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Fire Claim
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Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Accessing Insurance After California Fires
Homeowners and businesses are beginning the painful recovery process following the devastating fires in California. Insurance money will be critical to that process. Read Lorie Masters' and Michael Levine's article…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
It’s Not Enough For An Insurance Company To Allege An Insured “May” Have Committed Arson
All too often in fire claims insurance companies are quick to deny a fire claim and assert that the insured was involved in setting the fire. But is it enough…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Homeless Warming Fire That Becomes Uncontrolled is Not Vandalism for Purposes of Policy Exclusion
How many of you have been faced with a fire claim where the insurer denies coverage on the grounds that the fire was the result of vandalism and therefore the…
Zalma's Insurance 101 Videoblog
Chapter 15 – Volume 75 – Obtain an Inventory
By Barry Zalma
Obtain an Inventory The adjuster must always require the insured to provide an inventory of the contents. As soon as possible after the fire is extinguished, inventory the debris left…
Zalma's Insurance 101 Videoblog
Insurance 101 – Chapter 15 – Volume 70 – Case Studies of Successful Fraud Investigations
By Barry Zalma
Case Studies of Successful Fraud Investigations Fraudulent Fire Claim An insured had claimed the loss, in a minor fire, of thousands of dollars of personal property. After analysis of the…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Vetting Fire and Smoke Experts – Falcon v. State Farm Lloyds Case Study
By Chip Merlin
As promised yesterday in Wildfire and Smoke Claims - A Case Burning With Issues That Public Adjusters Should Study, today’s post will be the first study from the recent decision…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Public Adjuster Arrested For Intentionally Inflated Fire Claim Denies Allegations
By Chip Merlin
Everybody deserves to be considered innocent of criminal conduct until proven guilty. That certainly was not how government officials responded to the arrest of a Florida public adjuster accused of…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Public Adjusting in Minnesota
Maplewood, Minnesota resident, Micah Coburn, recently experienced the benefits of hiring a public adjuster. The help Micah received from his public adjuster, Benjamin Johnson, was detailed in a report posted…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Thanksgiving Day is Number One Fire Insurance Claim Day
By Chip Merlin
Fire insurance claims spike on Thanksgiving Day. I became interested in this fact after viewing the following commercial by Allstate: [embed]http://www.youtube.com/v/xPSgo-Bw5RA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6[/embed] State Farm keeps track of everything at…