Federal Ins. Co. v. TRAVEL CAS. AND SUR.

This case is before this Court on two certified questions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. As modified by this Court,1 those questions are:

1) Whether, absent any specific contractual duty, a primary insurance carrier owes a duty of good faith in each, or all, of the following duties to an excess carrier in its conduct of the defense of an insured who is insured by both: duty of good faith to settle; duty of good faith in deciding whether to settle; and duty of good faith to keep the excess carrier informed of settlement negotiations and adverse developments.

2)…