Have you ever wondered if someone has left you an insurance policy you do not know about. The Los Angeles Times published an article in March 2017, that you might find interesting. It is titled, How To Score A Piece Of California’s $365 Million In Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits. It…
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Insurance Company Insolvency
All insurance lawyers need to know what happens to a claim when an insurance company becomes insolvent. Insolvency to an insurance company is the same as bankruptcy to other companies and individuals. So what effect is this to policy holders? Companies that write insurance policies in the State of Texas…
Kimble County Texas Auto Insurance Owners
Not just Kimble County automobile owners but everyone should be concerned about a story published recently in the New York Times. It is titled, “Millions Live Where Car Insurance Is Unaffordable, Study Says.” Millions of Americans live in areas where auto insurance is unaffordable according to a new analysis from…
Allstate And Warranties
Insurance attorneys have to have an understanding of how warranties work. Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between insurance and a warranty. An article in the Insurance Journal about Allstate purchasing a warranty company shows how the two can be connected. The title of the article is “Allstate…
Hurricanes And Flood Insurance
Palo Pinto residents may not think they will ever need flood insurance but those living around the Brazos River may think otherwise. In any event, knowing what is going on in the hurricane and flood insurance industry is helpful for insurance law attorneys. The Insurance Journal published an article in…
Home Owners Policy And Arbitration
Texas attorneys who handle insurance claims will find an article from the Texas Tribune to interesting. The article published on November 3, 2016, and is titled, Texas Insurer Drops Push To Let Homeowners Forgo Right To Sue. The Texas Farm Bureau has dropped a proposal that would have allowed its…
Mediation And Insurance Lawsuits
Cresson insurance lawyers as well as those insurance lawyers in the rest of the Dallas and Fort Worth area will usually be ordered to mediate a case prior to any Judge allowing the case to go to trial. The reason for this is because of the high success rate of…
Insurance Court Fights
Sometimes the fights put up by insurance companies seem unnecessary. It is nice when a court agrees. This was the case in a Southern District, Houston Division case. It is styled, Houston Granite & Marble Ctr., LLC v. Mesa Underwriters Specialty Ins. Co. Houston sued Mesa in State Court and…
Life Insurance And Lifestyle
Life insurance attorneys know that in Texas, a life insurance claim cannot be denied after two years have passed. However, what happens when a person purchases life insurance and then his policy gets rejected because the underwriters don’t like the persons lifestyle. According to an article published by Insurance Journal,…
Yes, Insurance Companies Cheat
Insurance Companies Cheat. Yes,it’s true. Insurance law attorneys see this all the time. While the majority of claims are handled in a competent manner and the policy holder is at least partially satisfied with the outcome, insurance lawyers are constantly confronted with the situations where the insurance company is doing…