Prejudgment Interest: Compensating Insureds for the Time-Value of Insurance...
PART TWO OF A FIVE-PART SERIES by Matthew Fortin Given that the insurer’s receipt of a sworn proof of loss prerequisite to the trigger of an insurer’s payment obligation, the question arises – what if...
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PART THREE OF A FIVE-PART SERIES by Matthew Fortin In addition to the insurer receiving a sworn proof of loss, or information constituting its equivalent, the Loss Payment provision of the Florida...
View ArticleManufacturers and the changing environmental landscape: Beware
The growing awareness in the United States regarding carbon emissions and their effect on the environment and weather patterns, have produced an increase in environmental litigation and some important...
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PART FOUR OF A FIVE-PART SERIES by Matthew Fortin In response to efforts by insureds to be compensated for the time value of insurance proceeds wrongfully withheld, insurers have increasingly relied on...
View ArticleWhen providing finance for the sale of equipment, the mortgagee should...
Anthony J. Bruozas Childress Duffy, Ltd. Recently, in a local newspaper, there was a story about a convenience store owner who suffered a fire that nearly destroyed the entire store. Prior to the loss,...
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PART FIVE OF A FIVE-PART SERIES by Matthew Fortin The first four posts in this five-part series discussed the issues involved in determining when interest begins to accrue on belatedly paid insurance...
View ArticleKeys to recovering your insurance benefits after a disaster
by Andrew M. Plunkett We live in an age of disasters. Devastation to manufacturing facilities by fires, tornados, explosions, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc., is now commonplace. So,...
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Superstorm Sandy: Different Insurance Buckets You Should Know
Natural disasters have shifted in the cultural mindset due to both increasing frequency and increasing intensity. We now live in an era where natural disasters, formerly unthinkable events which...
View ArticleMeasuring the Period of Restoration in Business Interruption Claims Following...
By: Edward Eshoo, Jr., Childress Duffy, Ltd. Chicago, Illinois Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on October 29, 2012 causing severe property damage along the eastern seaboard....
View ArticleLessons from Sandy: Proper Disaster Protocols
Originally published in the January 2013 issue of the King County Bar Association Bar Bulletin. Reprinted with permission of the King County Bar Association. By Katherine Smith Dedrick and Christina...
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The Hidden Conflict: The Secret Insurers Don’t Tell Insureds
Article by Michael Childress. Presented as a speech at the Rutgers Fragmented Risk conference March 1, 2013 I. Introduction The insurance industry operated for centuries under certain...
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Recent Developments in Property Insurance Coverage Litigation
The below article appeared originally in the ABA Tips Fall 2012 Issue (48:1) of the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal. Authors: William A. Schreiner, Jr., Heidi H. Raschke, William R....
View Article2013 Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Property Insurance Coverage...
Our own, Christina M. Phillips is co-author of the 2013 Recent Developments in Property Insurance Coverage Litigation article which appears in the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal, Fall...
View ArticleBatavia consumers class action suit in the Chicago Tribune
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View ArticleFilling the Vacant Premises Void by Edward Eshoo Jr.
Filling the Vacant Premises Void – Edward Eshoo Jr.
View ArticleOur own, Michael Childress in the news re Batavia Class Action suit
“At the time, these towns are trying to figure out how they’re going to get access to safe, cost-efficient, inexpensive, secure, theoretically environmentally clean power, and they’re presented with...
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Holding the line: The Standard Fire Policy remains a useful floor – Guest...
Holding the line: The Standard Fire Policy remains a useful floor (Guest blog) by Edward Eshoo Most homeowner’s property insurance policies contain “intentional loss” and “concealment and fraud”...
View ArticleCore Claims Process Redesign: Part II
There are ways you can to protect yourself from not receiving an optimum claims payout due to CCPR) but they each boil down to remaining vigilant and not hesitating to get help when you need it to...
View ArticleManufacturers and the changing environmental landscape: Beware
The growing awareness in the United States regarding carbon emissions and their effect on the environment and weather patterns, have produced an increase in environmental litigation and some important...
View ArticleKeys to recovering your insurance benefits after a disaster
We live in an age of disasters. Devastation to manufacturing facilities by fires, tornados, explosions, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, etc., is now commonplace. So, you have sought to...
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