First American v. Nat. Union Fire Ins.

How courts have described this case

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• finding that insurer complied with all conditions of the policy by requiring the insured to keep it informed about ongoing litigation
• \An insurer does not breach its duty to defend an insured when it provides a defense under a reservation of rights.\
• “Where [] an insurer denies a claim and refuses to defend, the insured can take whatever steps are necessary to protect itself from a claim.”
• initial letter denying coverage and instructing insured to notify it if suit filed did not result in breach by insurer
• “Where, however, an insurer denies a claim and refuses to defend, the insured can take whatever steps are necessary to protect itself from a claim.”
• where policy provision directed insured not to settle claim without written consent of insurer, and where insurer had not declined a defense to suit, insurer was not obliged to indemnify insurer for a settlement made without the latter’s written consent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).