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New Jersey Diminished ValueIn New Jersey, the statute of limitations on torts is 6 years, this means that you need to file suit against the at fault driver within 6 years of the accident.

 

If the insurance company is offering you an unfair loss in value amount, you need to hire an independent appraiser to rebut their valuation.

 

You can also escalate the claim by contacting the New Jersey Insurance Commissioner.

 

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Insurance Bad Faith in New Jersey

 

Citation: N.J.Stat. Ann. §17B:30-13.1 and §17:29B-4(9)

 

Statutes – Title 17B Insurance – 17B:30-13.1 Unfair claim settlement practices

Title 17B Insurance – 17B:30-13.1 Unfair claim settlement practices

 

17B:30-13.1. Unfair claim settlement practices

No person shall engage in unfair claim settlement practices in this State. Unfair claim settlement practices which shall be unfair practices as defined in N.J.S. 17B:30-2, shall include the following practices:

Committing or performing with such frequency as to indicate a general business practice any of the following:

a. Misrepresenting pertinent facts or insurance policy provisions relating to coverages at issue;

b. Failing to acknowledge and act reasonably promptly upon communications with respect to claims arising under insurance policies;

c. Failing to adopt and implement reasonable standards for the prompt investigation of claims arising under insurance policies;

d. Refusing to pay claims without conducting a reasonable investigation based upon all available information;

e. Failing to affirm or deny coverage of claims within a reasonable time after proof of loss statements have been completed;

f. Not attempting in good faith to effectuate prompt, fair and equitable settlements of claims in which liability has become reasonably clear;

g. Compelling insureds to institute litigation to recover amounts due under an insurance policy by offering substantially less than the amounts ultimately recovered in actions brought by such insureds;

h. Attempting to settle a claim for less than the amount to which a reasonable man would have believed he was entitled by reference to written or printed advertising material accompanying or made part of an application;

i. Attempting to settle claims on the basis of an application which was altered without notice to, or knowledge or consent of the insured;

j. Making claims payments to insureds or beneficiaries not accompanied by statement setting forth the coverage under which the payments are being made;

k. Making known to insureds or claimants a policy of appealing from arbitration awards in favor of insureds or claimants for the purpose of compelling them to accept settlements or compromises less than the amount awarded in arbitration;

l. Delaying the investigation or payment of claims by requiring an insured, claimant or the physician of either to submit a preliminary claim report and then requiring the subsequent submission of formal proof of loss forms, both of which submissions contain substantially the same information;

m. Failing to promptly settle claims, where liability has become reasonably clear, under one portion of the insurance policy coverage in order to influence settlements under other portions of the insurance policy coverage;

n. Failing to promptly provide a reasonable explanation of the basis in the insurance policy in relation to the facts or applicable law for denial of a claim or for the offer of a compromise settlement.

 

 

17:29B-4. Unfair methods of competition, unfair, deceptive acts, practices, defined

 

4. The following are hereby defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance:

(9)     Unfair claim settlement practices. Committing or performing with such frequency as to indicate a general business practice any of the following:

(a)     Misrepresenting pertinent facts or insurance policy provisions relating to coverages at issue;

(b)     Failing to acknowledge and act reasonably promptly upon communications with respect to claims arising under insurance policies;

(c)     Failing to adopt and implement reasonable standards for the prompt investigation of claims arising under insurance policies;

(d)     Refusing to pay claims without conducting a reasonable investigation based upon all available information;

(e)     Failing to affirm or deny coverage of claims within a reasonable time after proof of loss statements have been completed;

(f)     Not attempting in good faith to effectuate prompt, fair and equitable settlements of claims in which liability has become reasonably clear;

(g)     Compelling insureds to institute litigation to recover amounts due under an insurance policy by offering substantially less than the amounts ultimately recovered in actions brought by such insureds;

(h)     Attempting to settle a claim for less than the amount to which a reasonable man would have believed he was entitled by reference to written or printed advertising material accompanying or made part of an application;

(i)     Attempting to settle claims on the basis of an application which was altered without notice to, or knowledge or consent of the insured;

(j)     Making claims payments to insureds or beneficiaries not accompanied by a statement setting forth the coverage under which the payments are being made;

(k)     Making known to insureds or claimants a policy of appealing from arbitration awards in favor of insureds or claimants for the purpose of compelling them to accept settlements or compromises less than the amount awarded in arbitration;

(l)     Delaying the investigation or payment of claims by requiring an insured, claimant or the physician of either to submit a preliminary claim report and then requiring the subsequent submission of formal proof of loss forms, both of which submissions contain substantially the same information;

(m) Failing to promptly settle claims, where liability has become reasonably clear, under one portion of the insurance policy coverage in order to influence settlements under other portions of the insurance policy coverage;

(n)     Failing to promptly provide a reasonable explanation of the basis in the insurance policy in relation to the facts or applicable law for denial of a claim or for the offer of a compromise settlement;

(o)     Requiring insureds or claimants to institute or prosecute complaints regarding motor vehicle violations in the municipal court as a condition of paying private passenger automobile insurance claims.

 

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