Insurance Policies and Texas Freeze: What Policyholders Need To Know To Survive “Largest Insurance Claim Event In History”
Insurance Policies, Pipe Burst, Collapse, Snow & Ice The U.S. experienced unprecedented severe winter weather, including snow, ice, and freezing temperatures causing significant water damage to multifamily and commercial properties. The insured losses caused by winter storms, 2021 will likely exceed $50B. Read below to see what you need to know about insurance policies. The […]
7 Ways Commercial & Multifamily Building Owners Maximize Property Damage Insurance Claims
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5th Circuit Reasserts That Bad Faith Isn’t Necessary to Win Interest Penalty Against Texas Insurers
What the 5th Circuit Ruling Means for Your Claim Recovery Efforts Texas policyholders don’t have to prove that their insurer acted in bad faith in order to collect 18% interest on late claim payments, a recent decision by the 5th circuit Court of Appeals. A Houston plaintiff’s attorney defeated State Farm Lloyd’s for the […]
File a complaint against your insurance company
File a complaint against your insurance company Have a dispute with your insurance company? Fed up? Ready to take action? File a Complaint at Your State’s Department of Insurance. Include chronology of the claim, evidence that supports damages, photos, invoices, correspondence, insurance company representatives names and departments to whom you spoke, policy language you are […]
Texas Matching Statutes
Matching is a complex issue that arises in property insurance claims, often leaving policyholders uncertain about the extent of coverage they are entitled to. For example, if after a hail storm, your roof, siding, windows, air conditioner or something else is damaged and the existing material is no longer manufactured, what is a policyholder to […]
Hurricane Laura: The Aftermath
About Hurricane Laura Prior to making landfall in the US, Laura had produced serious damage and took nearly two dozen lives across Hati and the Dominican Republic. As it was moving through the Gulf of Mexico, Laura quickly grew from a Category 1 to a Category 4 within 24 hours. In the early morning of […]
Damaging Storms Reach Denver, Colorado
Tuesday Night’s Storm Caused 1 Tornado & Tennis Ball Sized Hail Colorado was hit with a storm so intense it caused high winds, large hail, and even a tornado in Lincoln County. The storm began to unfold just before midnight on Tuesday evening when the National Weather Service issued its first warning that storms were […]
Avoiding Unnecessary Litigation With a Public Adjuster
Avoiding Unnecessary Litigation With a Public Adjuster Commercial contractors and their policyholder clients carry a lot of risk in managing the time and expenses of dealing with insurance claims and unnecessary litigation. Overhead and profit, general conditions, policy language, interpretation of policy, code upgrades, negotiations, statutes, estimates, engineer reports, adjusters, attorneys, and appraisers are just […]
Damage from Georgetown, TX May 2020 Hail Storm
Georgetown Texas Residents – Don’t Wait! Now’s The Time to Submit Your Hail Damage Claim! Early Thursday morning the residents of Georgetown Texas woke up and began to assess the damage from what will likely be one of the most costly hail storms in Georgetown’s history. Hail from egg-sized to the size of tennis balls […]
Hundreds of insurance claims to come after hail storm damage rips through Georgetown
Hundreds of insurance claims to come after hail storm rips through Georgetown Did your business or commercial property suffer from hail storm damage? Don’t wait to submit an insurance claim! GEORGETOWN (KXAN) — A hail storm with stones the size of baseballs ripped through Georgetown Wednesday night. Now, hundreds of people who live there are […]
