Whether your agent is in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, Richardson, Plano, Fort Worth, or anywhere else in Texas, he has duties he owes to his insurance clients. So, what are an agents duties? For starters, insurance agents do not have a general duty to obtain coverage nor to make sure…
Let’s say your insurance agent is in Aledo, Arlington, Azle, Grand Prairie, Fort Worth, Mansfield, Weatherford, or anywhere else in Texas. Now, let’s say he does something wrong in the way he handles your insurance needs. Can he be held liable for what he does or fails to do for…
Auto policy holders in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Fort Worth, Mansfield, Azle, Dallas, Weatherford, or any other city in Texas would want to know what all that “stuff” in their auto policy means. One part that is pretty easy to explain is the “Named Driver Exclusion.” This is other times called…
How does the policyholder in Grand Prairie know if his insurance company is acting in bad faith? This same question might be asked in Arlington, Aledo, Mansfield, Fort Worth, or anywhere else in Texas. When an insurance company denies a claim it should be obvious that there are times when…
If you live in Grand Prairie, Aledo, Arlington, Mansfield, Fort Worth, Azle, Weatherford, or anywhere else in Texas and you have car insurance, you were given the chance to purchase underinsured motorist coverage on your automobile. So, how does it work? An example of how some of it works is…
How do I know I’ll win if I sue? Whether you live in Grand Prairie, Weatherford, Arlington, Mansfield, Newark, Keller, Irving, or any other place in Texas, that would be a good question. The first part of answering that question would be to find out whether your case is in…
Lots of business owners in Grand Prairie, Mesquite, Arlington, Fort Worth, Aledo, or any other town in Texas are going to have insurance coverage for the vehicles they use in their businesses. The question is: Do they have the right coverage for the vehicles? The United States District Court, Southern…
Who has “standing” to sue an insuance company for bad faith. Does someone living in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, Keller, Colleyville, Fort Worth or Dallas? USLegal defines “standing” this way: Standing is the ability of a party to bring a lawsuit in court based upon their stake in the outcome.…
When a house burns in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Colleyville, Keller, Mansfield, Fort Worth, Azle, Aledo, or Weatherford, or anywhere else in Texas; What happens when the house catches on fire? Will the insurance company pay for the damages? In, State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Company v. Simmons, the answer…
There are homeowners in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, Weatherford, Aledo, Fort Worth, and everywhere else in Texas. 95% of those homeowners have insurance. So how do you know if your insurance company is violating the “bad faith” laws in Texas? Here is a 1997, Texas Supreme Court case to read…