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On January 7, 2025, wildfires raced across Los Angeles, forcing families to evacuate and leave their belongings and heirlooms behind....
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Addressing a growing challenge In response to the increasing severity and complexity of wildfire smoke damage across California, the...
On March 7, 2025, the California Department of Insurance issued Bulletin 2025-7, which provides crucial guidance on the handling of smoke...
The wildfires in Los Angeles, including the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, and Runyon Canyon fires, are fast-moving, destructive, and scary. As...
For insurance recovery attorneys, one of the more frustrating ways for a policyholder to lose coverage for a property loss is on the...
When a loss event badly damages a key piece of equipment or machinery, an insured business often faces the complicated question: repair...
With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, businesses across the country were forced to shut their doors and turn to their...
On January 6, 2023, the Third Circuit affirmed lower court rulings in 14 consolidated appeals from orders dismissing claims for property...
In the past few months, in cases considering whether SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 can cause direct physical loss or damage to property so as to...
At $40-70 billion in estimated insured losses, Hurricane Ian is the nation’s second most expensive natural disaster for the insurance...
This year, Hurricane Ian swept through the Southeastern United States, causing extensive damage to property in the affected areas. While...
On October 4, the California First Appellate District in Amy’s Kitchen, Inc. v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, 2022 Cal. App. LEXIS...
It’s no secret that businesses of all shapes and sizes have suffered tremendous losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. From closures to the...
The well-established principle that a policyholder may assign benefits under an insurance policy following a loss was recently reaffirmed...
Most residential property policies provide for an “appraisal” as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism when the insurer concedes...
The United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) handed down its judgment on 15 January 2021 in The Financial Conduct Authority v. Arch Insurance...