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

AIG Bailout Draws Congressional Hearings.
The Chair of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform reportedly will start holding Hearings in the week to come after this post, on the Federal Government's, i.e., Mr. Paulson's…
Munis: "Where is the Insurance?"
Local government bond issues, called "munis," are facing tough times during this credit debacle. States and Local Governments are having a hard time borrowing money. Bond issues have reportedly been delayed or cancelled that would…
"Leave Insurance Regulation to Competent People," Florida Insurance Commissioner Says.
Responding to the announced desires of Treasury Secretary Henry "The Hammer" Paulson to take over Regulation of Insurance Companies from the States which have always done it, Florida's Insurance Commissioner says that it should be…
"The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008": well, never mind!
The bill pending before the House of Representatives was defeated on Monday, 09.29.08, but some sort of relief similar to that bill, "The Emergency Economic Stablization Act of 2008," is still anticipated in Washington. See…
"The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008".
The three-page (some say two-and-one-half page) outline of Treasury Secretary Henry "The Hammer" Paulson for a takeover of the national economy, has become a 110-page pdf for a bailout of the national economy. It is…
Barely Plans, Bear Stearns, Bailout: "Where's The Insurance?": updated.
More words have appeared and should be added I supposed to the one-page "fact sheet" of unknown Republican Members of Congress, posted here on Friday, 09.26.08: See Edmund L. Andrews, "House Republicans Support A Plan…
Credit Default Swaps: Unregulated Insurance, Cause of Bankruptcies, Bailouts.
One of the more respected business reporters in the nation reported recently that credit default swaps are the root cause of every bailout decision. Gretchen Morgenson, "Fair Game/Your Money at Work, Fixing Others' Mistakes" p.…
Barely Plans, Bear Stearns, Bailout: "Where's The Insurance?"
An unspecified number of Republican Members of Congress are reportedly working from a "fact sheet" on a plan that "calls for a mortgage-backed security insurance fund". Alison Vekshin and James Rowley, "House Republicans Undercut Bush…
Florida Insurance Commissioner Cites State Farm On $120 Million in Discounts.
The Florida Insurance Commissioner has ordered State Farm Florida to provide credits or refunds amounting to $120 Million. This is not linked at all to State Farm's rejected Property Insurance Premium Increase request. Jennifer Liberto,…
"Post-Claims Underwriting Rescission," revisited.
Another Health Insurance Company in California has settled "Post-Claims Underwriting Rescission" allegations with a regulatory agency. Health Net Inc. reportedly agreed with the California Department of Insurance to these provisions addressing such allegations in connection…