( December 12, 2024, 1:07 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — Breach of contract and bad faith claims against a life insurer will proceed in California federal court because remand to state court is not warranted as complete diversity of citizenship exists, a California federal judge said after determining that the beneficiaries’ negligence claim cannot proceed against the nondiverse life insurer agent who was working in the scope of her employment for the life insurer....