Insured Tells 7th Circuit It Provided Proper Notice Of Bad Faith Claim

Mealey's (December 7, 2016, 10:40 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — An insured has asked the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a lower federal court’s finding that it was not entitled to indemnity under a professional liability insurance policy because it failed to provide its insurer with proper written notice of a $17 million demand in an underlying bad faith dispute (Lexington Insurance Co. v. Horace Mann Insurance Co., et al., No. 16-2352, 7th Cir.)....