Insurer’s Bad Faith Claim Is Not Recognized Under Alabama Law, Reinsurer Says

Mealey's (July 7, 2020, 1:44 PM EDT) -- MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A reinsurer in a July 2 reply brief argues that an Alabama federal court should dismiss an insurer’s bad faith claim because Alabama courts “have been loathe to extend the doctrine” in the years since recognizing a tort cause of action for bad faith (Alabama Municipal Insurance Corporation v. Munich Reinsurance America, Inc., No. 20-300, M.D. Ala.)....