Are communications with your insurer protected from third party disclosure? Maybe so, maybe not. The modern rule is that, in order to be protected from compelled disclosure, the communications must clearly fall within the ambit of one of the traditional privileges: the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, or the “common interest” extension of the foregoing protections.
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