To the detriment of consumers and businesses, SB 256 benefits trial lawyers by opening the floodgates of litigation related to auto insurance policies through the establishment of an onerous first-party bad faith law. Only a few states in the U.S. have enacted such laws, but none are as troubling as SB 256, which will make Virginia an outlier.
Robert Hartwig
Dr. Robert Hartwig is Director of the University of South Carolina’s Center for Risk and Uncertainty Management.

