coleman") From Issue: [2018 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-april) [![Understanding and opposing the “Genuine Dispute” Doctrine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Heeseman-istock-504364809_5242c07045f6e2cd6670f07d6338afec.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-september/understanding-and-opposing-the-genuine-dispute-doctrine "Understanding and opposing the “Genuine Dispute” Doctrine") ## [Understanding and opposing the “Genuine Dispute” Doctrine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-september/understanding-and-opposing-the-genuine-dispute-doctrine "Understanding and opposing the “Genuine Dispute” Doctrine") A look at [[case]]Wilson[[/case]] and other important decisions on this doctrine so often relied upon by insurers in their summary judgment motions [Rex Heeseman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/rex-heeseman "Rex Heeseman") From Issue: [2019 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-september) [![The art of taking the bad-faith duty-to-settle case to trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Echeverria-istock-119509485_c523f309972ec8ea905623a15713dffe.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-september/the-art-of-taking-the-bad-faith-duty-to-settle-case-to-trial "The art of taking the bad-faith duty-to-settle case to trial") ## [The art of taking the bad-faith duty-to-settle case to trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-september/the-art-of-taking-the-bad-faith-duty-to-settle-case-to-trial "The art of taking the bad-faith duty-to-settle case to trial") From acknowledging the “skunk on the table” in voir dire, to acting as a “public servant” as you ask for punitive damages, here is the framework for trying the bad-faith case [Ricardo Echeverria](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ricardo-echeverria "Ricardo Echeverria") From Issue: [2019 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-september) ## [Mise-En-Place](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-august/mise-en-place "Mise-En-Place") Preparing for mediation in disability insurance bad-faith cases [Frank N. Darras](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/frank-n-darras "Frank N. Darras") [Susan B. Grabarsky](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/susan-b-grabarsky "Susan B. Grabarsky") From Issue: [2017 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-august) ## [If you love them, let them go](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may/if-you-love-them-let-them-go "If you love them, let them go") By withdrawing as counsel and advising your client to proceed as an unrepresented pro se claimant, the insurance carrier may choose to low-ball them and consequently open up the policy [Patrick Gunning](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/patrick-gunning "Patrick Gunning") From Issue: [2017 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-may)