Civil Litigation,
Insurance
Jun. 19, 2019
The postclaim underwriting trap
For years insurance companies have had a practice of denying claims or rescinding policies on the basis that policyholders misrepresent or omit information when answering questions on the insurance application. This practice is prevalent in life insurance, but it continues in all types of insurance — even malpractice insurance for attorneys.
William M. Shernoff
Senior and Founding Partner
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP
301 N Canon Drive
Los Angeles , CA 90210
Phone: (909) 621-4935
Email: wshernoff@shernoff.com
Mr. Shernoff is a nationally recognized trail blazer who has been called the pioneer of insurance bad faith after persuading the California Supreme Court to establish new case law that permits plaintiffs to sue insurance companies for bad faith seeking both compensatory and punitive damages (Egan v. Mutual of Omaha). He has since continued to obtain significant verdicts and court decisions which have shaped this area of law as well as written three books and roughly 100 articles on the topic of insurance bad faith.
For years insurance companies have had a practice of denying claims or rescinding policies on the basis that policyholders misrepresent or omit information when answering questions on the insurance application. This practice is prevalent in life insurance, but it continues in all types of insurance -- even malpractice insurance for attorneys. Imagine your malpractice coverage being canceled after a claim is filed against you, or your life insurance canceled after you ...
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