HB765

Louisiana HB765 outlines procedures for joining liability insurers and asserting coverage defenses in civil actions.

Louisiana HB765 amends existing law to establish procedures for joining liability insurers and asserting coverage defenses. It requires insurers to provide written notice of reservation of rights to the insured within ninety days of determining a coverage defense. Insurers must also notify all counsel of record within sixty days of issuing a reservation of rights notice. The bill allows a liability insurer to be joined as a party defendant solely for entering final judgment or enforcing a settlement when direct action is not authorized.