2682 REVIEW DENIED An insurer has an obligation to seek the insured's permission to disclose policy limits, rather than to observe a blanket policy of not doing so, and failure to fulfill that obligation can result in bad faith liability for a judgment in excess of policy limits, even though the claimant never made an offer within policy limits. CitationBOICOURT v AMEX ASSURANCE (Non Disclosure) 78 CA4 1390 [See: InsC 791.13; Griffith v State Farm 230 CA3 59; Superior Ins v Superior Court 37 C2 749]
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