What if you are a business owner in Arlington, Grand Prairie, Weatherford, Fort Worth, Dallas, or somewhere else in Texas, and your business is shut down for a while? How does your commercial policy help you with lost income? This was the question in the case, Catlin Syndicate Limited v.…
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Misrepresentations In Texas Insurance
Grand Prairie residents and residents of Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth, Mansfield, Weatherford, and any other town or city in Texas have a right to have their insurance company and agent be honest with them. Misrepresentation of an insurance policy in Texas is illegal under the Texas Insurance Code and Texas…
Commercial Insurance Policy and Interpretation
How an insurance policy is interpreted by Texas Courts is important. This is true whether you live in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Weatherford, Fort Worth, Mansfield, Dallas, or anywhere else in Texas. A commercial insurance policy was recently interpreted by the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.…
Coverage Or No Coverage?
The first thing a person wants to know who has insurance is; Does my policy protect me? This is true no matter if you are living in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield, Dallas, or out in Weatherford, Texas. The United States District Court, Southern District, Corpus Christi Division, had…
Underinsured And Liability On Same Policy – How Does It Work
Whether you live in Weatherford, Texas, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, Dallas, or Fort Worth, the answer to the above would be the same. Texas insurance law is going to apply to all residents of Texas, no matter where in the state they live. Of course there is no one answer…
An Understanding Of How Exclusions Work In An Insurance Policy
Insurance policy holders in Arlington, Grand Praire, Fort Worth, Weatherford, or Dallas, will all notice something called “Exclusions” in their policies. Maybe most people don’t look at their insurance policy’s until they have a reason to make a claim, but when they do they may read something they do not…
Interpreting An Insurance Policy In Texas
When a Court in Texas makes a ruling on an insurance issue in Texas, that ruling has the same effect on Texas residents regardless of where they live in the State. Living in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth, or out in Weatherford or anywhere else in the State, would…
Excluded Drivers In Texas
There are lots of people in the Fort Worth, Dallas, Grand Prairie, Arlington, and Weatherford, areas of Texas who have problems getting affordable insurance. The reasons can be many, examples are, they are young, too many tickets, too many wrecks, a DWI conviction, license suspension issues, and medical conditions. What…
Permission? To Operate The Vehicle
A Dallas Appeals Court upheld a lower Court ruling in an interesting case. The ruling applies to the same facts anywhere in Texas, including, Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie, or Weatherford. This case is valid law today but was decided in 1989. The fact pattern is unique. The style of…
Cooperating With Your Own Insurance Company
A case decided in Fort Worth, Texas on June 11, 2009, is important to understand. The result of this case is the same in Weatherford, Grand Prairie, Arlington, or Dallas. The style of this case is Garry Jenkins v. State and County Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The facts in this…