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June 15, 2026
DALLAS — An insured’s claims for breach of contract and violation of the Texas Prompt Payment Claims Act can proceed because questions of fact exist over whether all of the damage incurred to an insured home was caused by a wind and hail storm, a Texas federal magistrate judge held in partially denying the insurer’s motion for summary judgment.
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June 15, 2026
FLORENCE, S.C. — A breach of contract claim alleged against a life insurer must be dismissed based on the insurer’s payment of an accidental death benefit, made after the beneficiary filed suit; however, the bad faith claim is not subject to dismissal because the claim is not mooted by the insurer’s payment, a South Carolina federal judge said in partially granting the insurer’s supplemental motion to dismiss.
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June 15, 2026
DENVER — A Colorado federal judge partially granted a homeowners insurer’s motion for summary judgment in a dispute over coverage for a fire at a home owned by the insureds after determining that no coverage is owed for the damage to the building because the insureds did not live in the home as required by the policy.
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June 15, 2026
SCRANTON, Pa. — A breach of contract claim against a homeowners insurer that denied an insured’s water damage claim can proceed because questions of fact exist regarding the timing of the loss and whether the loss was sudden or gradual, a Pennsylvania federal judge said in partially denying the insurer’s motion for summary judgment.
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June 15, 2026
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An insured’s bad faith claim against an auto insurer cannot proceed because the evidence shows that the insurer took immediate steps to attempt to resolve a claim against the insured before an excess judgment was entered against the insured, a Florida federal magistrate judge said in granting the insurer’s motion for summary judgment.
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June 15, 2026
CINCINNATI — Two insurers are seeking rehearing en banc after a split panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that they owed a property owner coverage for a fire that burned down a building during renovations because the property owner could not have complied with the policy’s requirement that a fence be built around the entirety of the property during renovations, arguing that the majority’s finding that an insurer must prove it was prejudiced by its insured’s noncompliance with a preloss condition of coverage conflicts with circuit precedent.
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June 12, 2026
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Virginia industrial services company sued its captive insurer in Tennessee federal court for breach of contract, alleging that the insurer wrongfully denied coverage under an actual net loss insurance policy after a fatal accident at a key customer’s steel facility caused a shutdown, restricted access to the company’s equipment and office trailer and led to the termination of a customer agreement worth 24% of the company’s annual revenue.
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June 12, 2026
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a district court’s summary judgment ruling entered in favor of a life insurer after determining that the policy’s terms regarding the amount of premiums owed are ambiguous and must be interpreted in favor of the insureds.
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June 11, 2026
ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 10 affirmed a district court’s ruling that an auto insurer did not act in bad faith in failing to settle a claim against its insureds because there is no evidence that the insurer failed to conduct an investigation or failed to advise its insureds of settlement negotiations and communications with the claimant.
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June 10, 2026
DENVER — A trial court did not err in granting an auto insurer’s motion to compel an insured to produce medical records and to undergo an independent medical exam because the Colorado precedent cited by the insured applies only to bad faith claims and, therefore, does not preclude the insurer from seeking evidence that was not available to it at the time it made its claim decision, the Colorado Supreme Court said.
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June 09, 2026
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 8 affirmed a lower federal court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurer in an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage under a Standard Flood Insurance Policy (SFIP) for flood damage caused by Hurricane Delta and a separate flood event, agreeing with the lower court that the insured’s claims are time-barred.
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June 09, 2026
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a federal court’s dismissal of an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking full crime coverage for its losses arising from $1,251,068.34 it paid to a fraudulent account, agreeing with the lower court that coverage is limited to the policy’s $100,000 Deception Fraud Provision.
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June 09, 2026
NEW ORLEANS — An insurer told a Louisiana federal court that it is appealing a jury’s finding that it acted in bad faith in its handling of a church insured’s claim arising from Hurricane Ida property damage, the $4,567,441.68 final judgment entered against it and the court’s denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial.
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June 03, 2026
SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge granted summary judgment for Allstate Northbrook Indemnity Co. in a breach of contract and bad faith suit filed by an insured after Allstate denied his claim for the purported theft of his truck, finding that the insured made a material misrepresentation to Allstate in claiming that the keys he provided to the insurer belonged to the missing truck when in fact they belonged to another person’s stolen vehicle.
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June 03, 2026
DECATUR, Ga. — Emory University sued its insurer for breach of contract, bad faith and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing in a Georgia court, alleging that an underlying lawsuit seeking money back after classes and services were impacted by the coronavirus pandemic alleges “precisely the types of claims” that the policy’s Educators Legal Liability (ELL) section expressly covers.
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June 02, 2026
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas federal judge held that the testimony of two experts in a dispute over insurance coverage for alleged storm damage to two commercial buildings was inadmissible and that the insurer is entitled to summary judgment on breach of contract and state insurance law claims because the insured failed to provide evidence from which a jury could segregate covered and uncovered damages.
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June 02, 2026
McALLEN, Texas — Finding that an insurer did not prove that appraisal was waived and that a dispute over the amount of loss is properly resolved through appraisal, a Texas federal judge granted an insured’s request to compel appraisal of damage to her home in her lawsuit against the insurer alleging breach of contract, bad faith, fraud and violations of state insurance laws over coverage after a storm.
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June 01, 2026
GALVESTON, Texas — Claims for breach of contract, bad faith and violations of Texas law should not proceed against a homeowners insurer because they fail based on the insurer’s payment of an appraisal award, a Texas federal magistrate judge said May 29 in recommending that the insurer’s motion for summary judgment be granted.
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June 01, 2026
SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge denied motions for summary judgment filed by an insured and a homeowners insurer after determining that questions of fact exist as to whether the insurer’s estimate of the insured’s water loss damages was unreasonably low.
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May 29, 2026
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A trial court did not err in entering judgment in favor of an auto insurer on a bad faith claim because the court thoroughly reviewed the record and applied the appropriate legal standard in finding that the insureds failed to prove that the insurer acted in bad faith in handling their claim for underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits, a Pennsylvania Superior Court panel determined.
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May 29, 2026
BATON ROUGE, La. — An insured’s bad faith suit brought against an auto insurer cannot proceed because the suit is barred by a prior suit arising out of the same transaction or occurrence filed by the insured, a Louisiana federal judge said in granting the insurer’s motion for summary judgment.
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May 29, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — An insured’s breach of contract and bad faith claims cannot proceed against an insurer because the insurer satisfied the conditions of a personal articles policy when it issued and mailed payments on claims for lost jewelry made by one of the insureds, a California federal judge said in granting the insurer’s motion to dismiss.
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May 28, 2026
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge in California granted an employment practices liability insurer’s motion to dismiss a construction company insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for an underlying action seeking redress of false claims and alleging prevailing wage law violations, holding that the underlying claims are not employment claims brought by or on behalf of employees to trigger coverage under the policy.
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May 22, 2026
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that an insured failed to satisfy her burden under Texas law to demonstrate the timing of her alleged loss arising from hail damage to her roof, affirming a lower federal court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the insurer in the insured’s lawsuit for breach of contract, bad faith and violations of the Texas Insurance Code.
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May 22, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania dismissed a property owner’s declaratory judgment claim against its builders’ risk insurer over coverage for a subcontractor’s faulty tile installation, finding the claim duplicative of the property owner’s breach of contract claim; the case will continue on the property owner’s bad faith and breach of contract claims.