Bad Faith Blog
May 15, 2019
Colorado Excess Insurance Carrier’s Equitable Subrogation Claim Against Primary Carrier for Refusal to Settle Required Allegations and Proof of Bad Faith
The Colorado Court of Appeals held that an excess carrier asserting an equitable subrogation claim against a primary insurer for a failure to settle a claim within the primary carrier’s liability limits steps into the shoes of the insured, and must plead and prove bad faith to recover against a primary carrier for failing to settle. In the underlying case, a medical malpractice suit was filed against a physician with two separate professional liability policies.