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Remembering Paul Butler | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

Paul Butler was my first legal mentor and one of those rare lawyers who didn’t just teach you how to practice law. He...

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Remembering Paul Butler | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog

Paul Butler was my first legal mentor and one of those rare lawyers who didn’t just teach you how to practice law. He...

Allstate becomes the first major insurance provider to roll out free identity theft protection, delivering more value and protection to millions of customers

Key takeaways:  Allstate is the first major U.S. insurer to offer free identity theft protection at no additional cost for millions of home, auto...

The Cyber Insurance Bait and Switch Nobody Wants to Admit

Cyber insurance is still a relatively new product. Like many new products, it is being sold faster than it is being fully understood....

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3 Use Cases for Bulk Terminations

This article is part of a sponsored series by AgentSync. Through much...

Merlin Law Group to Share Practical Claims Education at Next Week’s Iowa Claims Conference

With all the changes affecting contractors, property owners, and other insurance professionals, Caeden Tinklenberg created the Iowa Claims Conference to help everyone understand...

Georgia’s One-Year Suit Limitation Strikes Again

A recent federal court decision out of Georgia serves as another reminder that policyholders and their representatives must take contractual suit limitation provisions...

Court Appointment of Appraisal Umpires

One of the most entertaining and frustrating parts of property insurance litigation is trying to predict what a judge will do. As I...

5 Reasons Embedded Payments and Premium Finance Are Becoming Core MGA Infrastructure

This article is part of a sponsored series by dyad. The insurance...

How Do Judges Decide Which Appraisal Umpire to Appoint?

Policyholders and their advocates often assume that when a court is asked to appoint an appraisal umpire, the judge will naturally select the...

Copper Theft, Vandalism, and Insurance Coverage: Courts Continue to Reach Different Results

Property insurance policies often contain both vandalism coverage and theft exclusions. When criminals break into a building and destroy large portions of it...

California Advances Nation’s First Smoke Damage Insurance Standards

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Assemblymember Mike Gipson have introduced legislation that could fundamentally reshape how wildfire smoke damage insurance claims are...

The 6 Tools Agencies Need Today for Agent-to-Carrier Contracting and Appointments

This article is part of a sponsored series by AgentSync. How agency...

Impartial Umpire in Insurance Appraisal

When your home suffers damage from a storm (be it from hail, wind, or some other peril) and you file an insurance claim,...

Insurance Drives Tornado Recovery Speed

After every tornado, the same images fill our television and cell phone screens. Homes splintered. Roofs peeled back like tin cans. Families standing...