Court Upholds Dismissal of Carrier's Claim for Premium Payment

The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of an insurance carrier’s claim for payment of additional premium from a self-employed roofer and also affirmed the dismissal of the roofer’s bad-faith claim against the carrier. Case: Auto-Owners Insurance Co. v. Rosas, No. 20-0020, 05/12/2021, published. Facts: Raul Rosas was a self-employed roofer and ran Blue Flame Roofing as a sole proprietorship. Rosas and other self-employed roofers worked on jobs together, splitting the pay. No one roofer had to obtain the work, but the payee for the work was always Rosas and Blue ...