Fort Worth Insurance Law attorneys need to know the responsibilities of agents in order to know when an agent has violated duties it owes to its insureds. A 1992, opinion issued by the Amarillo Court of Appeals is noteworthy for the guidance its gives on this matter. The style of…
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Agent Did Not Inform Insured Of Policy ExpIration
Parker County Attorneys who handle insurance cases need to know case law that will help clients. So, what does case law tell an attorney about agent responsibilities about keeping customers informed as to when a policy is fixing to expire? In 1985, the Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion in…
Something On Flood Insurance Law
Weatherford attorneys who handle insurance claims need to be aware of laws related to flood insurance. Here are a couple of cases that are good to know. The first case is styled, Wright v. Allstate Insurance Company. It is a Federal Court opinion that was issued in 2007, by the…
Builder’s Risk Insurance
Grand Prairie insurance lawyers and those in other parts of Texas are going to run across various types of commercial insurance policies. One of those is known as “Builder’s Risk” policy. Here is a case dealing with a “Builder’s Risk” policy. The case is styled, North American Shipbuilding v. Southern…
Jewelry Policy
Grand Prairie insurance lawyers and those in Fort Worth, Dallas, Duncanville, Mesquite, Garland, Richardson, and other places in the Dallas and Fort Worth area will run across various types of insurance policies. The most common are automobile policies and homeowners insurance policies. But there are also life insurance policies, disability…
Insurance Premiums
Arlington insurance lawyers and those in other places in Tarrant County need to keep themselves informed as to all issues related to insurance. Here is an article that deals with auto insurers and the way they charge premiums. The article was published in the New York Times in September of…
Insurance Lawyers Should Know Negligent Entrustment
Fort Worth insurance lawyers and all those in Tarrant County should know what “negligent entrustment” is as it relates to auto claims. Negligent entrustment in auto claims is where one person allows another person to use their auto when they should be aware that it is an unsafe thing to…
Insurance Claim Denial
Grand Prairie insurance lawyers and those in Dallas and other areas will run across situations where an insurance company is denying a claim based on the defense of arson. This happened in the case, Southland Lloyd’s Insurance Company v. Tomberlain. The case is a Texas Supreme Court case decided in…
Insurance Lawyers And Misrepresentation In Policy Application
Fort Worth insurance lawyers and those in Benbrook, Crowley, Lake Worth, Saginaw, and other places in Tarrant County need to keep up with as many cases as they can related to insurance issues. This would include cases that deal with the application that is made in the process of trying…
Insurance Attorneys And Reading The Policy
Fort Worth insurance attorneys and those in Benbrook, Burleson, Crowley, and other parts of Tarrant County need to keep up with recent cases. Here is one that was decided on September 2012. The style of the case is, Wendy Rutherford Branham v. State Farm Lloyds. The opinion was issued by…