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Invoking ‘Our Option’ and Preferred Contractor Network Endorsements

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Increasing abuses in the claims process have caused insurance companies to rethink the traditional model of sending out cash to pay claims. Far too often, that cash is used for purposes other than fixing damage, with a...more

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Court Denies Developer Insurance Coverage to Repair Defective Construction

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In Curtis Park Group, LLC v. Allied World Specialty Insurance Company (2024 WL 5194886 (10th Cir. 2024)), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit determined that an insured real estate developer could not recover the...more

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Florida Property Insurance Reform Bill signed by Florida Gov. DeSantis

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Governor DeSantis signed Senate Bill 2D (“SB 2D”), relating to property insurance, and Senate Bill 4D (“SB 4D”), relating to building safety, into law on May 26, 2022. The bill, SB 2D, enacts pro-consumer measures to...more

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Florida Enacts Significant Reform Impacting Property Insurance Claims

Earlier this month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law S.B. 76, enacting significant property insurance claim reform in the State of Florida that becomes effective on July 1, 2021. We summarize some of the...more

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Limitations on Contractors Advocating for their Client’s Insurance Coverage

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A recent case out of the Supreme Court of Iowa (33 Carpenters Construction, Inc. v. State Farm Life and Casualty Company) reminds us that roofing cases related to insured losses bear some additional consideration in advising...more

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Cat Bond Update: Florida Assignment of Benefits

On April 24, 2019, the Florida Legislature passed a bill (the “Act”) to reform the requirements for the assignment of benefits of claims for residential and commercial property insurance. The Act is expected to become law....more

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Florida House Passes Assignment of Benefits Legislation

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The Florida House of Representatives recently approved HB 7015 with an 82-20 vote. HB 7015 would make significant changes to state law relating to assignment of benefits (“AOB”) and related legal fees in property insurance...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

AOB Reform Bill Passes Florida House, Senate Future Uncertain

On January 12, 2018, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill (HB 7015) that would dramatically affect the way contractors and their lawyers use assignments of benefits (“AOBs”) in first-party property insurance...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Handling Assignment of Benefit ("AOB") Claims in the Wake of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey

Hurricanes Irma and Harvey have damaged large areas of Florida, Texas, and Louisiana, as well as brought heavy rain and wind to Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. As insurers handle thousands of property damage...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

New Law in New Jersey Increases Scope of Insurance Fraud to Insurance Certificates

Contractors should be aware of a New Jersey law that could cause them to be found liable for insurance fraud if they provide insurance certificates to owners containing false or misleading information. The new law, which goes...more

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Texas Legislature Reins in Public Adjuster Conduct

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Obvious to anyone in the insurance industry, Texas courts are experiencing an explosion of first-party property insurance lawsuits arising from wind and hail related insurance claims. Dozens of lawsuits are filed every day in...more

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District Court Figures Out What The Hail Is Going On

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Seeing a significant increase in the number of hail damage lawsuits in her courtroom, it appears Judge Jane Boyle of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas has figured out "What the Hail is Going...more

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