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Around 20 states require UM/UIM, with coverage typically matching your liability limits — which means if you have $50,000 in liability coverage, you'd get up to $50,000 in uninsured motorist ...
Insurance Law columnist Jonathan A. Dachs presents a brief survey of recent developments in the area of Uninsured Motorist, Underinsured Motorist, and Supplementary Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist ...
Some states, such as Virginia, require that the victim actually obtain a judgment against the uninsured motorist (while serving the uninsured motorist carrier in the lawsuit so that the carrier can defend the suit) and then demand payment from the uninsured motorist carrier prior to suing the carrier for any breach of an uninsured motorist ...
Different levels of coverage may protect consumers depending on which insurance policy they purchase. Coverage is sometimes seen as 20/40/15 or 100/300/100. The first two numbers seen are for medical coverage. In the 100/300 example, the policy will pay $100,000 per person up to $300,000 total for all people. The last number covers property damage.
Insurance bad faith is a tort [1] unique to the law of the United States (but with parallels elsewhere, particularly Canada) that an insurance company commits by violating the "implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing" which automatically exists by operation of law in every insurance contract.
Utilization management is "a set of techniques used by or on behalf of purchasers of health care benefits to manage health care costs by influencing patient care decision-making through case-by-case assessments of the appropriateness of care prior to its provision," as defined by the Institute of Medicine [1] Committee on Utilization Management by Third Parties (1989; IOM is now the National ...
Extended coverage is a term used in the property insurance business. All insurance policies have exclusions for specific causes of loss (also called "perils") that are not covered by the insurance company. An extended coverage endorsement (EC) was a common extension of property insurance beyond coverage for fire and lightning.
UIM or Uim may refer to: Science and technology. uim, a multilingual input method framework; UIM (card), used in mobile phones; Organizations ... Code of Conduct;