Can an employment relationship with an insurer result in a tort claim?

The court went on to suggest that an employment relationship might give rise to tort remedies because the "relationship has some of the same characteristics as the relationship between insurer and insured." (Id., at p. 769, fn. 6, 206 Cal.Rptr. 354, 686 P.2d 1158; see also Wallis v. Superior Court (1984) 160 Cal.App.3d 1109, 207 Cal.Rptr. 123 [pension agreement held to contain characteristics which allow a tort cause of action for breach].)