Most insurance lawyers like to think they can discuss insurance issues with their clients. Keeping informed as to what is happening in the insurance world allows that to be done. The New York Times published an article in February 2016, that has to information that can be helpful. The title…
Insurance lawyers will often times find themselves in Federal court. When this happens it is necessary that the lawsuit pleadings be in proper form. An opinion from the Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas is instructive. The style of the case is, Cathy Broxterman v. State Farm Lloyds.…
Arlington attorneys handling claiming involving “loss of use” have long had to tell clients the following: “If your car is repairable, the insurance company will pay for the loss of the use of the car for as long as the car is reasonably in the shop being repaired. But if…
Med-Pay is suppose to be an easy way to get medical bills paid when someone is injured in an automobile accident. As most insurance lawyers can tell you, that is not always the case. The San Antonio Express-News published an article on January 6, 2016, dealing with the way USAA,…
Texas life insurance lawyers who keep up with the world of life insurance will find this article interesting. It is from Forbes. The article is titled, 10 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Life Insurance. Life insurance is one of the pillars of personal finance, deserving of consideration by…
Irving insurance lawyers and all insurance lawyers want to spend their time suing insurance companies that commit wrongs against their customers. In doing this, one has to be aware of situations where the customer is the one committing fraud on an insurance company. Otherwise, a lot of time and effort…
The Texas Tribune published an article titled, Prosecutors, Insurer Change Controversial Funding Deal. Texas attorneys and all people who buy insurance should sense there was something wrong with this deal. Responding to a flood of criticism about its unusual financial arrangement with a large insurance company, the Travis County District…
Duncanville insurance lawyers keeping abreast of insurance laws may find this article from the Insurance Journal interesting. The title is, “Best, Worst States For Insurance Regulation.” Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how…
Dallas area insurance lawyers need to read a Texas Supreme Court, 2014 opinion. It is styled, In re Essex Insurance Company. This is a mandamus proceeding wherein the Court reaffirmed Texas’s “no direct action” rule barring third-party plaintiffs from suing a tortfeasors’s liability insurance company directly until the tortfeasor’s liability…
Lawyers handling insurance cases are aware of clauses in the insurance contract that are different from other types of contracts. The Claims Journal published an article in November of 2015, that discusses “other insurance” clauses. The title of the article is, “Insurance Policy ‘Escape” Type ‘Other Insurance’ Clause Given Short…