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Illegal and reprehensible, bad faith insurance is a practice in which an insurance company finds a way to deny, delay or short change a valid claim presented by a policyholder.

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If you believe that your insurance company has mistreated you and acted in bad faith, please fill out the contact form to the right and someone from our office will contact you shortly. Our insurance bad faith attorneys offer free consultations for people who believe they may have a claim.

Examples of Bad Faith Practices

Insurance companies can do any number of things to deny paying a settlement on a legitimate claim. Some examples of bad faith practices might include:

• failing to start and complete an investigation on a claim in an efficient, prompt and comprehensive manner
• forcing a policyholder to accept an insufficient settlement by threatening to pay out less if he refuses to accept
• harassing a policyholder at any point during or after an investigation
• improperly defining legal terms or interpreting the clauses of a policy
• retroactively altering the terms of a policy without the policyholder's consent or knowledge of these changes
• unreasonably delaying the investigation of a case
• unnecessarily delaying the offer or payment of a settlement
• withholding any facts of an investigation or a claim from a policyholder
• withholding any details regarding additional benefits associated with a claim

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If you would like to speak with an insurance bad faith attorney about a potential claim, please fill out the contact form and we will be in touch with you promptly.

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