Suzanne Barlyn | Claims Journal | September 3, 2019 Bruce Gendelman wanted a mountainside retreat when he bought 12 acres in Aspen, Colorado. But forest fires that have torched nearby land in recent years left him concerned. So Gendelman, who runs an insurance brokerage, tapped into a program that American International Group Inc offers to… Continue reading Insurers Help Design Luxury Homes to Mitigate Disaster Losses
Month: September 2019
What Will a Denial of Costs Actually ‘Cost’ You?
Lori Bethea | Chartwell Law | September 6, 2019 Jennings v. Habana Health Care Center, 183 So. 3d 1131 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015), has been the law for almost five years, but many claims adjusters are still routinely denying entitlement to costs when responding to a petition. If you’ve been in this industry for a while… Continue reading What Will a Denial of Costs Actually ‘Cost’ You?
Does An Insurer Act In “Bad Faith” If It Denies Coverage For A Hail Loss Based On Its Retained Engineer Defining Hail Damage As Functional Damage?
Edward Eshoo | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | September 9, 2019 In my last blog post, I wrote about the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Windridge of Naperville Condominium Association v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company.1 There, the Seventh Circuit rejected Philadelphia’s argument that because only the south and the west elevations of siding… Continue reading Does An Insurer Act In “Bad Faith” If It Denies Coverage For A Hail Loss Based On Its Retained Engineer Defining Hail Damage As Functional Damage?
Wyoming Bad Faith Remedies For Delayed and Wrongfully Denied Property Insurance Claims
Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | September 7, 2019 We recently were presented with a case involving a property insurance claim in Wyoming. The policyholder was upset, and his public adjuster had a long list of improper actions by the insurance company. Merlin Law Group attorney Jonathan Bukowski wrote a short article about this… Continue reading Wyoming Bad Faith Remedies For Delayed and Wrongfully Denied Property Insurance Claims
A Milestone Construction-Defect Case at New Hampshire Supreme Court
Boston Real Estate Times | August 16, 2019 Morrison Mahoney LLP, one of the northeast region’s leading litigation firms, announced that William A. Staar, a Partner in the firm’s Construction Litigation Practice, prevailed in a case before the New Hampshire Supreme Court (NHSC) on behalf of landscape architect, Wagner Hodgson, Inc. At issue was whether New Hampshire’s eight-year statute… Continue reading A Milestone Construction-Defect Case at New Hampshire Supreme Court