Kay Morgan | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | November 16, 2019 Last week, the Texas Second Court of Appeals issued Lambert v. State Farm Lloyds,1 which follows the Texas Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Barbara Technologies Corp. v. State Farm Lloyds.2 In a recent blog post, Payment of an Appraisal Award: Is There More, I reviewed Barbara Tech and its… Continue reading Invoking Appraisal – Be Careful What You Ask For
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An Insurer’s Potential Fraud Claim Against Insured Was “No Reason to Stop or Stay Appraisal,” Court Rules
Iris Kuhn | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | November 1, 2019 On October 2, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida ruled that a dispute between an insurance company and its policyholder should proceed to appraisal despite insurance company’s allegations that it had discovered what it called evidence of fraud.… Continue reading An Insurer’s Potential Fraud Claim Against Insured Was “No Reason to Stop or Stay Appraisal,” Court Rules
Payment of An Appraisal Award: Is There More?
Kay Morgan | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | September 19, 2019 The answer to the above question came, in part, on June 28, 2019, with the issuance of twin Texas Supreme Court opinions: Barbara Technologies Corporation v. State Farm Lloyds,1 and Ortiz v. State Farm Lloyds.2 The specific issue in these two decisions was what effect did an… Continue reading Payment of An Appraisal Award: Is There More?
Failure of Insured to Provide Requested Documents Triggers Appraisal Under First Party Insurance Policy
Paul Ferland | Property Insurance Law Observer | October 14, 2019 Those familiar with first party insurance policies have undoubtedly encountered a recurring issue with the interpretation of appraisal provisions – what does it mean to disagree on the amount of loss? In Valvano Realty Co. v. American Fire and Casualty Co., the United States District… Continue reading Failure of Insured to Provide Requested Documents Triggers Appraisal Under First Party Insurance Policy
Insurance Appraisal and Umpire Association – State of Appraisal
J. Ryan Fowler | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | October 3, 2019 I spent October 1st and 2nd in San Antonio at the Insurance Appraisal and Umpire Association (IAUA) meeting. The IAUA is made up of appraisers and umpires from both the policy holder and insurer sides. One of the presentations was a titled a “Global… Continue reading Insurance Appraisal and Umpire Association – State of Appraisal