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First Fortuity Case | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

The modern debates over fortuity in all-risk insurance often feel abstract, as if the concept emerged fully formed from mid-twentieth-century treatises or contemporary...

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First Fortuity Case | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

The modern debates over fortuity in all-risk insurance often feel abstract, as if the concept emerged fully formed from mid-twentieth-century treatises or contemporary...

The Basics of All Risk Insurance and Fortuity

My recent article, What does “Fortuitous” Mean? Why Is “Fortuity” So Important to Property Insurance? seems like a good time to restate some basic...

What Does “Follow the Form” Mean In Modern Insurance Practice?

Reading Surplus Lines Property Policies in a Tower of Insurance After Ohio Casualty v. Patterson-UTI Energy Commercial property losses involving surplus lines insurance rarely...

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Small Hail, Big Consequences: IBHS Study Is Now Published

I recently previewed preliminary findings from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety’s (IBHS) 10-Year Asphalt Shingle Study in a post, When Insurers’...

Economic Uncertainty and Annuities Go Hand and Hand

It doesn’t take a financial adviser to tell you that, thus far, the economic environment...

1033 Waivers in Insurance – What Are They, and How Do They Work?

While we’d prefer everyone associated with insurance act with the highest regard for ethical integrity...

The Allstate Foundation convened the country’s top young changemakers for National Youth Service Summit

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Sept. 29, 2025 – Sixty-five of the country’s most inspiring youth leaders assembled in Chicago this past weekend for the second...

Equipment Breakdown Coverage: Cracked Aquarium

Most insurance coverage disputes involve familiar perils such as fire, wind, and water intrusion. Rarely does a court wrestle with whether a giant...

Listening and Empathy: Lessons from Annie Barbour for Claims Handlers

Annie Barbour’s perspective, shared in a recent interview on the Claim Game podcast, provides guidance for anyone involved in the insurance claims process,...

What Can Roofers and Restoration Contractors Do That Does Not Constitute Public Adjusting?

In yesterday’s post, When Roofers Become Adjusters: Iowa Court Says Not So Fast, I discussed how Iowa’s federal court confirmed that contractors cannot step...

When Roofers Become Adjusters: Iowa Court Says “Not So Fast”

The battle between Shamrock Hills, a Kansas-based roofing contractor doing business in Iowa, and the Iowa Insurance Division has highlighted one of the...

When a $187 Million Appraisal Award Collapsed in the Courtroom

The fight over the Portofino Towers appraisal award has been one of the largest of its kind in Florida. Its outcome has carried...

Death and Insurance (Not Taxes), Part 1

Enjoy this two-part guest post by our friend, Christopher Boggs, Chief Consultant, Boggs Risk &...

Appraisal Reform in Texas | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

Steve Badger forwarded me the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) request asking for comments on draft regulations that would, for the first time,...

Banks Improperly Requesting Additional Insured Status – Part 2

Our friend, Christopher Boggs, Chief Consultant with Boggs Risk and Insurance Consulting, returns to respond...