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Oregon Repeals Statewide Wildfire Hazard Map and Mitigation Requirements

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Following outcry from rural Oregon property owners faced with stricter building codes and fewer insurers willing to write fire policies, Governor Tina Kotek has signed two measures to address wildfire risks in the state. One...more

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The Climate Premium: How Environmental Risks Are Reshaping CRE Economics

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Columbia’s Pari Sastry shows how the growing disconnect between climate risk and available insurance is transforming commercial real estate....more

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Litigating Tile Roof Claims

Hurricane Irma’s landfall in Florida produced an avalanche of property insurance claims throughout the state, the majority of which involved reported damage to roofs.  Though many of these claims were legitimate, enterprising...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

What to Expect When You Are Adjusting: A Primer for Hurricane Ian Property Claims

​​​​​​​The last week of September, 2022, the State of Florida braced for what was categorized to be one of the worst storms to make landfall in U.S. history. Initially, all weather channels displayed the storm’s trajectory...more

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Assignments of Benefits Under Homeowners Insurance Policies: Iowa Supreme Court Rules that Assignment Was Void Because Contractor...

One practice that has plagued the insurance industry in recent years has been contractors soliciting homeowners to make insurance claims after a hailstorm, for example, and then obtaining an assignment of rights to the claim...more

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Hot off the Presses: California Further Regulates Out-of-State Adjusters in the Wake of Record-Breaking Catastrophic Losses

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IN RESPONSE TO RECORD-BREAKING FIRE LOSSES IN 2017, THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SIGNED THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER ACT OF 2019 INTO LAW ON OCTOBER 3, 2019, WHICH NOW TAKES IMMEDIATE EFFECT TO GOVERN THE USE OF OUT-OF-STATE ADJUSTERS...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

A Brief Refresher On Appraisal In North Carolina, South Carolina, And Georgia

Most first party property coverage policies contain an appraisal provision that allows either the insured or the insurer to make a written demand for appraisal when the parties agree that covered property was damaged by a...more

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French legal and regulatory update - July/August 2019

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The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e - newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for April 2018. ...more

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FinCEN Again Extends Real Estate GTOs

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) has, once again, extended its Geographic Targeting Order (“GTO”) requiring U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind legal entities used in...more

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French legal and regulatory update - April 2019

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The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e-newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for April 2019. ...more

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Florida Insurance Commissioner Issues Hurricane Michael Emergency Order

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On October 15, 2018, Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier issued an Emergency Order (the "Order") affecting insurers writing insurance in Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson,...more

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Full Consent to Assignments

Because there can be more than one individual or entity that holds an interest in property, a property insurance policy is generally drafted in such a way to identify and protect all the individuals or entities who have an...more

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