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Does a sagging floor constitute a “collapse”? Court finds ambiguity in “collapse.”

The Property Insurance Law Observer

Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. , 2009) (noting that the collapse provision is ambiguous, but the “clear modern trend” is to hold that collapse coverage provisions provide coverage if there is substantial impairment of the structural integrity of any part of the building); Jemiola Trustee of Edith R. Jemiola Living Trust v.

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Study Touts PayoffsFrom Alabama Wind Resilience Program

Triple-I: Homeowners Insurance

Homes built or retrofitted to FORTIFIED standards from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety were found to have suffered far less property damage and a lower volume of insurance claims from Hurricane Sally which made landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm in September 2020 than non-FORTIFIED properties.