Bad Faith Litigation: Discovery of Claims Management Goals and Adjuster-Performance Incentives
Requesting and Objecting to Insurance Company Financial Targets, Goals, Plans, Measurements, Milestones, or Incentives
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will discuss the discovery of claims management goals and adjuster performance incentives in bad faith insurance litigation. The panel will discuss when and why this information is relevant, what kinds of requests are appropriate and how to make them, what objections are likely to be raised, and what makes them succeed or fail.
Outline
- Relevance of requests on financial incentives
- Permissible scope of requests
- Form of production issues
- Objections
Benefits
The panel will consider these and other key issues:
- Is it necessary to seek punitive damages before discovery of financial information is allowed?
- What kind of temporal or geographic limits may be reasonable for these types of requests?
- What are typical requests and objections?
- In what format should the information be produced and who decides that?
Faculty
Susan E. Dinneen
Founding Member
Strauss Massey Dinneen
Ms. Dinneen is an experienced litigator and advisor, defending her insurance company clients against fraud,... | Read More
Ms. Dinneen is an experienced litigator and advisor, defending her insurance company clients against fraud, extra-contractual/bad faith claims, catastrophe claims, and coverage disputes. She has obtained multiple zero verdicts for her clients in both bench and jury trials and has authored state and federal court appellate briefs that resulted in favorable rulings for the insurance industry. She represents large companies in affirmative actions and has partnered with insurers to coordinate institutional discovery in large-scale hurricane litigation. She also represents local businesses on intellectual property and other matters.
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Alan P. Jacobus
Attorney
Alan P. Jacobus, Attorney at Law
Mr. Jacobus' practice over the past decade has largely centered on high risk, high value insurance coverage... | Read More
Mr. Jacobus' practice over the past decade has largely centered on high risk, high value insurance coverage litigation, but he comes from a broad civil and commercial litigation and trial background. He has tried jury trials to verdict in CA, IL and LA. Several of his cases have resulted in written opinions in trial courts and courts of appeal, and he has argued appeals in both state and federal courts.
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Janeen M. Thomas
Of Counsel
Saxe Doernberger & Vita
Ms. Thomas uses her over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry to solely advocate on behalf of policyholders... | Read More
Ms. Thomas uses her over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry to solely advocate on behalf of policyholders in complex coverage disputes against insurance carriers. She deals daily with high exposure events and coverage litigation stemming from such events. Ms. Thomas has extensive experience with a national insurance coverage practice that focuses on liability and property damage matters, including claim coverage matters within the real estate and construction industries, particularly with respect to claims and litigated disputes involving professional liability, commercial general liability, bad faith, builder's risk, additional insured coverage, and contractual indemnity.
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