Property Insurance Coverage Law

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Filing a property insurance claim can feel unfamiliar to many. However, once you’ve submitted your claim, there are key steps you can take to ensure the best possible outcome. Here’s a guide on what to do next, from tracking your claim to ensuring your rights are protected.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The Philadelphia Eagles football team has lost its bid for federal court reconsideration of the dismissal of the team’s claim for insurance coverage for COVID-19 losses. The Eagles tossed a red flag in November after the federal district for Eastern …

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In the wake of the devastating Hurricanes Helene and Milton that recently struck Florida and neighboring states, policyholders are facing the daunting task of rebuilding their lives and navigating complex insurance claims.

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Many insureds and even insured representatives have never dealt with a flood insurance claim and the intricacies of the National Flood Insurance Program. Resources are available at … The post Navigating Flood Insurance Claims from Hurricane Helene appeared first on Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog.

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance so far this year has secured more than $9.5 million for policyholders whose insurance claims had been denied, the department announced this week. The payments, mostly from property insurers, are the result of …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A month after Hurricane Debby made landfall in northern Florida, the number of property insurance claims has reached almost 20,000, and total estimated insured losses are more than $121.5 million, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation reported this week. The …

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

OCTOBER 4, 2024

National Flood Insurance claims are notoriously complex and exacting. Most policyholders are unaware that National Flood claims are among the most difficult property insurance claims to handle correctly, and that the National Flood Insurance adjuster has limited authority.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Property Insurance claims from Hurricane Milton had topped more than 123,000 by Sunday, with some $1.5 billion in estimated insured losses. That’s already more than the claims and losses reported for Helene, which made landfall in Florida two weeks earlier, …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Officials in two Southeastern states have taken steps to hold insurers or recipients of insurance funds accountable after Hurricanes Helene and Milton spurred thousands of insurance claims. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance reminded insurance carriers that they must …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Two Philadelphia professional sports team have lost their appeals over denied business interruption insurance claims tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. District Judge Michael Baylson this week dismissed lawsuits by the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team and the Philadelphia Eagles football …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Four natural catastrophes over four weeks during Canada’s summer season have resulted in about five times the amount of claims than the 20-year average, reported the Insurance Bureau of Canada. About 228,000 home, auto and business insurance claims have been …

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In a significant move to protect policyholders, the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) issued a groundbreaking bulletin that explicitly prohibits insurers from depreciating labor costs when calculating actual cash value (ACV) in homeowner insurance claims.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The landlord for a fire-damaged building leased to a Red Lobster restaurant is blaming the restaurant’s insurer for causing it to lose out on $1.2 million in fire insurance claims payments to repair the property. RL New Brunswick Owner LLC, …

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based specialist insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of One Claim Ltd. Based in Essex, England, One Claim provides broker partners and their clients with claims management support from initial notification through to settlement. The One …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s largest insurer, has suspended policy binding ahead of predicted Hurricane Helene, and a board member asked if the carrier could do more to help policyholders manage flood insurance claims from the looming storm. “My question …

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Prof. Allan Manning

JULY 29, 2024

Realising the importance of ongoing learning, LMI held their annual conference for the claims team in Sydney last week. During the conference it was appropriate to acknowledge and present 10 year service awards to Caroline Stevens from LMI Forensics and Georg Froeschl from LMI Claims.

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

OCTOBER 16, 2024

I was thinking about this while calling FAPIA Managing Director Nancy Dominguez to take down a wrong proof of loss form that some ignorant attorney had sent to a group as the proper NFIP proof of loss to be filed … The post Policyholders Beware of Whom You Hire Regarding Your National Flood Insurance Claim appeared first on Property Insurance (..)

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

JANUARY 12, 2025

Merlin Law Group California attorney Dan Veroff, who was a former staff attorney for United Policyholders (UP), advised policyholders suffering from a California wildfire to attend events by United Policyholders in Theres a Wildfire Burning What Do I … The post California Fire Insurance Claim InformationUnited Policyholders to the Rescue!

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Insurance Journal

JULY 14, 2024

Howard A majority of global insurers are actively endorsing the application of AI chatbots and generative AI in claims resolution processes, underwriting and customer fulfilment, according to a survey conducted by Gallagher Bassett, the claims-services provider and subsidiary …

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Central Insurance

JUNE 19, 2024

Central's Vice President of our Central Regional Office, RJ Coleman, outlines some essential tips to help you develop a good relationship with your claims adjuster. The post How to Develop a Good Relationship With Your Insurance Claims Adjuster appeared first on Central Insurance Blog.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

But perhaps the Orlando-founded firm has grown too big, too quickly, suggests a proposed class-action lawsuit that claims the firm has botched hundreds of … Morgan & Morgan calls itself the nation’s largest injury law firm, with offices in most states.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Officials with Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. took issue Thursday with a number of national and Florida news reports that have suggested that the insurer has the “worst rate” on paying claims after recent hurricanes. “That’s just not accurate,” Citizens …

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

This distinction remains critically important for today’s insurance practitioners and policyholders alike. This post is a follow-up to Where Did the Proof of Loss … The post Proof of Loss Requirements: A 222-Year-Old Case Still Relevant for Modern Insurance Claims appeared first on Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 2, 2024

With multiple hurricanes rocking Florida and other parts of the Southeast this year, claims professionals have said they are seeing a trend toward “soft fraud,” with more policyholders attempting to include older or unrelated damage in recent storm claims, and …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 1, 2024

A Colorado man who aided a former insurance claims adjuster in an auto insurance claims scheme was sentenced this week. In 2020, Brassfield, 55, of Aurora, reportedly aided former Travelers Insurance employee Colette Palin, 63, of Aurora in committing fraud.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A North Carolina woman is set for a court appearance later this month after she was charged with filing a claim on her deceased mom’s house – for damage that occurred before the insurance policy was purchased. Cindy Ramzi Hanna, …

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

AUGUST 18, 2024

Property damage insurance claims funding by factoring companies is a relatively recent phenomenon in the property insurance claims industry.

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

OCTOBER 7, 2024

FAPIA Vice President Frank Altieri noted that federal law applied and that the Florida regulations regarding providing a contract to the insurer do not apply. Instead, federal flood adjusters require a … The post Letter of Representation for National Flood Insurance Claims appeared first on Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog.

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 21, 2024

A study from RAND found that rising litigation rates, trial awards and claim severity are consistent with the expected effects of social inflation. Trends in Trial Awards and Insurance Claim Payments, … The study, What Is the Evidence for Social Inflation?

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

OCTOBER 6, 2024

I have received numerous calls from furious Hurricane Helene policyholders after learning how little coverage is afforded for the non-elevated floor of a multi-story building under their flood insurance policies. Refer to the Visual Flood Adjusters Use appeared first on Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2024

A federal appeals court has underscored the high bar that expert witnesses must meet before a court can connect the dots between exposure and illness, a ruling that could have an impact on insurance claims and toxic tort litigation. In …

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 25, 2024

At what point does a demand from an injured party constitute an insurance claim? In the case of a Georgia-based sperm bank, it’s when the injured party sends the letter a date that came before the clearly worded policy …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The Louisiana of Department of Insurance (LDI) is warning residents to be cautious of online scams related to Hurricane Francine insurance claims. The LDI has detected an increase in online advertising activity related to Hurricane Francine, some of which attempts …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 22, 2024

Insurer Allianz SE expects to pay German winemakers tens of millions of euros in insurance claims this year after many vineyards lost their entire harvest to heavy frosts. While mild temperatures earlier in the year helped shoots to develop sooner, …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 22, 2024

A former West Virginia volunteer fire official is awaiting sentencing after he admitted to setting fire to his home, filing an insurance claim, and using the fire department’s credit card for personal gain. Ennis, 43, of St. Albans, …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Paul Steve Ramirez, 59, was charged with 11 felony counts, including insurance fraud. The fraudulent insurance claims could reach … The owner of a Fresno, California-based for-profit vocational school was charged with engaging in fraudulent billing practices related to workers’ compensation.

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Property Insurance Coverage Law

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Policyholders and public adjusters need to be aware that National Flood Insurance claims are very technical with demanding deadlines that must be met.

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