Federal Judge Says Bad Faith Claims Against Adjuster, Agent Cannot Stand

(October 7, 2019, 8:59 AM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi federal judge on Sept. 29 dismissed an insurance adjuster and an insurance agent from an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith suit arising out of a claim for fire damages to the insured’s home after determining that the insured cannot maintain the claims against the broker and adjuster because any actions performed by the agent and adjuster were done so on behalf of the insurer (Kimberly McAfee v. Allstate Insurance Co. et al., No. 18-300, S.D. Miss., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167522)....