Dallas insurance attorneys should know examples of the ways insurance companies commit bad faith insurance code violations with their insured customers. Most of these violations can be found in Chapter 541 of the Texas Insurance Code. The Texas Department of Insurance is a place to go to file a complaint…
Texas insurance lawyers who keep up with the new laws being proposed and passed by the State Legislature need to know some of this information. Here is some news from the end of the 83rd Legislative Session. Lobbyists for the insurance industry filed a bunch of anti-policy bills that were…
Insurance attorneys in Fort Worth and the Dallas area will have clients calling at one time or another asking about appraisals. Many property insurance policies contain appraisal clauses. These clauses define a process for appraising the value of the damaged property, if the parties cannot agree. Common provisions call for…
A Weatherford attorney who handles insurance claims needs to have an awareness of the potential recovery on a breach of insurance contract claim. Here is a little food for thought in that regard. The 1988, Vail v. Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., case discusses this. The Texas Supreme Court…
Weatherford and Mineral Wells attorneys need to have some understanding of insurance law. In insurance contracts there are usually what is called intended or third party beneficiaries. Here is a little information about these third party beneficiaries. Other persons who may sue for benefits under a contract of insurance besides…
Grand Prairie insurance lawyers will deal with auto policies from time to time and when doing so will also deal with the portion of the policy dealing with Personal Injury Protection (PIP). The Beaumont Court of Appeals issued an opinion in 2000, dealing with how PIP benefits are paid. The…
Most insurance law attorney will keep up with the news related to the insurance field. The Dallas Morning News ran an article recently that is good news for consumers of insurance products. The title of the article is “Texas Senate Forcing Out State Insurance Commissioner.” The author is Terrence Shultz.…
Insurance attorneys, including those handling injury claims will be both glad and sad to know about a recent case out of the Corpus Christi Court of Appeals. The case is styled, Lilly Helene Schaffer, M.D., v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and Nationwide Property and Casualty Co. The opinion was issued…
Insurance law attorneys who deal with ERISA plans, do so with a lot of caution. ERISA stands for Employee Retirement Income Security Act. ERISA was enacted to protect the interests of employee benefit plan participants and their beneficiaries by: Requiring the disclosure of financial and other information concerning the plan…
Attorneys handling insurance claims would want to keep up with general news in the world of insurance. The New York Times published an article of interest. The article is titled, “For Insurers, No Doubt On Climate Change.” Here is what it tells us: If there were one American industry that…