This seems like a simple concept; however, this is the exact question that the Honorable Judge Lee Rosenthal was asked to address in Cutchall v. Chubb Lloyd’s Ins. Co. of Texas, CIVIL ACTION NO. 23-3745, 2024 WL 5264707,...more
Welcome to the first 2025 edition of the Zelle Lonestar Lowdown! Our theme this year is Collaboration. We recognize that we are not an island in this industry and our clients, and ultimately the property owners, best benefit...more
1/17/2025
/ Appraisal ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Commercial Property Owners ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Indemnity ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Property Damage ,
Property Insurance ,
Risk Management ,
Severe Weather ,
Texas
In 2017, Chapter 542A of the Texas Insurance Code introduced new laws pertaining to lawsuits arising from weather-related claims. Notable is Section 542A.006, which allows an insurer to elect to assume an agent’s liability....more
Many Texas contractors hold themselves out as “Insurance Claim Specialists” and offer to handle insurance claims for their homeowner customers. These Texas contractors may soon receive the final word as to whether their...more
An alarming trend is emerging in the first-party insurance claims process. This new approach attempts to dispose of the traditional claims process in favor of an abbreviated process (if any) followed immediately by...more
Obvious to anyone in the insurance industry, Texas courts are experiencing an explosion of first-party property insurance lawsuits arising from wind and hail related insurance claims. Dozens of lawsuits are filed every day in...more
7/21/2015
/ Claims Adjusters ,
Client Referrals ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Contingency Fees ,
Contractors ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Kickbacks ,
Licenses ,
Property Insurance ,
Public Adjusters ,
Referral Fees ,
Wind Damage
The onslaught of new hail damage lawsuits does not appear to be ending anytime soon. The docket of every county in which a significant hail event has occurred in recent years sees numerous new hail damage lawsuit filings...more
Seeing a significant increase in the number of hail damage lawsuits in her courtroom, it appears Judge Jane Boyle of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas has figured out "What the Hail is Going...more