{"id":1661,"date":"2007-12-23T13:22:27","date_gmt":"2007-12-23T13:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/bad_faith_insurance_claims\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:10:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:10:07","slug":"bad-faith-insurance-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/bad-faith-insurance-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Faith Insurance Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bad faith insurance claims have always been difficult because the insurance industry has routinely been able to hide behind restrictive laws designed to protect them from even egregious conduct. However, a case pending in Missouri may change this situation.<\/p>\n<p>A Jackson county Missouri trial judge issued an order directing Allstate Insurance Company to produce records which the Plaintiff lawyers allege show how Allstate set up a claims payment system in the 1990s that shortchanges clients while earning huge profits. Despite the judges directive, Allstate refused, and drew a $25,000 per day fine from the judge. The fine, which began in mid-September is now approximately $2.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Missouri Supreme Court ordered the documents produced, but Allstate,  has stated it  will not produce these  records for public view no matter how much the court fines it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/bad-faith-insurance-claims\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Bad Faith Insurance Claims\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad faith insurance claims have always been difficult because the insurance industry has routinely been able to hide behind restrictive laws designed to protect them from even egregious conduct. However, a case pending in Missouri may change this situation. 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