Reserve Information In COVID-19 Coverage Suit Not Relevant To Bad Faith Claim

(November 13, 2023, 8:40 AM EST) --  XE "pollution exclusion" SANTA ANA, Calif. — A California federal magistrate judge denied an insured’s motion to compel documents related to the reserve set by an insurer in response to the insured’s claim for business losses sustained in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic after determining that the reserve information is not relevant to the insured’s bad faith claim because only a nominal reserve was set by the insurer and no changes were made to the reserve since the coverage claim was filed....