Weiner Brodsky Kider | September 11, 2019 The USDA’s Rural Housing Service (RHS) recently issued a final rule, pushing back from August 21, 2019, to October 1, 2019, the effective date of a prior rulemaking that seeks to facilitate and encourage single close combination construction to permanent loans (single close loans) under the Single-Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program… Continue reading RHS Amends Rules for Single Close Construction to Permanent Loans
Month: September 2019
Now That Insurers Can’t Legally Enforce Their $5,000 Wildfire Smoke Damage Caps, What Have They Done To Make Up For Their Unanticipated Losses?
Daniel Verhoff | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | September 12, 2019 Many insurance companies thought they would have to pay no more than $5,000 for each California wildfire claim but are ending up paying hundreds of thousands if not millions. These companies sought to reduce their exposure to wildfire losses by capping their liability for wildfire… Continue reading Now That Insurers Can’t Legally Enforce Their $5,000 Wildfire Smoke Damage Caps, What Have They Done To Make Up For Their Unanticipated Losses?
Restoration Contractor Revenue and Profit Is Important If Policyholders Are Going To Get Quality Work
Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | September 10, 2019 Steve Patrick is a guru for those estimating property insurance losses. He made a suggestion on Level The Playing Field, for a construction book, Markup & Profit: A Contractor’s Guide, Revisited. His suggestion caught my eye since Merlin Law Group keeps this work in our reference… Continue reading Restoration Contractor Revenue and Profit Is Important If Policyholders Are Going To Get Quality Work
Why Do I Teach? To Learn Something of Course!
Christopher G. Hill | Construction Law Musings | September 9, 2019 A week ago on Thursday and Friday August 29 and 30, 2019, I had the pleasure of co-teaching a two day module on Contract Administration for the Project Manager Development Program created by the Associated General Contractors of America. This was my favorite kind of… Continue reading Why Do I Teach? To Learn Something of Course!
Coverage Gaps Plague Policyholders! Merlin Law Group and AAPIA Host Webinar Explaining What Is Being Done To Fight This Problem
Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | September 11, 2019 Holly Soffer is General Counsel to the American Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (AAPIA). Strangely enough, we met and started a dialogue about Insurance Coverage Gaps at a half-day leadership conference hosted by the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA). APPIA leadership is doing something about this issue… Continue reading Coverage Gaps Plague Policyholders! Merlin Law Group and AAPIA Host Webinar Explaining What Is Being Done To Fight This Problem