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Avoid Claim Denials: Key Policyholder Duties After a Loss

Property Insurance Coverage Law

All insurance policies include a section placing specific responsibilities and obligations on policyholders to act in a certain way before entitling them to policy benefits for what should be a covered loss.

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Beware of a One-Year Deadline to File a Lawsuit—Always Hire a Public Adjuster If Your Insurer Makes You Adjust Your Own Claim

Property Insurance Coverage Law

A recent federal court decision favoring Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in a pipe burst claim1 left me thinking about two lessons. First, this case strongly reminds policyholders to be aware of time limits in their insurance policies and take action as soon as they believe their claim is not being handled fairly.

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200,000 Gallons of Water Destroyed My Home and My Good Neighbor Insurance Company Will Not Pay a Dime!

Property Insurance Coverage Law

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company 1 shows how the fine print in an insurance policy can entirely undermine the protection that policyholders believe they have purchased.

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Avoid Claim Denials: Key Policyholder Duties After a Loss

Property Insurance Coverage Law

All insurance policies include a section placing specific responsibilities and obligations on policyholders to act in a certain way before entitling them to policy benefits for what should be a covered loss.

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ACV, RCV, and GCOP: Why the Ninth Circuit’s Ruling Matters to Claims Professionals and Policyholders

Property Insurance Coverage Law

Safeco Insurance Company of America 1 serves as a timely reminder for claims professionals to revisit how to interpret actual cash value (ACV), replacement cost value (RCV), and general contractor overhead and profit (GCOP) under property insurance policies which define the terms.

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Beware of a One-Year Deadline to File a Lawsuit—Always Hire a Public Adjuster If Your Insurer Makes You Adjust Your Own Claim

Property Insurance Coverage Law

A recent federal court decision favoring Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in a pipe burst claim1 left me thinking about two lessons. First, this case strongly reminds policyholders to be aware of time limits in their insurance policies and take action as soon as they believe their claim is not being handled fairly.

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200,000 Gallons of Water Destroyed My Home and My Good Neighbor Insurance Company Will Not Pay a Dime!

Property Insurance Coverage Law

State Farm Fire and Casualty Company 1 shows how the fine print in an insurance policy can entirely undermine the protection that policyholders believe they have purchased.