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How Much Can You Spend If You Buy a Replacement Home After the Palisades or Eaton Fires?

Given that we are now about 14 months post-loss from the 2025 Palisades and Eaton wildfires, many homeowners are reaching an important decision...

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How Much Can You Spend If You Buy a Replacement Home After the Palisades or Eaton Fires?

Given that we are now about 14 months post-loss from the 2025 Palisades and Eaton wildfires, many homeowners are reaching an important decision...

Wrong Lawyer Waives Key Arguments

There are cases about coverage. There are cases about conditions precedent. And there are cases about lawyers. Crothersville Lighthouse Tabernacle Church v. Church...

New York Ice Dam Insurance

New York is finally headed for some warmer weather after a long, icy winter. Early 2026 brought the city its snowiest season in...

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Strengthening Professional Standards in Insurance

This post is part of a series sponsored by Risk & Insurance Education Alliance. In an...

Claims Handling Excellence | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

Barry Zalma has long been a respected voice in the insurance law and claims community. His insights into what constitutes excellence in claims handling should...

Is an Insurance Company’s Underpayment a Breach of Contract? A Florida Court Says Maybe Not

Yesterday’s decision from Florida’s First District Court of Appeal, Bailetti v. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company, 1 highlights an increasingly difficult hurdle for...

Reflections From the TAPIA Fall Conference

The Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (TAPIA) just finished its fall meeting in Houston.  It seems like yesterday, rather than 17 years...

Skipping the EUO and Refusing to Produce Documents Cost a $3 Million Claim

Do policyholders have to comply with post-loss obligations anew when submitting new or different claims that materially differ in scope or value from...

Internal Insurance Fraud | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

Most of my writings on insurance fraud have focused on what I view as one of the industry’s most significant problems. This is...

Allstate to hold Q3 2025 earnings call Nov. 6

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 6, 2025 – The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) will host a conference call and webcast at 9 a.m. ET on...

Mississippi Bad Faith Punitive Damage Case Final

The Mississippi Supreme Court denied USAA’s Motion for Rehearing last week in the landmark bad case involving USAA arising out of Hurricane Katrina....

A Lost Art: The Submission Letter

In the olden days, before Zoom or Microsoft TEAMS, or even before (gasp) email …...

A Costly Lesson for Aging Homeowners and Their Advisors

As people age, their living situations often change in ways that have unforeseen legal and financial consequences. A recent Florida appellate decision serves...

California Insurance Market Reform | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

Governor Gavin Newsom has stepped into California’s escalating homeowners insurance crisis with an executive order directing state agencies to accelerate work on solutions...

The Big Ten and Allstate Unveil New Partnership to Elevate Women’s Sports

CHICAGO, Ill., Oct. 3, 2025 – Allstate, the Big Ten Conference and Big Ten Network (BTN) today announced the creation of the Allstate...