First Acceptance Ins. Co. of Ga., Inc. v. Hughes

ELLINGTON, Justice.

*73**489We granted certiorari in this case, Hughes v. First Acceptance Ins. Co. of Ga., Inc. , 343 Ga. App. 693, 808 S.E.2d 103 (2017), to review whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the grant of summary judgment to the insurer on the insured's failure-to-settle claim. We also asked the parties to address whether an insurer's duty to settle arises only when the injured party presents a valid offer to settle within the insured's policy limits or whether, even absent such an offer, a duty arises when the insurer knows or reasonably should know that settlement within…