Do I have a legitimate bad faith civil suit against my insurance company?
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Do I have a legitimate bad faith civil suit against my insurance company?
My wife and I separated about 2 months ago. Around 2 weeks after that, she had me removed from our auto insurance. I did some research and found out that I was also removed from our homeowner’s policy. She said that she had no idea that they did that because she only wanted me removed from auto. I was never notified of any changes and never signed any legal papers. Can I hold my agent accountable for bad faith for illegally removibg me from our policy?
Asked on May 12, 2019 under Insurance Law, Alabama
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
How did this damage or injure you economically or cost you money? If you should not have been removed from the policy, you should be able to force the insurer to reinstate you. However, with a very few exceptions which do not apply here, you can only seek monetary compensation for the losses, costs, etc. you incurred due to a breach of contract (violating the terms of the policy by removing you improperly from it). Therefore, unless you suffered some quantifiable and provable losses, there is no monetary compensaton to which you'd be entitled.
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