Insured Found To Have Failed To Plausibly State Bad Faith Claim Against Insurer

Mealey's (September 5, 2018, 10:02 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — A federal judge in Arizona on Aug. 31 ruled that an insured failed to show that his automobile insurance provider engaged in any undue delay in its evaluation of the insured’s underinsured motorist claim because the insurer was the excess insurer and began its investigation of the claim the same day the primary insurer provided its policy limits to the insured (Gary Nerdig, et al. v. Electric Insurance Co., No. 17-1859, D. Ariz., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 148836)....