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What Rights Are Preserved by UIM Insurers with Consent-to-Settle Clauses?

What Rights Are Preserved by UIM Insurers with Consent-to-Settle Clauses?

May 29, 2017

Ex parte GEICO Indem. Co., et al.: When an UIM insurer allows the applicable statute of limitations to run as to any “new” claims that it may assert directly against a tortfeasor, the UIM insurer (1) maintains its rights to opt out of the litigation and decline to consent to the settlement between the claimant and tortfeasor, pursuant to its consent-to-settle clause in the policy, and (2) may still obtain reimbursement from the insured’s recovery against the tortfeasor. Consent-to-Settle Clauses and UIM Carrier Subrogation Rights The matters addressed in this decision arise from separate automobile accidents involving persons having underinsured...

Underinsured Motorist Insurer’s Subrogation Interest in a Lambert Advance

Jul 11, 2016

A UIM insurer does not have a subrogation interest in Lambert advance; the recovery by the insurer from the tortfeasor of a Lambert advance does not create a common fund; and the UIM insurer should not be required to pay attorney’s fees for the recovery of the Lambert advance under the common-fund doctrine.

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