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Bad Faith Blog
June 17, 2019

Colorado Supreme Court Holds Insurers Must Evaluate and Pay Each Separate UM/UIM Component or Risk-Prompt Payment Penalties

The Supreme Court of Colorado, interpreting the state’s prompt-payment statute which provides that an insurer “shall not unreasonably delay or deny payment of a claim for benefits owed to or on behalf of any first-party [insured] claimant,” held that an insurer violated the statute when it withheld payment for undisputed medical expenses on the basis of the presence of separate disputed payments.