Current Articles | Archives | Search Hurricane Irma hit Florida as a Category 3 storm the morning of September 11, 2017. It was the most powerful Atlantic hurricane in recorded history. Unfortunately for our insured, their home located in Winter Park, Florida sustained significant damage due to the massive storm. The insured contacted their insurance company immediately following the…
Current Articles | Archives | Search Hurricane Michael made landfall as a Category 5 Hurricane in the Florida Panhandle with maximum sustained wind speeds of 140 MPH. As evidenced above, the storm caused catastrophic damage from wind and storm surge. Our client contacted Tutwiler and Associates to assist with this nightmare and began working with licensed public adjuster, Michael…
Current Articles | Archives | Search On November, 2018 a Pittsburgh woman returned to a flooded home due to a water leak. The women decided it would be best to call her insurance agent, ask for advice and if this was something that her insurance would cover. She was instructed to file a claim and was referred to a…
Current Articles | Archives | Search On May 28, 2019 a catastrophic hail storm hit the Pittsburgh suburb of Gibsonia. The golf ball sized hail that struck and damaged homes, buildings, cars anything it came in contact with. Over the next few days, contractors converged on the area knocking on doors and telling property owners they needed new roofs…
Current Articles | Archives | Search Hurricane Irma made landfall over southern Florida on September 11, 2017 as a category 3 storm packing winds of more than 110 miles per hour. It overwhelmed the entire state with heavy rain and fierce winds causing extensive damage to a luxury home in Highland Beach, Florida. The insurance company’s initial offer was…
Current Articles | Archives | Search On September, 2016 a property owner who owns a significant amount of property in the Wilmerding area of Pittsburgh all insured with one particular insurance company for close to 27 years, reported a claim after noticing the exterior brick on one of her apartment buildings were beginning to fall. Her insurance company replied…
Current Articles | Archives | Search A thriving furniture manufacturing plant located in NE Mississippi builds 3,500 sofas, loveseats and recliners each day out of its 1,000,000 square foot facility. The finished goods are stored then shipped from the warehouse to numerous retailers nationwide. In January of 2018, an accidental fire occurred destroying 400,000 square feet of the insured’s…
Current Articles | Archives | Search In February of 2019, the owner of a popular family Italian restaurant in Pittsburgh and his employees cleaned up for the night and headed home not knowing that when they locked the doors, it would be for the last time. What happened over the next number of months became a lesson in what…
Current Articles | Archives | Search In March of 2020 the world began to turn upside down with news of COVID 19 becoming a worldwide pandemic. However, for this particular homeowner life became more difficult than others when an electrical fire destroyed his property. In the early morning hours of March, 2020, the homeowner (now residing out of state)…
Current Articles | Archives | Search During a heavy overnight rainstorm in June 2020 a large amount of water gathered on the rear portion of a commercial structure in Tampa, FL. Due to the extreme weight of the water the rear portion of the roof failed causing a severe collapse. This created an opening in the structure which allowed…