Dallas insurance lawyers and those in Mesquite, Garland, Irving, Richardson, and other places will occasionally run across issues related to Personal Injury Protection (PIP) claims. In that regard, when it relates to an issue regarding lost wages, it would be good to know about the 1979, case, Slocum v. Union…
Weatherford lawyers and those in Graford, Garner, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, and other places in Texas would need to understand how insurance companies work when a claim is made. The New York Daily News published an article in January that gives some insight into what the companies are looking for.…
Fort Worth insurance law attorneys and those in other parts of Texas should be consulted when a person has his insurance rates get increased without any apparent good reason. An article from the Boston Globe illustrates one of the games that insurance companies play when it comes to premium payments.…
Weatherford Lawyers and those in Willow Park, Springtown, Aledo, Cool, Garner, and other places in Parker County need to know this insurance law. It may be obvious in situations that a person was the insurance company agent and was acting as agent in that the person was licensed to sell…
Weatherford attorneys and those in Hudson Oaks, Millsap, Aledo, Peaster, Brock, and other places in Parker County need to know how an agent is tied to an insurance company by statutes. The Texas Insurance Code, Section 4001.051 provides an expansive list of conduct that constitutes “acting as an agent” for…
The first step to determine whether an insurance company is vicariously liable is to determine whether the person who engaged in the conduct was acting as the insurance company agent. Agency has been discussed by the Texas Supreme Court in many contexts. The Texas Legislature has helped by putting the…
This writing gives some insight into how an attorney knows whether not an insurance company can be held responsible for the acts of it’s agents. Insurance companies, like other entities that exist, can only act through agents. Insurance companies rely on agents to sell their policies, to underwrite potential insureds,…
A 1994, Texas Supreme Court case styled, Celtic Life Insurance Company v. Coats, shows us how the courts look to find the agency relationship between the acts of an agent and an insurance company. This case presents issues relating to an insurance company’s liability for its agent’s representations: first, whether…
Dallas insurance lawyers and those in Mesquite, Garland, Richardson, De Soto, Cedar Hill, and other areas need to know when an insurance agent or adjuster can be held responsible for the wrongs they commit. Just as an insurance company is liable for its own misconduct, so too agents may be…
Dallas insurance attorneys and those in Duncanville, Carrollton, Farmers Branch, Garland, and other places in Dallas County need to know the laws regarding the liability of an insurance company. The law in Texas is very clear, as the contracting party, the insurance company may be liable based on the contract…