As part of a highly skilled, collaborative litigation team, partner Todd Wallace represented a national wholesaler as the plaintiff during a multi-week jury trial in Los Angeles Superior Court. Mr. Wallace and his colleagues pursued claims of insurance agent liability based on the agent’s failure to procure coverage of certain risks requested by the wholesaler. Through their litigation efforts, Plaintiffs’ counsel was able to secure a significant settlement during the second week of trial.
In most states, there are circumstances when an insurance agent can be liable personally. You can sue an agent: (1) who misrepresents the nature, extent or scope of coverage being offered or sold, either intentionally or negligently; (2) who negligently fails to disclose material information regarding insurance coverage that the insured requested; (3) when there is a request by the insured for a particular type of coverage but the agent does not obtain it; or (4) when the agent expressly or ostensibly represents himself as having expertise in a specific type of insurance being sold and thus takes on a “special duty” to the insured. As always, such circumstances are fact-specific and can be quite complex. Those who believe that their agent has failed them should contact an experienced trial attorney to assist them in evaluating and, as necessary, pursuing such claims.
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