Section 14.31 Insurer-Insured Privilege

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G. (§14.31) Insurer-Insured Privilege

The insured-insurer relationship surrounds the insured with the same cloak of privileged confidentiality that protects the communications between attorney and client from discovery.

The reason for this congruent protection is two-fold. The insured delegates the selection of an attorney and the defense of any litigation to his liability insurer. Thus, the insured may properly assume the communication is made to the insurer for the purpose of transmitting it to an...