Winter Storm Claim Activities Confirms Study that Shows a 50% Chance Your Property Insurance Company Will Fight You

Over the past few months, we have been helping businesses and homeowners try to settle their insurance claims from the extreme Winter Storm damage that has impacted enough property owners in Massachusetts and throughout the Northeast & New England area that this storm rivals the damage done by other major storms we have worked. As…

Another Hurdle When Filing an Insurance Claim – The Civil Remedy Notice

I want to thank Florida Public Adjuster Michael Platts for penning this excellent commentary. By Michael W. Platts I have recently been involved in three cases which bring up a very interesting yet disturbing trend. All three are relatively small insurance claims. In each case, the insurance carriers have chosen to deny these claims without (from my…

Check the Details Before You Accept a Panhandle Claim Settlement Offer

Hopefully, property owners the in Pensacola, Destin, Gulf Breeze and the Ft. Walton Beach areas who were impacted by the flood and water damage are starting to receive settlement offers from their insurance company about their claims.  Sometimes our firm will be retained by a homeowner only to receive a call several weeks later to say the insurance company…

Where’s the due diligence from financial institutions when it comes to property losses on residential and rental investments?

Throughout my career, I have always been amazed about the fact that financial institutions like mortgage companies, banks and credit unions, all who have a stakeholder’s interest in a property, (either through a mortgage or some type of financial interest or obligation) never seem to question a claim payment made by an insurance company following…