Insurer Acted Reasonably In Enclosing Release With Tender Of Bodily Injury Limits

(September 18, 2023, 9:32 AM EDT) -- HELENA, Mont. — A Montana federal magistrate judge granted an auto insurer’s motion for summary judgment after determining that claims alleging violations of Montana’s Unfair Trade Practices Act (UTPA) and bad faith cannot proceed because the insurer acted reasonably by enclosing an optional release when it tendered its insured’s bodily injury limits to the claimants following a motorcycle accident for which its insured was liable....