The California Supreme Court has held that in the context of a rental car transaction, an excess auto liability insurer satisfies its duty to investigate the insurability of an insured by inspecting the insured’s facially valid driver’s license and verifying … Read More
The Court of Appeal has held that, under the terms of Insurance Code section 11580.2 and a policy providing UM/UIM coverage, an insured seeking underinsured motorist benefits was required to arbitrate the issues liability and damages before proceeding with a … Read More
The California Court of Appeal has held that, where covered and non-covered events are concurrent causes of indivisible pollution damage, an insured seeking indemnity under a liability policy is not required to allocate its liability based on the cause of … Read More
The California Court of Appeal has held that the issue of whether a UM/UIM claimant qualifies as an “insured” is a jurisdictional issue that must be decided by an arbitrator, and that policy provisions that purport to remove such issues … Read More