Concluding that insurance companies should not need to become investigative firms, a Superior Court panel has ruled that, once a UM/UIM waiver is signed, an insurance company has complied with the statutory requirement related to the issue.

Any dispute over forgery would be moot unless the insured could meet the burden of proof, a unanimous panel ruled in Toth v. Donegal Cos., PICS Case 09-0057 (Pa. Commw. Jan. 14, 2009) Ford Elliott, P.J. (13 pages).

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