Posts tagged Insurance Disputes

• Minnesota Workers Companion Claims Continue To Drop

  Mike Bryant | July 15, 2009 9:36 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Consistent with findings over the last couple of years, workers compensation claims continue to drop. Minnesota's Department of Labor and Industry has released its annual Annual Minnesota Workers'...

• Mandatory Arbitration It's All Around Us

  Mike Bryant | May 01, 2009 9:17 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Miscellaneous
  

  For the last couple of years, the Minnesota legislature has been asked to look at expanding the use of mandatory arbitration. The bill has fortunately seen only defeat, primarily because it reduces...

• Pro Se Litigants: Playing Into The Insurance Companies Hands

  Mike Bryant | December 10, 2008 8:36 PM | 1 CommentSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There have been recent stories about the increase in Pro Se litigants. The Minnesota courts have been seeing the raise and all of the issues that come with people representing themselves. When...

• Chain reaction collisions

  Don Jacobs | December 05, 2008 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It’s kind of like bumper pool. A car strikes the vehicle in front. The blow propels the struck vehicle into another. Sometimes chain reaction collisions involve as many as four, five, six or...

• Insurance Fair Conduct Law

  Don Jacobs | December 03, 2008 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Well it’s been a year since the new law went into effect. Many remember the TV onslaught by the insurance industry claiming passage of R-67 would drastically raise everyone’s rates and...

• For "Tropical Storm Fay" Hurricane Deductibles Do Not Apply

  Sandy Grinnell | August 27, 2008 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Tropical Storm Fay never reached hurricane strength before it criss-crossed the State of Florida. That does not mean there weren't homes that were damaged by the winds or driving rain. However, what...

• Court to Hear Katrina Insurance Appeal

  Mike Simon | July 10, 2007 8:32 AM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments on whether Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. should be forced to cover storm surge damage to the home of Paul and Julie Leonard resulting from Hurricane Katrina. Oral arguments will be heard on August 6th. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. ruled in 2006 that the Leonards could not collect damages from a Katrina storm surge because...

• Allstate Hit with $2.8 Million Verdict

  Mike Simon | May 11, 2007 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On April 16, a federal jury in New Orleans awarded a verdict of $2.8 million in an insurance dispute to a man who lost his home in Hurricane Katrina. The jury found that Allstate did not pay enough money to cover wind damage caused to the home by the hurricane. In what has become a standard position of insurers confronted with Katrina claims, Allstate claimed that most of the damage was caused...

• Allstate Ordered to Reduce Rates

  Mike Simon | April 06, 2007 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Texas Department of Insurance has ordered Allstate to reduce its homeowners insurance rates to Texas homeowners by 5 percent. The order has been affirmed by the Travis County District Court.The litigation began after an analysis by the Department of Insurance revealed that the rates were excessive. Under the order, Allstate will be required to refund its customers an estimated $56...

• State Farm Looks Again At Katrina Cases

  Mike Simon | March 29, 2007 12:31 PM | 0 CommentsWest Virginia, WV Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As part of a deal with the Mississippi Insurance Commissioner, State Farm has agreed to reexamine 35,000 claims arising out of Hurricane Katrina. The agreement includes claims that are in mediation, those that already in lawsuits, and those that already have been settled.Under the terms of the deal, State Farm will make a minimum of $50 million available to settle the claims.Not all viewed the...