NU Online News Service, April 3, 11:41 a.m. EDT
Bills to ease rules for bringing "bad faith" lawsuits in claim disputes have been introduced in a growing number of state legislatures, but so far insurance interests have been winning the battle to defeat them, an industry trade group reports.
Seventeen bills have been introduced in 15 states, and at this point only 10 measures have survived, according to Rey Becker, vice president for global issues and research at Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), which is in the forefront of the fight.
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