Assignees Fail To State Unfair Practices, Insurer Argues To Connecticut Court

Mealey's (June 5, 2019, 11:21 AM EDT) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — An insurer on May 28 asked a Connecticut Superior Court to grant it judgment on claims that it violated the Connecticut Unfair Insurance Practices Act (CUIPA), arguing that its insured’s assignees have failed “to plead more than a single instance of insurance misconduct involving other claims or unrelated insureds” as required to state a CUIPA claim (William Ghio v. Liberty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., No. X07-HHD-CV-19-6104759-S, Conn. Super., 2019 Conn. Super. LEXIS 849)....