Knowing how insurance companies and their attorneys look at denied claims that result in a lawsuit is valuable to the attorney and his client who is suing the insurance company for the denied claim. The State Bar of Texas is a source for some helpful information. In particular the Insurance…
The State Bar of Texas, Insurance Law Section, published an article in a Journal it publishes which gives a perspective from the eyes of an insurance company lawyer defending lawsuits filed against the insurance company for denying claims. It is good to know how they look at these matters. Here…
This life insurance claim opinion is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, and is styled, Wharlest Jackson v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Among other causes of action, Jackson has sued Farmers under an insurance policy for violation of the “Prompt Payment of Claims Act.” Farmers has…
This life insurance claim opinion is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, and is styled, Wharlest Jackson v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Among other causes of action, Jackson has sued Farmers under an insurance policy for violation of the “duty of good faith and fair dealing.”…
This life insurance claim opinion is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, and is styled, Wharlest Jackson v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Among other causes of action, Jackson has sued Farmers under an insurance policy for violations of the Texas Insurance Code. Farmers has filed a…
This life insurance claim opinion is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, and is styled, Wharlest Jackson v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Among other causes of action, Jackson has sued Farmers under an insurance policy for violations of the Texas Insurance Code. Farmers has filed a…
This life insurance claim opinion is from the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, and is styled, Wharlest Jackson v. Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. Among other causes of action, Jackson has sued Farmers under an insurance policy for violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA). Farmers…
Interpreting an insurance policy is sometimes difficult at best. Different people will read the same words in an insurance policy and believe the words say different things. What is important to an insurance lawyer is how the Courts read and interpret insurance policies. The Northern District of Texas, San Angelo…
Insurance Lawyers who who handle claims made through Renters Insurance policies should know there is a new kind of renters insurance coming into the marker. Traditional Renters Insurance covers break-ins, thefts, floods, and various other types of claims to the personal property of a renter. The new kind of renters…
For the past three months there has been a lot of information about Covid-19. What is not clear is how insurance policies, in particular, commercial insurance policies do or do not provide coverage for losses experienced because of Covid-19 or government reaction to Covid-19. How these cases and the resulting…