An adjuster recently wrote to the Nevada Law Blogs asking if there would be insurance coverage to pay a mother for the wrongful death of her child who died as a result of the negligence of her husband, the deceased child’s father. This question focuses on the household exclusion found in many auto policies. Household exclusions attempt to eliminate coverage when one member of the household sues another for negligence. At least in the Nevada auto realm, the answer to this question is found in … [Read more...]
Nevada Requires An Owner’s Auto Policy To Provide Minium Limits Coverage To Any Permitted Driver, Even If The Policy Specifically Excludes That Person By Name
May 3, 2012 by
An insurance company that has been writing policies in Nevada for just a few years asks the Nevada Law Blog if it can deny third-party liability coverage to a permissive driver who was excluded by name from the policy. Nevada answered that question over two decades ago in the case of Federated American Ins. v. Granillo, 108 Nev. 560, 835 P.2d 803 (1992).Mr. Granillo bought auto insurance from Federated American Insurance. The company told Granillo that if he were the only driver of the … [Read more...]
Did You Ever Forget To Tell Your Current Insurance Company About Buying That Additional Car?
March 19, 2012 by
Joey Webb of State Farm writes to the Nevada Insurance Law blogs asking: "When a person purchases a new vehicle, how long are they covered for on their current policy before physically adding the new vehicle to their policy?" Thanks for the great question Joey. Clearly, Mills & Associates is not in the business of offering advice to non-clients based on specific facts. So we have to say that the most accurate answer is “That depends on the facts and the policy.” When dealing with a … [Read more...]
Got Questions?
August 17, 2010 by
These posts on the Mills & Associates Nevada Coverage & Bad Faith Law blog are published to provide useful insights on Nevada insurance law to our clients and other subscribers. Many times the topics are suggested by recent case law, or issues raised by litigation.As part of our ongoing effort to provide both timely and helpful information, we invite all our readers to submit issues which they would like to see addressed in future blog posts.Likewise, please submit questions … [Read more...]
Never Say Never
September 21, 2009 by
Why it may be ill advised for an insurance company to say that it will never go off panel to assign work to insurance defense attorneys...Recently, Mills & Associates logged into a webcast sponsored by an insurance industry organization. The webcast’s expert panel was convened to discuss how defense attorneys could better improve the “insurance defense relationship”.As I listened to the panel members, it was reinforced to me how much insurance companies like to follow predetermined … [Read more...]
