Larry P. Schiffer | Squire Patton Boggs | March 9, 2016 Homeowners’ policies have become more complex as more and more homes have been built around the country. With the increase in natural and other disasters, including construction defect claims, homeowners have looked to their policies for coverage when disasters have destroyed or nearly destroyed… Continue reading Construing Collapse Under a Homeowners’ Insurance Policy
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Attorney Work Product and Hiding the Coverage Opinion – A Refresher on Attorney-Client Privilege
Patrick McGinnis | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | February 25, 2016 Recently, while going through the insurance company claim file on two cases, I saw references to a coverage opinion letter from a lawyer (or referencing emails shared between the adjuster and an attorney about coverage). These communications occurred in the claims handling process… Continue reading Attorney Work Product and Hiding the Coverage Opinion – A Refresher on Attorney-Client Privilege
Citizens Property Insurance Attempts to Limit its Coverage for Water Damage
Sean Shaw | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | March 2, 2016 I was surprised when I first saw the Sun-Sentinel article, Citizens files request for 72-hour deadline to report loss. The more I read and thought about the article the angrier I became. As I have written in the past, Florida policyholders continue to… Continue reading Citizens Property Insurance Attempts to Limit its Coverage for Water Damage
Court Finds Coverage when Insurance Company Denied Claim for Pre-Existing Damage
Nicole Vinson | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | February 27, 2016 Last month, when presenting at the Windstorm Insurance Network’s 17th Annual Conference in Orlando, my panel discussed the Anatomy of an Insurance Policy. This basic course examined residential and commercial properties, and in both sessions we had lively discussions about some fundamentals. The… Continue reading Court Finds Coverage when Insurance Company Denied Claim for Pre-Existing Damage
Discovery in Coverage and Bad-faith Litigation: are Courts Permitting more Invasive Discovery?
Mendes & Mount LLP | February 23, 2016 Introduction This update examines how the protections afforded to insurers by attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine have been challenged and stretched through recent cases across the United States, particularly where bad faith of an insurer is alleged. It is in the context of bad faith… Continue reading Discovery in Coverage and Bad-faith Litigation: are Courts Permitting more Invasive Discovery?