Insurer’s Delay In Claims Offer Not Unreasonable Or In Bad Faith, Judge Rules

Mealey's (January 31, 2017, 2:17 PM EST) -- SCRANTON, Pa. — Insureds have failed to state a claim for relief in arguing that their automobile insurance provider acted in bad faith in delaying payment of their underinsured/uninsured motorist claims because they have not shown that the insurer’s delay in making an offer or the offer amount were unreasonable, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Jan. 27 (Thomas and Colleen Meyers v. Protective Insurance Co., No. 16-1821, M.D. Pa., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11338)....