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Insurance
Policyholders Should Reject Insurers’ Misleading Narrative that Property Policies Do Not Cover COVID-19 Business Losses
Notwithstanding insurers’ transparent attempts to convince you otherwise, policyholders may very well have coverage for business interruption losses from COVID-19 under their property policies. Since the start of the pandemic, insurers have tried to weave a narrative that policyholders cannot…
The Louisiana Department of Revenue is Disallowing your Legitimate Interest Expense Deductions – What Can You Do?
One of the most confounding situations faced by corporate taxpayers engaged in a Louisiana income tax audit is the receipt of preliminary workpapers that disallow interest expense deductions with no opportunity to prove that the interest expense is properly deductible…
Covid-19 Causes No Property Damage & is Excluded
A Video Explaining the First Party Property Insurance Adjuster’s Duties and Obligations
What is a Property Insurance Claims Adjuster?
See the full video at https://youtu.be/I-9ypW4_cpY
An “adjuster” or “insurance adjuster” is by statutory definition, a person, co-partnership or corporation who undertakes to ascertain and report the actual loss to the subject-matter of…
Updated CDC Guidance on Quarantine Length for Exposed Individuals Who Are Asymptomatic
On December 2nd, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance on the length of quarantine required for an individual who is asymptomatic but was in close contact with someone with COVID-19. The prior guidance required quarantine…
Eleventh Circuit Holds Members of Controlled Group of Dissolved Corporation May be Liable for Pension Plan Termination Liabilities
This week’s notable decision, Pension Benefit Guar. Corp. v. 50509 Marine LLC, No. 19-14968, __ F.3d __, 2020 WL 6882698 (11th Cir. Nov. 24, 2020), published two days before Thanksgiving, should have been issued a month earlier, during the…
Policyholders Should Immediately Get Professional Help if they Have Any Problems with their National Flood Insurance Claim
The National Flood Insurance Program is a tough federal insurance program. There is a recent case which was thrown out of court because the policyholder tried to do it himself. [1] It is another example that when FEMA officials say…
Nasdaq Pushes Proposed Board Diversity Listing Rules
In the latest development in what has become a widespread push toward greater board diversity, Nasdaq has filed a proposal with the SEC that would require Nasdaq-listed companies to disclose whether the companies meet Nasdaq-specified board diversity requirements. If approved,…