A person who buys a life insurance policy in Dallas, Texas, or in Arlington, Grand Prairie, Fort Worth or out in Weatherford in Parker County should have the same concern as everyone else when they purchase the policy. Is this policy going to pay benefits to the benficiary named in…
It is not unusual for an attorney to wish he could land a case worth millions of dollars. Every person who gets taken advantage of by an insurance company wishes they could sue the company and be compensated for millions of dollars. But the reality of everyday wrongs in the…
There are many times where the insurance adjuster himself, commits a wrong against a policy holder. This is an important issue. Here is why. When an Insurance Law Attorney is representing a client in a claim there are a lot of strategies. One important strategy is to file a lawsuit…
Can it be a surprise? Insurance companies appear to be getting caught in under paying on claims. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) seems to be caught in some controversy regarding its claims handling along the Texas Gulf Coast. Keep in mind the problems being experienced could just as easily…
The Texas Supreme Court ruled on an insurance policy interpretation case on October 30,2009. This case is, Chrysler Insurance Company v. Greenspoint Dodge of Houston, Inc. This case involves an insurance coverage dispute, the topic of which is liability policies insuring a corporation and its officers and others. The corporation…
An incident happens. Maybe your house in Dallas has someone inside who falls down the stairs. Maybe your car in Arlington is involved in a wreck. Maybe your business in Grand Prairie suffers a loss due to someone falling on the steps. Maybe the life insurance policy you purchased on…
Pretend for a minute that you are driving your car in the Dallas Fort Worth area going west. You drive through Grand Prairie and Arlington and are on your way to Weatherford to enjoy the “First Monday” market. All of a sudden a dog runs in front of you and…
In the State of Mississippi, a policy holder filed a lawsuit seeking access to Mississippi Insurance Department records. The lawsuit is seeking records that would show the dollar amount of Katrina claims denied by insurance companies. The courts in Mississippi and other coastal areas have loaded up with lawsuits related…
Yesterdays blog discussed actions that can be taken by the Texas Department of Insurance when a person commits a deceptive act or practice under Chapter 541 of the Texas Insurance Code or Section 17.46, Business & Commerce Code. Here the discussion will be about a persons’ “private causes of action”.…
Subchapter C, of the Texas Insurance Code deals with how the Texas Department of Insurance examines, investigates, and determines whether a person engaged in the business of insurance has engaged in an unfair method of competition or unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited in the business of insurance. This…