Bad Faith

Bad Faith Legislation in Oregon — PIA Oregon/Idaho Members Respond & Help Defeat the Bill

Another credit scoring ban bill has been defeated. This time it was the Oregon Legislature considering one. PIA members doing business in both Washington and Oregon just finished a two-year battle with Washington’s insurance commissioner over the issue.  They were successful.  Now the credit scoring ban issue is in Oregon. When she learned of the …

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Florida — One State’s Battle on Insurance Law Abuse

Many states — including several PIA Western Alliance States — have laws or regulations on the books that make it easy for fraudsters to do a third-party lawsuit. Bad faith laws often keep insurers from doing a deep investigation into a claim. Bills pushing bad faith are constantly cropping up in Oregon and Washington and …

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Bad Faith a Bad Idea in Oregon — Bad Faith & Credit Scoring

The business of insurance is once again being attacked in the Oregon Legislature. The Oregon Legislature is looking at two individual bad faith bills being pushed by trial lawyers. Also on tap is a bill sponsored by the Division of Financial Regulation and the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. House Bill 2920 will …

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