Insurance agent negligence cases are rarely easy. A recent decision offers valuable insight into how insurance agent negligence claims play out when organizations misunderstand the scope of their insurance coverage. 1 This lawsuit arose after the Piatt Lake Bible Conference Association’s […]
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Expert Witness Testimony and the Lack of It Can Lose Property Insurance Cases
A recent appellate decision offers an instructive example of how procedural missteps and insufficient expert disclosures can prove fatal to a policyholder’s insurance claim. 1 The case arose from property damage allegedly caused by Hurricane Irma in 2017. After a […]
Why an Advance Payment Doesn’t Mean Your Claim Is Covered (Even in Wildfire Cases)
After a wildfire claim, many policyholders breathe a sigh of relief when they receive an advance or “undisputed” payment from their insurance company. But I often get calls from public adjusters or homeowners who are shocked when that same insurer […]