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Tips for Pursuing Insurance Claims and Disaster Relief Funding in North Carolina After Hurricane Helene

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Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida on September 26, 2024, eventually making its way up to western North Carolina where it caused unprecedented damage. The estimated costs associated with these damages grow daily, with...more

Marshall Dennehey

Where a Windstorm Loss Occurs During a “Hurricane Occurrence,” the Loss Must Bear at Least Some Causal Nexus With the Hurricane...

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Florida Farm Bureau General Insurance Company v. Linda Williams, 5D23-0183 (Fla. 5th DCA, Apr. 9, 2024) - In this case, Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals addresses proper application of a hurricane deductible. The...more

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Court Rules the More Reasonable Interpretation of the Term “Hurricane Occurrence” is the Loss Had to Have Been Caused by the...

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Florida Farm Bureau General Insurance Company v. Richard and Nancy Jones; Florida 5th DCA, 5D23-0376 - Florida Farm Bureau General Insurance Company (Farm Bureau) appealed an order granting summary judgment in favor of the...more

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Litigation Minute: Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters: Insurance Tips for Commercial Policyholders (ESG Litigation Series: Part...

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What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - Storms and hurricanes, isolated but powerful tornados, earthquakes, fires, and floods—the question is not whether, but where and when policyholders will confront the next natural...more

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Hurricane Beryl: How to Maximize Your Company’s Insurance for a Faster Recovery

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After a large storm, companies and other large organizations often face significant property damage, power outages, physical access issues, and resulting business interruption losses. A key step in recovering from a hurricane...more

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Sunscreen Is Not the Only Key to Avoid Getting Burned This Summer: The Importance of a Mid-Year Review of Your Insurance Policies

Summertime. The kids are getting out of school. Maybe you have a vacation planned. Down here in Florida, we make early preparations for the annual “it’s going to be the worst hurricane season on record” reports...more

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Severe Convective Storms and Associated Insurance Weather Risks

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Severe convective storms (SCSs) occur during all seasons in the United States. According to Aon, severe convective storms have accounted for 70% of global insurance losses in recent years, and there continues to be a rise in...more

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Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters - Insurance Tips for Commercial Policyholders

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Storms and hurricanes, isolated but powerful tornados, earthquakes, fires, and floods—the question is not whether, but where and when policyholders will confront the next natural disaster. Climate change is clearly having an...more

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How Your Business Can Weather Big Sur’s Latest Landslide

After heavy rains on March 30, 2024, a section of the southbound lane of famous Highway 1, which sits atop dramatic cliffs near Big Sur, collapsed and crumbled into the Pacific Ocean. The incident occurred near Rocky Creek...more

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Weather & Climate Risk Management Part IV: Taxation of Weather Risk Management Products

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Are there differences in the way in which weather derivatives and weather insurance are taxed? Yes. Weather insurance products, including parametric insurance, are taxed as insurance; and derivatives are taxed in accordance...more

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Weather & Climate Risk Management Part II: Weather Risk Management Products

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In Part I of this series on weather and climate risk management, I reviewed the context within which organizations seek to manage climate and weather-related risks. With extreme weather events becoming more common, there are...more

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Florida Court of Appeals Maintains Its Position on the Presumption of Prejudice as to Untimely Notice.

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Arce v. Citizens Property Insurance Company, 3D22-0722 - The trial court granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment by applying the presumption of prejudice in a case where the insureds submitted a claim for...more

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Emergency Rule 47: What Insurers and Insureds Need to Know in the Wake of Hurricane Ida

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In response to the catastrophic loss caused by Hurricane Ida and its aftermath, the Louisiana Department of Insurance recently adopted Emergency Rule 47, which provides qualified insureds with various protections and prevents...more

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Plaintiff Maintains Initial Burden of Proof to Establish Causation in Hurricane Irma Claims

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Florida Statute §627.70132 allows an insured to make a claim for an alleged hurricane loss within three years of the event. This statute, however, is not a waiver of the insured’s initial burden of proof to establish...more

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Filing Insurance Claims After the Texas Winter Storm

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As Texas businesses deal with property damages following the winter storm, Jackson Walker insurance litigation partner Chris Thompson discusses what business owners should consider when beginning the process of filing...more

Lathrop GPM

The Service Interruption Crisis Portends Yet Another Deluge of Insurance Claims and Litigation

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In recent days, we have been watching a disaster play out in Texas. A blast of arctic air that plunged south caused natural gas and oil pipelines to freeze, interrupting the supply of fuel to power plants, and ultimately...more

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Climate Change for Insurers: When Politics Fail, Flood the Courts

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This article follows on from a series of previous articles seeking to address climate change litigation in the context of insurance and reinsurance. Three different, but important, decisions in December 2019 have once again...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Hurricane Barry: Prepare Now to Maximize Insurance Recoveries

Affected businesses and other organizations should take immediate and proactive steps to maximize insurance recovery. Gather insurance policies, as well as binders, and save them electronically or take them to an...more

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Hurricane Florence: Evaluating Business Interruption Claims Following a Large-Scale Disaster

Storms like the one that recently caused widespread devastation in the Carolinas leave behind challenging questions about business interruption insurance coverage. Quantifying a policyholder’s business interruption loss is...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Hurricane Florence: Insurance Recovery Tips

In the wake of Hurricane Florence, a thorough understanding of the coverage available, the facts surrounding the loss, and the applicable law can often be key to maximizing insurance recovery. Sub-limits for flood and...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Hurricane Florence is aiming for the Carolinas

Hurricane Florence is rapidly intensifying into a major hurricane, and is expected to make landfall later this week in North Carolina and South Carolina. The storm surge, destructive winds and rainfall flooding are expected...more

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Natural Disaster Necessities: Property Damage, Business Interruption and CBI Coverage

Volcanoes, hurricanes, and polar vortexes—oh, my! From the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, to huge winter storms, massive mudslides, and the unfortunately reliable hurricane season, it seems like natural...more

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Hurricane Harvey, the Texas Supreme Court, and Anti-Concurrent Causation

Many commercial and residential property insurance claims arising from major hurricanes like Hurricane Harvey present damage caused by multiple causes of loss, some of which may be covered (e.g., wind) and some of which may...more

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Hurricane Irma: Florida Commercial Insurance Claims for Loss of Power Damages

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Hurricane Irma left millions of businesses in the Southeastern United States without electricity for days and in some instances more than a week. This undoubtedly impacted the more than 2,000 aerospace and aviation companies...more

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After Hurricane Irma, It May Be Property Owners Against Insurers

Hurricane Irma made a mess of Florida as it slammed into the Keys and pushed its way up the west coast, uprooting trees, destroying neighborhoods and costing lives. We all must now go forward and rebuild what is left....more

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