Insurer Ordered To Turn Over Reserve File To Insured In Bad Faith Dispute

Mealey's (June 2, 2021, 1:54 PM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina on May 27 ordered an insurer to turn over its reserve file in an insurance bad faith lawsuit stemming from a refusal to pay full benefit coverage for injuries an insured sustained in an automobile accident with an underinsured at-fault driver, ruling that the reserve file is both relevant and proportional to the needs of the lawsuit....