Weatherford attorneys and those in Mineral Wells, Aledo, Azle, Springtown, Peaster, Millsap, Brock, Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, and other places in Parker County would want to read the case decided in July 2011, by the San Antonio Court of Appeals. The case is styled, Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.…
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Duty To Cooperate
Lots of people in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, Azle, Willow Park, Hudson Oaks, Springtown, Millsap, Brock, and other places in the Parker County area and for that matter, other places in Texas may not realize that they have responsibility under their insurance policies to cooperate with their insurance company with…
Misrepresentation In Insurance Policy Application
People in Weatherford, Aledo, Brock, Millsap, Mineral Wells, Springtown, Willow Park, Hudson Oaks, and other places in Parker County need to understand that the ways they fill out an insurance application can be important. Here is a case where the insurance company lost the argument that the information in the…
Duty To Cooperate With Insurance Company After A Loss
An insured in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, Azle, Willow Park, Hudson Oaks, Brock, Millsap, Peaster, Cool, Springtown, or anywhere else in Parker County may wonder how much they are suppose to do to help the insurance company when a claim is submitted for coverage. The answer is – quite a…
Delay In Payment Of Claim
People in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, Azle, Springtown, Willow Park, Brock, Hudson Oaks, Millsap, Cool, Peaster, Palo Pinto, and other places in Parker and Palo Pinto Counties may wonder: How long does the insurance company have to pay the claim? The “Prompt Payment of Claims statute” is found in the…
Where Appraisal Does Not Apply
If someone in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Crowley, Mansfield, Benbrook, Burleson, Keene, or anywhere else the metroplex area reads their homeowners insurance policy, they will probably find an appraisal clause. This clause usually, is for the benefit of the insurance company. As a result, getting around that clause is a good…
Claims Handling Process / Getting Paid On A Homeowners Policy Claim
Everyone in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Fort Worth, Dallas, Irving, Mesquite, Garland, Carrollton, Duncanville, De Soto, and other places through out Texas need to know how to make sure they get paid properly and fully when making a homeowners claim. One way is to see an experienced Insurance Law Attorney early…
How Long Does An Insurance Company Have To Pay A Claim
Anyone in Grand Prairie, Weatherford, Fort Worth, Dallas, Arlington, Aledo, or anywhere else in Texas may ask the question which is the title of this post. The answer is not as easy as one would hope it to be. The Texas Insurance Code has a subchapter titled “Prompt Payment of…
Blamed For Arson
Arsons happen in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, Azle, Millsap, Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Brock, Peaster, Springtown, and all over Parker County and Texas. But that does not mean the person who owned the property committed the arson. And when the insurance company does an investigation and finds the property owner…
Insurable Interest
Insured’s in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, Azle, Hudson Oaks, Springtown, Willow Park, Brock, Millsap, Peaster, and other places in Parker County might wonder, what does “insurable interest” mean. Here is a case that talks about it. The opinion in this case was issued in 2000, by the Corpus Christi Court…