Brett Carey | Insurance Journal Bad faith litigation has long posed both legal and reputational risks for insurers operating in Florida. With the enactment in 2023 of House Bill 837—a sweeping tort-reform measure—there are important changes to how insurers and their claims professionals must approach liability and settlement practices. While these reforms offer clearer guidance… Continue reading Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know
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Lessons Learned – Did I Waive My Claim Against the Government?
Nicholas Solosky | Fox Rothschild Contractors working with the federal government understand that contract modifications are a fact of life. Projects rarely unfold exactly as planned – and changes to the scope of work, performance deadlines, and pricing (just to name a few) all require formal contract modifications. With those modifications often comes something else… Continue reading Lessons Learned – Did I Waive My Claim Against the Government?
Louisiana Changes Its “Proof Of Loss” Law
Ryan Telep, Caroline F. Crosby and Pablo Gonzalez | Phelps Dunbar The Louisiana Legislature recently passed HB 437 which enacts La. § R.S. 22:1892.3 (effective August 1), in an attempt to clarify parties’ respective obligations as it relates to Proof of Loss statements and corresponding payments under an insurance policy. Under this new statute, any… Continue reading Louisiana Changes Its “Proof Of Loss” Law
Torrential Rains and Insurance Claims: When Exclusions and Limitations On ‘Flood’ Coverage May Not Apply
Micah Skidmore | Haynes Boone With five months to go, 2025 is already the year of the flash flood in the United States. To date, the National Weather Service has issued more than 3,600 flash flood warnings across the United States in 20251—more than any other year on record since 1986.2 Extreme precipitation events have resulted… Continue reading Torrential Rains and Insurance Claims: When Exclusions and Limitations On ‘Flood’ Coverage May Not Apply
Strength in Numbers—The Class Actions Strategy for Insurance Claims
Colin Kemp and Lauren Smith | Policyholder Pulse When wildfires, floods or other disasters strike, multiple policyholders can be affected in similar ways. But historically, each policyholder would take on their insurance company alone—a tough task, especially for individual policyholders and especially when any given policyholder’s claim is dwarfed by the relative legal and financial… Continue reading Strength in Numbers—The Class Actions Strategy for Insurance Claims