Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | October 18, 2018 The Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued an email authorizing Florida licensed public adjusters to hire anybody to make estimates of damage. This email corrects my latest two blogs which indicated that the OIR wanted to prevent those not licensed from working on insurance… Continue reading Florida Department of Insurance Says Anybody Hired By a Licensed Public Adjuster Can Participate in Preparing an Insurance Claim By Writing the Insurance Estimates of Damage
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Narrowly Interpreted Exclusion Leads to Coverage
Marie Laur | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | October 20, 2018 Insurance policies are to be interpreted in the light most favorable to the insured. Narrowly interpreting policy language can help find coverage for an insured, as was the case in Tuscarora Wayne Insurance Company v. Hebron.1 In Tuscarora, a Pennsylvania appellate court reversed a… Continue reading Narrowly Interpreted Exclusion Leads to Coverage
Contractor Beware: Design-Build Firms Must Review Washington’s Licensing Requirements
John Krawczyk | Ahlers Cressman & Sleight | September 19, 2018 Design-build contracting is a method of project delivery where the contractor provides both architectural/design and building services to the owner. Yet rarely do firms perform both design and building work in equal measure. Rather, in many instances, firms perform the vast majority of their… Continue reading Contractor Beware: Design-Build Firms Must Review Washington’s Licensing Requirements
The “Right to Repair” Construction Defects in the Rocky Mountain and Plains Region
Jean Meyer and Sheri Roswell | Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell, LLC | September 25, 2018 In excess of 30 states have enacted tort reform legislation requiring property owners to notify construction professionals of the presence of alleged construction defects prior to the commencement of a lawsuit. These statutes also often permit construction professionals to… Continue reading The “Right to Repair” Construction Defects in the Rocky Mountain and Plains Region
Attorney’s Fees And Homeowner Claims Against Insurance Companies
Scott Topolski | Cole Schotz | October 15, 2018 Lawsuits by homeowners against their own insurance companies for failing to pay on damage claims that homeowners believe and argue are covered by their policies of insurance are quite common in Florida. Frequently these involve claims for water-related damages—a typical example being a slow leak from… Continue reading Attorney’s Fees And Homeowner Claims Against Insurance Companies