Category: INSURANCE LAW HISTORY
Insurance Coverage Opinions
A Very Small Bit of Insurance Law History Ever wonder what the early history of coverage opinions was? When was an early one written in a formal mercantile context involving reinsurance? Here is a possibility. ...
Read More“Breadwinner Moms” & Law Firms
The Pew Research Center just published a report entitled “Breadwinner Moms.” It is the talk of the “daily talk shows” or the “argument shows.” What people have love to talk about...
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Insurance History
Does this sound familiar? Insurance business could be encouraged by offices maintaining a good...
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Legal Ethics: Excessive Fees (An Old Story)
Legal Fees and Legal History Many say that the legal profession is going to hell in part because...
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Worn-Out Lawyer Cliches
When a word is used too often, it wears out, and becomes insignificant, unconvincing, and...
Read MoreINSURANCE CONTRACT [POLICY] LANGUAGE — SOME HISTORY
COVERAGE CLAUSE OF LATE 14th CENTURY ITALIAN MARITIME POLICY Here is the coverage language of a policy issued in Florence in 1397: Covered Perils: “of God, the seas, of nations, fire, jettisons restraints of lords...
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INSURANCE CONTRACT LANGUAGE: MARITIME INSURANCE
EARLY “PURE” CONTRACT OF INSURANCE It has been said that the following is part of the...
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THE CHAMPLAIN TOWERS DISASTER
POSITIVE NEWS AS TO PROPERTY INSURANCE It is a pleasure for a commercial property insurer to get...
Read MoreINSURANCE HISTORY: Great Fire of New York City 1835-Insurance Facts and Consequences
GREAT NEW YORK CITY FIRE OF 1835 AND INSURANCE The fire struck lower Manhattan in the City’s commercial and financial district on December 16, 1835. The area contained many packed warehouses. It was a very cold and...
Read MoreInsurance History–Property Insurance Starts in America: Did Ben Franklin Hate Trees?
DAWN AND GROWTH OF AMERICAN PROPERTY INSURANCE More or less, everyone knowing anything about insurance knows that in the 1750s Benjamin Franklin cooperated in creating the first (or among the first) fire insurance company and...
Read MoreInsurers’ Cancellation of Home Owners Insurance — Mold Claims Insurance Crises
FARMERS GROUP, INC. v. GETER, TEX. SUPREME COURT NO. 19-0996, DECIDED APRIL 9, 2021* * * *TEXAS MOLD CLAIMS YEARS 2000+ CREATED STATE-WIDE INSURANCE “CRISIS”: A NEARLY FINAL DECISIONMICHAEL SEAN...
Read MoreSUEZ SHIP DISASTER OF 2021 & INSURANCE
THE SUEZ CANAL SHIP DISASTER & INSURANCE:Early ChaptersMichael Sean Quinn, Ph.D., JD, CPCU, Etc.Austin, Texas Attorney, Mediator, Consultant, & Expert WitnessInterestingly, as of 6:00am, Monday, March 29,...
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