Insurance Bad Faith · New Mexico
New Mexico Insurance Articles
What makes New Mexico different, and what that means if your insurer is not paying.
What a New Mexico Bad Faith Case Is Actually Worth
New Mexico gives policyholders more routes than either neighboring state, and the routes carry different remedies. That makes the value question here partly a question of how the claim is pleaded.
Read · 6 min →New Mexico Gives Policyholders Something Most States Do Not
If you have read that you cannot sue your insurance company under the insurance code, that advice is accurate for most of the country — including both states bordering New Mexico to the west. It is not accurate here.
Read · 5 min →New Mexico Lets You Do What California and Arizona Will Not
Almost everywhere, an injured person cannot sue the insurer of the person who hurt them, however badly that insurer behaved — the duty runs to its own policyholder. New Mexico is one of the exceptions, and the exception is statutory.
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