Insurance
Aug. 16, 2006
Determining What Insurers Pay for Their Insureds' Defense
Focus Column - By Kirk A. Pasich - California Civil Code Section 2860 addresses an insurance carrier's duty to provide and pay for independent counsel for its insured when there is a conflict of interest.
By Kirk A. Pasich
California Civil Code Section 2860 addresses an insurance carrier's duty to provide and pay for independent counsel for its insured when there is a conflict of interest. Carriers frequently rely on Section 2860 to support arguments that they need not pay the full hourly rates charged by the insured's chosen defense counsel. Instead, carriers often claim that they are obligated to pay only a much lower rat...
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