A lot of people in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Irving, Fort worth, Dallas, and other areas in Texas will have a disability policy. Sometimes these policies are from work and other times a person will purchase one for themselves. But what happens if the insurance company refuses to pay benefits under…
Articles Posted in Interpreting An Insurance Policy
Uninsured Motorists And Consent To Settle
Most insureds in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Dallas, Mansfield, Arlington, and other areas in the Dallas – Fort Worth metroplex have no idea how the uninsured motorist protection coverage on their automobile policies works. All they know is that their insurance agent told them that they should have it in…
Making an Underinsured Motorist Claim
People in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, Dallas, and other places in Texas, who have underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage will hope they never have to use that coverage. But what if they do have to use it? What are the rules? One rule focused on here, is that in…
Permission To Settle Claim
People in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, Fort Worth, Dallas, or anywhere else in Texas will often times try to settle a claim they have without the assistance of an experienced Insurance Law Attorney. The problem with doing this is that there are multiple ways a person can be making a…
Appraisal And Insurance
Appraisal – People in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Fort Worth, Dallas, Keller, Coppell, Farmers Branch, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, and other places in the DFW area are probably not familiar with the way appraisal works in an insurance policy. The Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion in 2009 that deals with appraisals.…
Temporary Substitute In Insurance Policy
If someone in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Saginaw, Roanoke, North Richland Hills, Lake Worth, Colleyville, or anywhere else in Tarrant County uses someone else’s car when their own car is unavailable, does the insurance on that other car protect them? This issue was discussed in a 2003, Texas Supreme Court…
Insurance And Which Car Is Insured?
Here is a situation for someone in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Fort Worth, Dallas, Irving, or anywhere else in the DFW area to think about. If a car has insurance and it gets sold, is the insurance on the car still valid? This case was decided by the Houston Court of…
Insurance Claim Denial
Insureds in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, Azle, Hudson Oaks, Willow Park, Brock, Millsap, Cool, Springtown, and other places in Parker County and Texas do not always understand what is covered by their policy and what is not. Here is a case that helps understand a little bit about coverage as…
Who Is Insured Under The Policy
Policy purchasers in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Irving, Fort Worth, Crowley, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, Mansfield, Dallas, and other places in Texas would like to think they know who is covered under a policy they purchase. What is surprising is the difference between what the policy purchaser thinks and what the insurance…
Coverage Under An Auto Policy; Family Member Exclusions
Insured’s in Weatherford, Mineral Wells, Aledo, Willow Park, Hudson Oaks, Azle, Brock, Millsap, Springtown, Cool, Peaster, and other places in Parker County would be confused when trying to figure out some aspects of coverage as it relates to auto insurance policy’s. The meaning of “Family Member” in a policy might…