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. He also authors Insurance Claims Bad Faith Law Blog.

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Recent Posts from Insurance Claims and Issues

Medicare Open Enrollment Selection Time, Too: Advice Sources ....
In a recent post, I made available to you and your clients a link for sources of advice in the selection process of open enrollment for Employer-provided Group Health Insurance Plans. This is the time…
(Some) Features of House Bill (Possibly) Can Be Described, Now.
Once there were three (3) Healthcare Reform bills pending in the U.S. House of Representatives. Now there is (kind of) one. It is fair to say that the work of merging the three bills into…
Insurance Disclosure Statute, Compliance and Settlement Issues: New Florida Case.
A new decision in a Florida case addresses many issues: Compliance with Florida's Insurance Disclosure Statute is only one of those issues in Download Hanson v. Maxfield (Fla. 1st DCA Opinion Filed October 30, 2009).…
Open Enrollment For Employer-Provided Group Health Insurance: Advice Sources ....
Sources of advice for you and your clients concerning the choices embedded in Employer-Based or Employer-Provided Group Health Insurance Plans are offered in this linked newspaper article, by Elizabeth Cooney, "Apples to Apples?/During Open Enrollment…
Chinese Drywall: "Not a Health Risk," Say Federal Agencies.
In a new development possibly affecting pending and future Insurance Coverage Claims, the Federal Centers for Disease Control has concluded that, at this time, Chinese Drywall "does not pose a health risk." See William E.…
Link to Advice Source on Purchasing Automobile Insurance Coverage.
Insurance Coverage in Automobile Liability Insurance Policies is at the heart of this useful newspaper report, with many sources mentioned in it for you to follow up, containing helpful advice on purchasing Automobile Liability Insurance…
"Reasonable Basis" for Denying Coverage, Thus No Bad Faith: Unpublished.
In an unpublished decision under New Jersey law, a Federal Judge was confronted with a Bad Faith Claim against an Insurance Company which had issued a Policy that the Court called "a businessowner's policy". Download…
Expert Witness Protected From Discovery Intimidation in Insurance Case.
"This case presents issues of first impression regarding the proper scope of discovery into an expert witness's purported bias." Download American Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Hon. Larry Grant (Ariz. Ct. App., Div. One, Opinion…
Florida Homeowner's Insurance Premiums Continue to Increase ... When Available.
In a continuous development that has only begun in Florida, Homeowner's Insurance Companies have satisfied State Insurance Regulators of their need to charge higher Premiums. See Julie Patel, "Homeowner Rates: Regulators OK Insurance Increases" (South…
House Judiciary Committee Votes to Regulate Health Insurance Companies ...
... Can Property, Casualty, Life and Other Insurance Companies be far behind? The Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly this week to regulate Health Insurance Companies. A majority of the House…