According to a complaint filed in the Northern District of California federal court, an insurance company must pay for his legal defense "without regard to whether payments may exhaust the policy limit."
Washington Street, LLC sued Nationwide for bad faith, alleging the carrier deliberately and unreasonably delayed policy payments after a building fire.
Pennsylvania law addresses these negative interactions through both civil and criminal statutes, as well as regulation of the insurance industry when it comes to specific restrictions.
When multiple lawsuits are filed and policy limits will be insufficient to settle all the claims or pay for all potential judgments, unique questions arise.