Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | December 3, 2019 Some of the more interesting discussions about property insurance losses which I have read lately come from Steve Patrick’s “Level The Playing Field” Facebook Group. Recently, Leland Coontz wrote the following: I’ve been triggered again. Someone mentioned on Facebook that ‘The insured is… Continue reading Can A Policyholder Profit From A Loss?
Category: Insurance Coverage
Matching Considerations in Utah
Jonathan Bukowski | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | November 26, 2019 The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) drafted a model law named the “Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act.” These standards include fair and rapid settlement of claims as well as the procedures and practices constituting unfair claim adjustment practices. Section 9 of the… Continue reading Matching Considerations in Utah
Insurer’s Motion for Summary Judgment to Reject Collapse Coverage Denied
Tred R. Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | September 9, 2019 The insurer unsuccessfully moved for summary judgment seeking to reject the insured’s collapse claim. Gnannn v. United Servs. Auto, Ass’n, 2019 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1955 (Conn. Super Ct. July 11, 2019). The insureds’ home was built in 1985 and they purchased… Continue reading Insurer’s Motion for Summary Judgment to Reject Collapse Coverage Denied
“Slow and Steady Doesn’t Always Win the Race” – Applicability of a Statute of Repose on Indemnity/Contribution Claims in New Hampshire
Rahul Gogineni | The Subrogation Strategist | September 12, 2019 In Rankin v. South Street Downtown Holdings, Inc., 2019 N.H. LEXIS 165, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire considered, pursuant to a question transferred by the trial court, whether RSA 508:4-b, the statute of repose for improvements to real property, applies to indemnity and contribution claims. The… Continue reading “Slow and Steady Doesn’t Always Win the Race” – Applicability of a Statute of Repose on Indemnity/Contribution Claims in New Hampshire
Defending Institutional Bad Faith Claims, Part III – Proof By Other Claims
John David Dickenson and Chad A. Pasternack | Cozen O’Connor | November 27, 2019 In Part I of this series, we explored the differences between institutional and non-institutional bad faith. For claims of institutional bad faith, plaintiffs often attempt to demonstrate a pattern and practice by offering evidence of claims of other policyholders. Unlike claims of institutional… Continue reading Defending Institutional Bad Faith Claims, Part III – Proof By Other Claims