How long can an insurance company take to pay a claim to an insured in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie, Mesquite, Richardson, or anywhere else in Texas. The answer is – as long as they want – and even if they have good reason for the delay – it…
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Delay In Paying Life Insurance Claim In Texas
If someone in Dallas, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Carrollton, Garland, Mesquite, Grapevine, Duncanville, Burleson, or anywhere else in Texas, has a life insurance policy, how long does the life insurance company have before it has to pay the benefits to the beneficiary? The answer is, it depends. But the…
Delay In Paying Claim In Texas
Someone in Dallas, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, Mesquite, Garland, Plano, Weatherford, or anywhere else in Texas, may experience a delay in being paid when making a claim against their insurance company. Is that ok? The answer is no, according to the Texas Prompt Payment of Claims Act. The…
Insurance Policy Appraisal Clause
If you have an insurance policy in Dallas, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Arlington, Mansfield, or anywhere else in Texas, you should look at it closely. It probably has an “appraisal clause” in it. The United States Western District of Texas, Austin Division, decided a case on October 27, 2010. The…
Life Insurance Claim Denial
If you live in Grand Prairie, Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Grapevine, Crowley, Cleburne, Granbury, Weatherford, Mesquite, or anywhere else in Texas, and you have a life insurance policy the following case should be interesting to you. On August 31, 2010, the Court of Appeals, Fort Worth, issued an opinion in…
Interpreting A Policy Exclusion
A business man in Dallas, Fort Worth, Grand Praire, Arlington, Mansfield, Duncanville, Mesquite, Garland, or anywhere else is Texas, will usually have a hard time understanding exclusions in their commercial insurance policies. Here is a case where policy interpretation and exclusions were the issue. On October 8, 2020, the United…
Exclusion In Liability Policy
Someone in Dallas, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, Keller, Colleyville, Roanoke, Springtown, Azle, Weatherford, or anywhere else in Texas who has a commercial liability policy would assume they have coverge if someone gets hurt. Well, depending on the policy and the exclusions contained in the policy, there may not be any…
Interpreting Homeowners Policy
Homeowners in Grand Prairie, Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield, Irving, De Soto, Duncanville, Carrollton, Coppell, and other cities throughout Texas, probably have very little understanding about their homeowners insurance policy except that it is suppose to help them rebuild their house if it burns down. In addition to that, it…
Insurance Policy And Appraisals
If you live in Grand Prairie, Arlington, Irving, Dallas, Fort Worth, Burleson, Keller, or anywhere else in the state of Texas and you have a homeowners insurance policy the policy is likely to contain an “appraisal” provision. So what does that mean? The Texas Court of Appeals, Houston 14th District,…
Uninsured / Underinsured Insurance Coverage
Grand Prairie, Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield, Grapevine, Crowley, Weatherford, and all other places in Texas will find someone driving a rental car. So, what happens if the person driving the rental car causes a wreck with someone else and they do not have enough insurance to cover the damages…