Insurer’s Denial Of Coverage In Insurance Dispute Found Not To Be In Bad Faith

(April 2, 2018, 5:51 PM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — An insurer did not act in bad faith in denying coverage under a group accident insurance policy because the plaintiff failed to show that the insured’s claim was covered under the policy or that the insurer failed to reasonably investigate the claim, a federal judge in South Carolina ruled March 22 in granting the insurer’s motion for summary judgment (Estate of Marion Fayne Anderson v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, No. 17-0032, D. S.C., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47260)....