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Claims Notes: August 2025

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Umpire Not Immune from Insurer’s Suit for Undisclosed Conflicts - A toilet supply line leak damaged Rike’s home. She submitted a claim to her property insurer and demanded an appraisal. Rike and the insurer selected their...more

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Pennsylvania District Court Holds Materiality Does Not Require Fraud

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A District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently held that an insured’s submission of  invoices altered to inflate replacement costs for water-damaged inventory constituted material misrepresentations. ...more

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Florida’s Second District Court of Appeals Adopts a Dual-Track Approach For the Appraisal of Property Insurance Claims

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When an owner seeks the appraisal of a property insurance claim, insurers commonly object by demanding that the trial court must first rule on defenses to coverage before allowing appraisal panel to value the total claim...more

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[Webinar] Managing Insurance Claims in the Wake of Catastrophes - July 22nd-26th, 10:00am CT, 16:00 GMT

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Zelle LLP invites you to join us for a week of webinars featuring insurance topics that are of critical importance to adjusters and insurance professionals. This series will cover managing insurance claims in the wake of...more

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Key Questions to Consider in Light of Operation Rubicon’s Investigation into Insurance Fraud in South Florida

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Law enforcement in Miami-Dade County, Florida recently arrested nine individuals described by Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis as the “ringleaders of an elaborate fraud scheme” led by Barbara Maria Diaz de...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Are You Being Scammed? — Assignment of Benefits in Property Losses

Assignment of Benefit Scams - According to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, about $80 billion is stolen every year by unscrupulous companies supposedly acting in the best interests of U.S consumers during critical...more

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Failure to Cooperate and Misrepresentation: New York Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment Finding Insured Explanations for False...

While issues of fact can preclude summary judgment in some cases involving failure to cooperate and misrepresentation, a New York federal court recently granted summary judgment to an insurer in this context. ...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Adjuster Tools for Water Losses

Lois Chamberlain sat down at her desk, adjusted her reading glasses, and stared at the screen filled with columns of check requests — each supported by a claim summary. Lois was two weeks from her retirement party. She...more

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