Grand Prairie insurance attorneys and those in Duncanville, De Soto, Cedar Hill, Lancaster, Irving, Mesquite, Garland, and other places in Dallas County need to know changes that are being contemplated by the Texas Department of Insurance. One change currently being contemplated is good news for insurance policy holders. Here is…
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Agent Responsibility For Informing Of Policy Expiration
Fort Worth Insurance Law attorneys need to know the responsibilities of agents in order to know when an agent has violated duties it owes to its insureds. A 1992, opinion issued by the Amarillo Court of Appeals is noteworthy for the guidance its gives on this matter. The style of…
Agent Did Not Inform Insured Of Policy ExpIration
Parker County Attorneys who handle insurance cases need to know case law that will help clients. So, what does case law tell an attorney about agent responsibilities about keeping customers informed as to when a policy is fixing to expire? In 1985, the Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion in…
Insurance Attorneys And Reading The Policy
Fort Worth insurance attorneys and those in Benbrook, Burleson, Crowley, and other parts of Tarrant County need to keep up with recent cases. Here is one that was decided on September 2012. The style of the case is, Wendy Rutherford Branham v. State Farm Lloyds. The opinion was issued by…
Declaratory Judgments For Insurance Cases
Weatherford insurance lawyers and those in Aledo, Azle, Springtown, Hudson Oaks, Cool, Millsap, Brock, and other places in Parker County need to have a good understanding of declaratory judgment actions. The Austin Court of Appeals issued an opinion in 1998, that was a declaratory judgment action. The style of the…
Notifying Insurance Company About A Claim
Weatherford Insurance Lawyers and those in Aledo, Azle, Mineral Wells, Willow Park, Hudson Oaks, Springtown, Millsap, Brock, and other places in Parker County need to make sure their clients promptly turn claims in to their insurance company. The United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued an opinion…
Who Are Permissive Drivers
Fort Worth Insurance Lawyers and those in Grand Prairie, Saginaw, Benbrook, Lake Worth, Grapevine, and other places in Tarrant County need to understand who gets covered by an auto insurance policy and who doesn’t. Here is a case that helps with part of that question. It is a 1989, Dallas…
Residents Of The Same Household Issue
Grand Prairie lawyers and those in Arlington, Fort Worth, Dallas, Grapevine, Richardson, Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Mesquite, and other places in the DFW area need to understand this part of an insurance policy. It is the part dealing with defining “residents of a household.” This is usually a fact question for…
How Insurance Companies Adjust Claims
Grand Prairie lawyers and those in Fort Worth, Dallas, Arlington, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, and other places in North Texas who handle insurance claims would want to know about this article. The Consumer Federation of America has published an article titled “Low Ball: An Insider’s Look At How Some Insurers Can…
Turning In Claim to Insurance Company
Insurance lawyers in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Dallas, Richardson, Mesquite, Garland, and other places in the Dallas and Fort Worth area need to know and understand this case. It discusses one of the responsibilities of an insured under an insurance policy relating to claims made and notifying the insurance company.…