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Texas Appraisal Rules Policyholder Protections

The Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”) has proposed new rules to carry out a Texas law passed in 2025. If the rules are...

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Texas Appraisal Rules Policyholder Protections

The Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”) has proposed new rules to carry out a Texas law passed in 2025. If the rules are...

Allstate announces availability of first quarter 2026 results

NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 29, 2026 – The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) has filed a Form 8-K reporting its financial results for the quarter ended March...

TDI’s Proposed Appraisal Rules: A Step Forward but with a Few Rough Edges

The Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”) has proposed new rules to carry out a Texas law passed in 2025. If the rules are...

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How to Grow an Independent Insurance Agency

This article is part of a sponsored series by EZLynx. As consumers...

California Appraisal and Delay | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

California property insurance and public adjusters know better than that disputes over “amount of loss” rarely travel alone. They arrive hand in hand...

Profits Versus Christmas Cheer—A Good-Business Lesson

This article is part of a sponsored series by Old Republic...

USAA Appraisal Dispute in Washington

Washington’s federal courts continue to enforce appraisal as a dispute-resolution mechanism the insurer must honor. The recent decision in Cory v. USAA General...

Pre-Loss Roofing Assignments in Iowa

A recent federal decision out of Iowa should make every roofing contractor, restoration contractor, and public adjuster take note if they enter into...

Residency, Responsibility, and Risk: Who Lives in a Home Is a Huge Coverage Issue

A fire struck the only home owned by the Pour family in Minnesota, but the true devastation came later in the claims process...

Enhancing Community Safety Starts with Honest Conversations About Wildfire Risk

Wildfires are no longer rare, seasonal events. They are a year-round threat reshaping communities from California to Colorado, and everywhere the urban areas...

The Impact of Emerging Talent Programs and Local Industry Engagement

This article is part of a sponsored series by Risk Insurance...

Have Policyholder Rights and Protections Eroded?

After representing insurance companies for several years, I left to start a policyholder practice in 1985. By the early 1990s, my personal sense...

A Hard Lesson About Proving Wind-Caused Openings When Water Enters a Building

Insurance disputes involving interior water damage caused by rain entering from the exterior of the building often turn on a deceptively simple question:...

Why More Insurance Agencies Are Turning to Outsourced Back Office Teams

This article is part of a sponsored series by Expert Insured. Running...

Why Courts Should Demand More Than a Rubber Stamp Regarding Regulator-Approved Policy Wording

Insurers love to invoke the phrase “the regulator approved this language” as though it were a magical incantation that transforms every policy term...