Francisco Garcia | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | August 8, 2018 Nearly every homeowner’s insurance policy issued in Florida provides a mechanism for resolving disputes between the insured and their carrier as to the amount of a loss: Appraisal. The language of the appraisal clause can vary from carrier to carrier – some policies,… Continue reading Partial Denial of Coverage: If They Raise It, Then You Can Appraise It
Month: August 2018
The Trick to Getting Blockchain to Work for Insurance
Jason Contant | Canadian Underwriter | July 30, 2018 The trick to getting blockchain to work in the insurance space is getting all the players in the market to align and agree on common standards and a way to govern the blockchain, Aon Benfield’s chief information officer said Friday. “There’s a massive efficiency play there if you… Continue reading The Trick to Getting Blockchain to Work for Insurance
Utah’s Highest Court Holds That Plaintiffs Must Properly Commence an Action to Rely on the Relation-Back Doctrine to Overcome the Statute of Repose
Shannon M. Warren | The Subrogation Stategist | August 7, 2018 Earlier this summer, in Gables & Villas at River Oaks Homeowners Ass’n v. Castlewood Builders LLC, 2018 UT 28, the Supreme Court of Utah addressed the question of whether the plaintiff’s construction defects claims against the general contractor for a construction project were timely-filed, or… Continue reading Utah’s Highest Court Holds That Plaintiffs Must Properly Commence an Action to Rely on the Relation-Back Doctrine to Overcome the Statute of Repose
The Internet of Things: Are Government Regulation Efforts Too Little, Too Late?
Gwenn B. Barney | The Legal Intelligencer | July 20, 2018 Almost 20 years have passed since technology pioneer Kevin Ashton first coined the phrase Internet of Things (IoT) in a 1999 presentation for Procter & Gamble (Kevin Ashton, “Beginning the Internet of Things,” Medium (March 18, 2016). The Internet of Things consists of physical items that… Continue reading The Internet of Things: Are Government Regulation Efforts Too Little, Too Late?
Supreme Court of Idaho Rules That Substantial Compliance With the Notice and Opportunity to Repair Act Suffices to Bring Suit
Lian Skaf | The Subrogation Strategist | July 10, 2018 In Davison v. Debest Plumbing, Inc., 416 P.3d 943 (Ida. 2018), the Supreme Court of Idaho addressed the issue of whether plaintiffs who provided actual notice of a defective condition, but not written notice as stated in the Notice and Opportunity to Repair Act (NORA), Idaho… Continue reading Supreme Court of Idaho Rules That Substantial Compliance With the Notice and Opportunity to Repair Act Suffices to Bring Suit