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Severe Weather Deductibles

Marshall Dennehey

As the Jury Was Not Asked to Determine the Deductible’s Applicability, the Trial Court Erred by Not Applying the Hurricane...

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Citizens Property Insurance Corporation v. Marie Avril and Clifford Romain, 4th District, Case no. 4D2022-0360, Mar. 27, 2024, Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County - The...more

Marshall Dennehey

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

Woodruff Sawyer

Large Deductibles on Property Loss Claims: Understand Your Policy

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The property insurance market continues to harden in response to more frequent and severe catastrophes. Not surprisingly, insurance carriers have responded to the new normal of more intense storm seasons and increased...more

Carlton Fields

New York Appellate Court Affirms Denial of Discovery Into Other Hurricane Sandy Claims

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In Knickerbocker Village Inc. v. Lexington Insurance Co., New York’s Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, dictated a clear rule for single-insured cases regarding the discovery of an insurer’s treatment of insurance...more

Cozen O'Connor

New Texas Laws Take Aim at Common Practice in Storm-Related Repairs

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Texas policyholders can no longer cut deals with storm repair contractors to pocket their deductibles for storm repairs.  The Texas Legislature has amended the Texas Insurance Code and Texas Business & Commerce Code,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Trigger for Hurricane and Named Storm Deductibles

Recent damage from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria have focused attention on special “named storm” and “hurricane” deductible endorsements found in most property insurance policies issued for coastal areas. Such...more

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