The Mississippi Department of Insurance had planned to bill State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for Deputy Commissioner Lee Harrell’s legal fees for testimony in a policyholders’ lawsuit, but has backed off that position.
Instead, Harrell said Monday that State Farm will cover only the portions of his testimony about the department’s ongoing market-conduct examination of the company. State law allows the Department of Insurance to bill insurance companies for fees associated with such examinations.
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