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Hurricanes
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Lessons Learned from Sandy: National Hurricane Center Report Highlights Issue of Whether “Hurricane” Warnings and Definitions Should Be Modified
In a report issued last week analyzing Superstorm Sandy, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reviewed why Sandy was downgraded from hurricane status to a post-tropical cyclone before it made landfall…
Florida Insurance Claims Law Blog
National Hurricane Center Changing Definition for Hurricane Warnings
Last fall, Hurricane Sandy caused devastating damage to the eastern seaboard - yet the National Hurricane Center did not issue any sort of hurricane warning to the people north of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Hurricane Sandy and Staten Island Immigrants
From Staten Island Advance: After Hurricane Sandy swept in and loosened their toehold on stability, thousands of immigrants on Staten Island did the only thing they know how to do: Put…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Business Income Losses Caused By Hurricane Sandy Are Recoverable Despite Anti-Concurrent Causation Exclusions
I have reviewed denial letters sent to policyholders in New York and New Jersey. Their business income claims have been denied because the “physical loss or damage” was caused, in…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Concurrent Causation on the Jersey Shore Following Hurricane Sandy–Insurers Are Gonna Have a Second Hurricane
By Chip Merlin
"If you only knew what the future holds After a hurricane comes a rainbow"1 "Read the law and weep if you are afraid of juries." That is what I will…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Insurance Claim Denials Following Hurricane Sandy – Public Policy is Significant in New Jersey
By Chip Merlin
My two previous posts regarding Hurricane Sandy insurance claim denials are important to study before moving on to today's post regarding public policy. Accordingly, please review the brief posts of:…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Hurricane Sandy Insurance Claim Denials in New Jersey
By Chip Merlin
Adjusters and public adjusters should be careful not to practice law. Chip Merlin is going to write in general about New Jersey insurance law as it applies to Hurricane Sandy…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Hurricane Sandy Claim Denials and the Value of FC&S
By Chip Merlin
Hurricane Sandy claim denials are starting to be issued. This is typical; hurricane claim denials usually start four to six weeks after the catastrophe. I cannot overemphasize the value of…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Additional Regulations in New York that Benefit the Policyholder Post-Sandy and Hold Insurance Companies Accountable
By Anosh Zaghi
As part of further efforts to help policyholders in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Governor Cuomo and New York's Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued several new regulations geared towards…
Property Insurance Coverage Insights
Insurers Issuing Residential Policies in Delaware Must Include Specific Notice Provision Regarding Hurricane Deductible as of January 1, 2013
On December 7, 2012, the Delaware Department of Insurance issued Bulletin No. 58 reminding insurers writing residential policies incepting or renewing on or after January 1, 2013 that policies must…