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Delay, Deny, Defend Professor Offers Suggestions for Meaningful Insurance Claims Reform

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Proof of Loss Requirements: A 222-Year-Old Case Still Relevant for Modern Insurance Claims

Property Insurance Coverage Law

United Insurance Company 1 offers timeless guidance on the distinction between preliminary “proof of loss” requirements and “proof” evidence required at trial. This distinction remains critically important for today’s insurance practitioners and policyholders alike. The 1802 New York Supreme Court case of Lenox v.

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Woman Used Photos from Another Person in State Farm Claim, NCDOI Says

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North Carolina authorities have charged one woman and are on the lookout for another in connection with a scheme to defraud a State Farm insurance company of more than $195,000. India Ayesha Wilkerson, 25, of Greensboro, was charged with insurance

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‘Delay, Deny:’ Woman in Florida Charged with Threatening BCBS After Claim Denial

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A Lakeland, Florida, woman was charged this week with threatening mass violence after she reportedly told her health insurance company: “Delay, deny, depose. You people are next” echoing words allegedly used by the shooter of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Briana …

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When Proof Is Everything: The Lesson About a Cow Loss in Nebraska and Filing a Proof of Loss

Property Insurance Coverage Law

In the world of insurance claims, a simple yet often overlooked step can make or break a policyholder’s chance of recovery: The proof of loss. This was driven home in the 1891 case of German Insurance Company v.

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One Example of How Florida’s Politicians Harmed Florida Policyholders By Passing Insurance Lobby Laws

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This is Florida law regarding when an insurance company must start investigating an insurance claim: 3)(a) Unless otherwise provided by the policy of insurance or by law, within 7 days after an insurer receives proof-of-loss statements, the insurer shall begin such investigation as is reasonably necessary unless the failure to begin such investigation (..)

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What Does Replacement Cost Insurance Pay If There Has Not Been Repair or Replacement?

Property Insurance Coverage Law

Insurance companies that wrongly deny or underpay property insurance claims are finding a golden financial opportunity that provides an incentive for them to wrongfully underpay and deny claims—they escape the payment of the replacement cost valuation they promised to their policyholders.