Insurance law falls into three major categories. First, the insurance company will hire lawyers to represent the insured in case they are sued for something related to their insurance contract. These are known as “insurance defense attorneys.” The second category of insurance law helps insured people determine when an insurance company must pay a claim. Third, insurance companies typically hire attorneys to make sure the company complies with all applicable laws and regulations, which can vary by state.
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Pollution Exclusions in Contemporary Insurance Policies
Septage Injections, Etc., Into the Ground Can Be Contamination or Pollutant You may have thought that disputes over pollution exclusions in first-party policies and Commercial General Policies (or their near equivalents) were over. But, No. The recent case of...
Insurers Shown Winning Vast Majority of Reported Cases Reveals What?
Publicly Winning Versus Privately Prevailing Have you ever noticed that insurance companies win most--I mean really most--of the reported cases, whether state or federal, whether trial level or appellate level, whether intermediate appellate level or Supreme Court...
Bad Faith Insurance Adjustment–One Symptom
One form of insurer bad faith is systematically deliberate--or virtually thus--underestimating an insured's damages. One sees relatively straightforward examples of this sometimes in property insurance cases, and more often in processing homeowners claims. "Yellow...
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