The Duties and Services of the Structural Engineer
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Structural Engineering is the science and art of designing and making, with economy and elegance, buildings, bridges, frameworks and other similar structures so that they can
Insurance
Can an Insurance Company Include a Release in a Proof of Loss Form?
In New York they can! I’ve fielded many calls from public adjusters who are worried their client will be waiving their rights to further pursue insurance proceeds if they sign the proof of loss sent by the insurance carrier or…
Guest Post: Using an Executive Committee of the Board of Directors
The following guest post takes a look at the role of the Executive Committee of a corporate Board of Directors. This article was written by H. Stephen Grace, President of H.S. Grace & Company, Inc.; Susan Koski-Grafer, Member of the…
Welcome to The Twilight Zone! Texas and Rocky Mountain Public Adjusters Hold a Joint and Virtual Property Claims Training Next Week
The above photo is of Kaye Beneke, Justin Skipton, and Kalon deLuise, taken while we prepared for a session regarding claims ethics for next Monday’s joint session hosted the Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (TAPIA)…
Reasons To Vote This November: The Fate Of Social Security
The fate of Social Security will be on the ballot this November. Make sure you register to vote so your voice is heard.
Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter – October 1, 2020
October 1, 1979 – 2020 – Another Anniversary – Thank You
Forty-one years ago today I left the world of the employed and became an entrepreneur by opening my own law firm. The law practice was incorporated shortly thereafter as…
UM/UIM Statute is Satisfied by Offer
Insurer Must Offer Excess UM/UIM Coverage But is Not Required to Force Insured to Buy It
Florida’s Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist statute, like similar statutes across the country, requires that an insured offer UM/UIM coverage equal to the amount of third party…
Insured Oklahomans Have a Confirmed Right to Make the Insurance Company Pay Their Attorneys Fees and Costs for Wrongfully Denied Claims
The Oklahoma Legislature has created an incentive for insurance companies to timely investigate claims submitted by insureds and resolve those claims. This incentive comes in the form of a statute,1 which explicitly gives an insured the right to recover the…
Can Insurance Companies Delay the Adjudication of Claims Without Consequence?
This week’s notable decision is Jones v. Aetna, Inc., Case No. 19-cv-9683 (JPO), 2020 WL 5654697 (S.D.N.Y. Sep. 23, 2020). Jones involves an issue many providers are increasingly facing with health insurance companies—silently being placed on some sort of…
Discovery About Purported Bad Faith Irrelevant Until UIM Claim Resolved
No Discovery of Claim of Bad Faith Until UIM Claim Resolved
Rosalita Calsoncin’s made contractual and extracontractual claims related to the underinsured motorist (UIM) provisions in an insurance policy issued by Germania Select Insurance Company. Germania requested that the Court…