Chip Merlin | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog United Policyholders takes action and gets things done for policyholders regarding the insurance gap issue. United Policyholders is tackling the insurance gap coverage problem by providing staff and resources to collect rogue property insurance policy forms being issued by insurance companies, to show examples of how insurers are… Continue reading Crazy New Policy Language? Report It To United Policyholders!
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Be Careful with Good Faith Payments
Christopher G. Hill | Construction Law Musings | November 25, 2019 Sometimes doing the expedient thing and what looks good at the time can come back to bite you. Just ask 3M Company. In Faneuil, Inc. v. 3M Co., the Virginia Supreme Court considered a customer services subcontract between Faneuil and 3M relating to a toll… Continue reading Be Careful with Good Faith Payments
“That Settles It”: The Georgia Supreme Court Provides Clarity Regarding an Insurer’s Duty to Settle
Michele N. Detherage | Robins Kaplan | November 15, 2019 New guidance from the Georgia Supreme Court re: an insurer’s duty to settle The issue of whether an insurer has fulfilled its duty to settle in good faith was recently litigated in Georgia. Under Georgia law “[a]n insurance company may be liable for the excess… Continue reading “That Settles It”: The Georgia Supreme Court Provides Clarity Regarding an Insurer’s Duty to Settle
Overcoming the Prejudice of Late Reporting
Kyle Staggs | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | November 25, 2019 The Florida Third District Court of Appeal recently found that when a policyholder failed to substantially comply with a post-loss obligation, the insurance company is presumed to have been prejudiced by the breach.1 The burden then shifts to the policyholder to show that the… Continue reading Overcoming the Prejudice of Late Reporting
There is an Obligation for the Insured to Read an Insurance Policy
Barry Zalma | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | November 21, 2019 (NOTE: This guest post is by Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE.1 Barry Zelma is a prolific writer and scholar in the field of insurance. I have purchased numerous publications from Barry. I am currently reading a book on legal ethics he wrote, The Little Book on Ethics For… Continue reading There is an Obligation for the Insured to Read an Insurance Policy