Insurance Claims And Issues

This blawg addresses issues related to insurance coverage and to the duties of good faith and fair dealing as presented in claims and as ruled on by courts across the nation.

Author: Dennis J. Wall is a speaker and legal consultant in Orlando and Winter Springs, Fla., who is often hired as an expert witness on the subjects of insurance coverage and insurance bad faith. He is the author of the book Litigation and Prevention of Insurer Bad Faith, which analyzes more than 3,500 cases, statutes and other authorities.

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Recent Posts from Insurance Claims and Issues

Beginning to Learn and Counsel About Long-Term Care Insurance.
Happy Fourth of July! Here are some resources which offer potential value to those of us that counsel concerning Insurance Coverage and other Insurance issues, and to our clients. Counseling clients about Long-Term Care Insurance,…
Directors and Officers Coverage Comes With Big Bills, Major Issues.
Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Coverage is notoriously "complex". It requires specialized handling and experience. See Saskia Scholtes, "Insurers Face $6Bn Bill for D & O Claims" (Financial Times Online, Tuesday, June 23, 2009). Coverage…
Attorney's Fees Denied To Florida Insured Unsuccessfully Seeking Certiorari.
Florida's Attorney's Fees Statute is Section 627.428. It requires an "insured or beneficiary" to prevail in the event of an appeal. An intermediate Florida Appellate Court has just held that this Florida Statute does not…
72 Percent Favor Health Equality, 20 Percent Continue to Fear.
72 percent of people in this country support a Public Health Insurance option. 20 percent oppose that option. Kevin Sack and Marjorie Connelly, "In Poll, Wide Support for Government-Run Health" (New York Times Online, Sunday,…
Confrontation Rights in Insurance Cases Involving Expert Witnesses?
In a criminal case, a slim majority of the United States Supreme Court has upheld the right of a criminal defendant to confront her or his accusers under the Confrontation Clause of the U.S. Constitution…
Health Insurance: Coverage, Claims, Rescission.
What some term "post-claims underwriting" has been the subject of previous posts. The term refers to Rescission of Life Insurance Policies and of Health Insurance Policies after large Claims are made on the policies. The…
Health Insurance Theft.
Identity theft of your and your clients' Health Insurance identification information is explored by Walecia Konrad, "Patient Money/A New Ailment: Medical ID Theft/Treatment at Your Expense, Or at Least Your Insurer's" p. B1, col. 2…
Notice Under Policies First-Party and Third-Party.
Notice provisions in insurance policies require "notice" to the insurance company that there is a loss or a claim. In basic terms, and depending especially upon the type of Policy involved, notice provisions can be…
"Your Money, FOR Your Life".
Bettors have a rigged game going. They call it "Stranger Originated Life Insurance". Strangers originate Life Insurance Policies on other people in exchange for settling with the Policyholder while the Policyholder is still alive, of…
Successful Handling of Insurance Claims and Coverage Disputes.
Successful outcomes in handling Claims and Insurance Coverage disputes owe a lot to experience. Share your experience and leave a Comment Online on the Claims Magazine web site through this link to a recent article…