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…
Articles Posted in Home Owners Policies
Coverage Under An Insurance Policy
Grand Prairie lawyers who handle insurance disputes and those in Dallas, Fort Worth, Mansfield, De Soto, Duncanville, Irving, Arlington, and other places in the Dallas Fort Worth area need to understand the coverages under an insurance policy. Specifically, they need to know what an ‘occurrence’ or ‘loss’ is under a…
Lender-Placed Policies
Grand Prairie insurance lawyers and those in Fort Worth, Dallas, Carrollton, Garland, Irving, Mesquite, Richardson, and other places in North Texas will get the occasional phone call wanting to discuss a situation involving a lender-placed insurance policy. The Houston Court of Appeals, 14th District, issued an opinion on May 17,…
Dog Bite Claims / Cases
Weatherford lawyers, and those in Mineral Wells, Springtown, Aledo, Azle, Peaster, Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Millsap, Brock, and other parts of Parker County might be surprised to learn this about dog bite claims. How many there are and how much they cost insurance companies in claims. An article posted on…
Appraisals
Insurance attorneys in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Dallas, and other areas in Texas will have clients who need advice regarding the appraisal process when homeowners make insurance claims. Generally speaking, an appraisal is appropriate in cases where the insurance company acknowledges that a loss has occurred, but there is a…
Vacancy Clause In Homeowners Policy
A person in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, and other places in Parker County who has a homeowners policy would find the following case of interest. At one time or another a house or residence is going to be vacant for a period of time. Maybe it is when remodeling is…
Notice To Insurance Company
People in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Mansfield, Crowley, Burleson, Benbrook, Joshua, and other places in Tarrant and Johnson County need to understand the importance of notifying the company quickly when a potential claim arises. The Fort Worth Court of Appeals issued an opinion in 2007 dealing with “notice” to an…
Flood Damage Claim
People in Weatherford, Aledo, Azle, Springtown, Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Millsap, Brock, Mineral Wells, and other places in Parker County prone to flooding losses should be interested in a recent opinion issued by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The opinion was issued on March 6, 2012, and…
Homeowners Insurance Cancellation In Texas
Customers in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, Springtown, Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Azle, Millsap, Brock, and other places in Parker County do not have the concerns many customers are facing along the Gulf Coast of Texas when it comes to homeowners insurance policies. Along the Gulf Coast of Texas, State Farm…
Exclusions In Homeowners Insurance Policies
Someone in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas, Mansfield, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, De Soto, Irving, or anywhere else in the Dallas / Fort Worth area would have a hard time understanding how to interpret “exclusions” in an insurance policy. It can be difficult even for an experienced Insurance Law Attorney.…