Even if an insurer has no sinister motives and intends to pay the policy limits, it can be threatened with an expensive Holt suit if the insurer's response to a settlement demand was not "reasonable." Credit: Yanukit/Adobe Stock
Insurance policy limit demands for personal injury claims (commonly known as Holt demands) remain a thorny issue in Georgia. "Set-up" Holt demands — complete with vague and confusing conditions and shady releases — remain commonplace in hopes that unwary insurers "botch" their responses and become ensnared in multimillion-dollar bad faith litigation.
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