Uncivil Wash. Lawmakers OK Insurance Fair Conduct Act

April 16, 2007

  • April 17, 2007 at 2:29 am
    Clinton J. Miller says:
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    I think that it is a telling comment that, as an industry organ reporting on Washington\’s recent legislation punishing insurance companies who wrongfully delay or deny claims, you wrote, \”The bill…would prohibit the practice of delaying or denying a claim without proper cause.\” That delaying or denying a claim without proper cause is, in your words, a \”practice\” is the very reason that this legislation was important and necessary. Consumers are clearly playing the role of David to the insurance industry\’s Goliath, and the Washington legislature recognized this asymmetrical disparity in giving consumers better legal standing in pursuing their legitimate claims. The message to insurance companies should be clear: don\’t drag your feet or improperly deny legitimate claims, and the law will have no effect; continue to practice a strategy of denying and delaying claims at your own peril. Three cheers to representative government for listening to the will of the people in supporting the interests of consumers over the interests of the insurance lobby. Raspberries to the uncivil lawmakers who attempted to miscast the debate as one of trial attorneys versus insurance companies when the real issue was consumers versus carriers who gladly collect premiums but then do everything they can to avoid paying on a legitimate claim. You can cast aspersions against trial attorneys if you must, but it wasn\’t the attorneys who created the problem, it was the carriers themselves.

  • April 17, 2007 at 2:50 am
    Mary B. says:
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    The passage of this Act is a will destroy Washington and the insurance industry. Hopefully the Courts will overturn this disasterous Act.



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