Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | September 24, 2018 Insurance companies spend time training their insurance adjusters. Training is a very important. It sets the tone and culture of how the claims department functions. Training can be ethical and professional as discussed by Ken Brownlee in Insurance Companies Must Perform in Good Faith… Continue reading Insurance Company Adjuster Training Scripts and Role Paying
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California Passes Law Requiring Insurance Companies Take Specific Measures To Periodically Review The Estimated Replacement Cost Of Structures Insured Under Residential Property Insurance Policies
Lawrence Moon | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | September 23, 2018 Last month, California passed legislation that requires residential property insurers to take specific measures to review the estimated cost of rebuilding or repairing structures insured under residential property insurance policies. Assembly Bill 1797 added section 10103.4 to California’s Insurance Code. With certain, limited… Continue reading California Passes Law Requiring Insurance Companies Take Specific Measures To Periodically Review The Estimated Replacement Cost Of Structures Insured Under Residential Property Insurance Policies
Insurance Companies Must Perform in Good Faith Regardless of Their Customer’s Imperfect Actions
Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | September 21, 2018 Insurance companies routinely argue for immunity from their wrongful actions because acts of their customers are not perfect following a loss. Policyholders are not claims specialists. Policyholders generally are not in the insurance claims business much less the civil litigation business which the… Continue reading Insurance Companies Must Perform in Good Faith Regardless of Their Customer’s Imperfect Actions
Alternative Fee Structure Goes Live for American Arbitration Association
David Salton | Texas Construction Law | September 6, 2018 Although arbitral institutions like the London Court of International Arbitration and International Chamber of Commerce have historically based arbitration costs on models other than a pure hourly-basis, the American Arbitration Association/International Centre of Dispute Resolution recently became the first national institution to make a true alternative fee… Continue reading Alternative Fee Structure Goes Live for American Arbitration Association
Attention Insurance Contractors: Law Now Requires Additional Notice About Insurance Deductibles
Blake Nelson | Hellmuth & Johnson | September 19, 2018 On May 29, 2018, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed an amendment to the law prohibiting payment or rebate of insurance deductibles on residential construction projects. Minnesota law already stated that a residential contractor providing home repair or improvement services was prohibited from paying, rebating or otherwise… Continue reading Attention Insurance Contractors: Law Now Requires Additional Notice About Insurance Deductibles