Insurance Journal

APRIL 29, 2025

Six weeks after Tampa-based Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co. filed a libel suit against a whistleblower claims adjuster, the adjuster’s lawyer has pushed back, arguing that the suit is an attempt to silence those who question insurers’ damage estimates.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Almost two years after a group of independent claims adjusters alleged that insurers had deceptively altered their damage estimates and low-balled policyholders, Florida’s chief financial officer has issued an emergency rule barring similar actions in Hurricane Milton claims. “Any move …

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Policyholder Claim Damage Insurance 290

The Property Insurance Law Observer

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In the recent decision Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. The court emphasized that under both the insurance policy’s plain language and Florida Statute §627.7011(3)(a), payment of replacement cost value is contingent upon the actual completion of repairs. in damages. in damages.

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The Property Insurance Law Observer

AUGUST 22, 2024

The insurer argued that the damage to the floor did not meet the policy’s definition of “abrupt collapse” because it did not completely fall to the ground. Even though the floor had partially detached from the property’s exterior wall, it remained standing. Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. , Jemiola Living Trust v.

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Building Commercial Property Damage Policy 130

Majesco

APRIL 11, 2024

There is inflation and its pressure on claims costs, whether it’s medical or it is physical damage to homes and businesses. Some customers can’t afford their insurance and they are decreasing the amount of insurance they have or not purchasing it all together. We have challenges from a macroeconomic perspective.

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