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Avoid Claim Denials: Key Policyholder Duties After a Loss

Property Insurance Coverage Law

All insurance policies include a section placing specific responsibilities and obligations on policyholders to act in a certain way before entitling them to policy benefits for what should be a covered loss.

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Fighting for Policyholder Rights: Florida Bad Faith Law

Property Insurance Coverage Law

When a hurricane damages your home, you expect your insurance company to play fair. But what happens when insurers undervalue claims, drag out disputes, and then hide behind new laws to avoid accountability? Scottsdale Insurance Companya case that delivered a crucial victory for policyholders in Florida.

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Fighting for Policyholder Rights: Florida Bad Faith Law

Property Insurance Coverage Law

When a hurricane damages your home, you expect your insurance company to play fair. But what happens when insurers undervalue claims, drag out disputes, and then hide behind new laws to avoid accountability? Scottsdale Insurance Companya case that delivered a crucial victory for policyholders in Florida.

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Beware of a One-Year Deadline to File a Lawsuit—Always Hire a Public Adjuster If Your Insurer Makes You Adjust Your Own Claim

Property Insurance Coverage Law

A recent federal court decision favoring Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in a pipe burst claim1 left me thinking about two lessons. First, this case strongly reminds policyholders to be aware of time limits in their insurance policies and take action as soon as they believe their claim is not being handled fairly.

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Brotherhood Mutual Hit With $35 Million Punitive Award on Roof Damage Claim

Property Insurance Coverage Law

We speak deeply about policyholder issues and his heart is always in the right place. He has always welcomed me since I first stepped foot in Texas.

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State Farm Water Damage Protocols and Insurance Company Expert Witnesses

Property Insurance Coverage Law

State Farm policyholders should be aware of its companys water damage claims processes, as noted in State Farms Water Protocol. After reading the facts and allegations of a recent water claim denial, I would suggest they also should be concerned with alleged experts providing opinions about the cause of water losses.

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Avoid Claim Denials: Key Policyholder Duties After a Loss

Property Insurance Coverage Law

All insurance policies include a section placing specific responsibilities and obligations on policyholders to act in a certain way before entitling them to policy benefits for what should be a covered loss.