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title: Insurance - Bad Faith
description: Advocate Magazine articles on Insurance - Bad Faith, from the Subject Matter Index.
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[![How to deal with equitable tolling in the context of property-damage claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Suri-istock-1090972876_bd6e47b4efb3f13e6ec12f1237d35382.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-march/how-to-deal-with-equitable-tolling-in-the-context-of-property-damage-claims "How to deal with equitable tolling in the context of property-damage claims")

## [How to deal with equitable tolling in the context of property-damage claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-march/how-to-deal-with-equitable-tolling-in-the-context-of-property-damage-claims "How to deal with equitable tolling in the context of property-damage claims")

When tolling ends after a claim denial and when it may resume if an insurer reopens an investigation

[Natalie H. Suri](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/natalie-h-suri "Natalie H. Suri")

From Issue: [2025 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-march)

## [Does [[case]]Egan[[/case]]’s “managing agent” rule survive 40 years later?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-september/does-case-egan-case-s-managing-agent-rule-survive-40-years-later "Does [[case]]Egan[[/case]]’s “managing agent” rule survive 40 years later?")

Most insurance bad faith cases involve a fight over the managerial status of the employees who denied the insured’s claim

[Adrian Barrio](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/adrian-barrio "Adrian Barrio")
[Robert S. Gianelli](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/robert-s-gianelli "Robert S. Gianelli")

From Issue: [2019 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-september)

[![Deposing insurance company personnel: lessons learned](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Coleman-istock-823348746_c7dafbac3d2c6d5d92c62fd3874dc20c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/deposing-insurance-company-personnel-lessons-learned "Deposing insurance company personnel: lessons learned")

## [Deposing insurance company personnel: lessons learned](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/deposing-insurance-company-personnel-lessons-learned "Deposing insurance company personnel: lessons learned")

Identifying the insurer’s PMK is crucial to your deposition strategy. So is fluidity in testimony, so let them talk

[Ryan Opgenorth](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ryan-opgenorth "Ryan Opgenorth")
[Terry Coleman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/terry-coleman "Terry Coleman")

From Issue: [2018 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september)

[![Current issues in first-party property claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Miller-istock-155361811_6ff7b146908df9be41df070047514596.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/current-issues-in-first-party-property-claims "Current issues in first-party property claims")

## [Current issues in first-party property claims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/current-issues-in-first-party-property-claims "Current issues in first-party property claims")

“Like kind and quality” and other issues when insurers pay for property damage to their insureds’ buildings

[Charles Miller](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/charles-miller "Charles Miller")

From Issue: [2018 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september)

## [Bad faith, genuine dispute, and the “expert safe-harbor”](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-september/bad-faith-genuine-dispute-and-the-expert-safe-harbor "Bad faith, genuine dispute, and the “expert safe-harbor”")

How insurance companies use biased experts to deny and underpay claims, and what to do about it

[Christopher Dion](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christopher-dion "Christopher Dion")
[Evangeline Fisher Grossman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/evangeline-fisher-grossman "Evangeline Fisher Grossman")

From Issue: [2017 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-september)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october/appellate-reports-35 "Appellate Reports")

A look at Prop 51, battery versus med mal, the sudden-emergency doctrine in auto accidents, and genuine-dispute doctrine in health insurance

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2020 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-october)

[![How insurers are using HIPAA to shield their conduct from scrutiny](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Garris_istock-842379848b_9f534c2fc76363ff3473cfde71583c51.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/how-insurers-are-using-hipaa-to-shield-their-conduct-from-scrutiny "How insurers are using HIPAA to shield their conduct from scrutiny")

## [How insurers are using HIPAA to shield their conduct from scrutiny](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/how-insurers-are-using-hipaa-to-shield-their-conduct-from-scrutiny "How insurers are using HIPAA to shield their conduct from scrutiny")

HIPAA does not prohibit the production of the administrative record to a plaintiff; it in fact requires it

[Christian J. Garris](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christian-j-garris "Christian J. Garris")

From Issue: [2018 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september)

[![Discovery: The claims file in bad-faith cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/crittenden_istock-862112046_197776dee23946e7cfc99b1f3cf2f0d1.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/discovery-the-claims-file-in-bad-faith-cases "Discovery: The claims file in bad-faith cases")

## [Discovery: The claims file in bad-faith cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/discovery-the-claims-file-in-bad-faith-cases "Discovery: The claims file in bad-faith cases")

How to get all the insurance company documents you need to build a bad-faith case

[Danica Crittenden](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/danica-crittenden "Danica Crittenden")

From Issue: [2018 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october)

## [Deftly navigating insurance-coverage disputes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-may/deftly-navigating-insurance-coverage-disputes "Deftly navigating insurance-coverage disputes")

A message from the Tortured Insurance Lawyers Department

[Sara A. McClain](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/sara-a-mcclain "Sara A. McClain")

From Issue: [2024 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-may)

## [Be an insurance Myth Buster!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-september/be-an-insurance-myth-buster "Be an insurance Myth Buster!")

Four myths — or soon to be myths — of insurance law in California

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2017 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-september)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-july/appellate-reports-33 "Appellate Reports")

Decision looks at bad faith in landlord’s insurance policy

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2020 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-july)

## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april/appellate-reports-39 "Appellate Reports")

Court of Appeal rejects CACI 2334 formulation of what constitutes a bad-faith failure to settle

[Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")

From Issue: [2021 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april)
