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Hurricanes
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Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Hurricane Flood Claims May Be Limited Against the Federal Government
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a federal insurance program that offers flood insurance and is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Although it is a federal…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Claims for Hurricane Ike Damage Survive Motion to Dismiss
Whether the insured's claims based upon the adjustor's inadequate inspection after Hurricane Ike stated a claim was at issue in Stewart v. Nationwide Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 2011…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Shell Game as to which Deductible Applies
There were many insurance claims filed after the 2005 hurricanes that devastated Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. Although many different legal issues arose in the ensuing insurance litigation, a bad faith…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
“Self-Serving” Affidavits Move Hurricane Damage Case Past Summary Judgment
In yet another “which came first, the wind or the water” debate over hurricane damage, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently analyzed whether so called “self-serving” affidavits could be…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Multiple Hurricanes Combined with a Change in Insurance Can Lead to Complex Problems Over Coverage
Hurricanes are known for outrageously destructive forces that can reduce manmade structures to rubble in the blink of an eye. If man can build a structure once, man can rebuild…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
A House [Still] on the Beach, Literally
Last November, in A House on the Beach, Literally, I wrote about the Texas Supreme Court decision in Severance v. Patterson, 09-0387, 2010 WL 4371438 (Tex. 2010), reh'g granted (Mar.…
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Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : August 31, 2011
For those of you on the East Coast, let this be a late night edition of the usual roundup. We have the NLRB once again chiming in on Facebook, the Department…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
East Coast’s 5.8 Rumbler Reminds the West Coast that We are Overdue for Another Earthquake; Are We Prepared and Properly Insured?
The East Coast has been hit hard over the last week. Within the one week, Virginia was hit with a 5.8 magnitude quake and Hurricane Irene. Although the Virginia-based earthquake…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Insurance Fallout from Hurricane Irene
As noted in today's Christian Science Monitor [here], the insurance implications for losses caused by Hurricane Irene will be tempered by at least two factors. First, much of the…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Hurricane Irene: Do You Need to Pay Your Employees If You’re Closed?
Updated: August 28, 2011 - As of mid-morning, more than 40 percent of the state is without power, making this storm the highest power outage in state history. Widespread office…