Generally, insureds are required to read their insurance policies in Texas. However, where the nature of the lawsuit brought against the agent or broker involves affirmative misrepresentations under Texas' Deceptive Business Practices statute, the insured's failure to...
Month: November 2018
Can Issuing a Supplemental ROR Letter Cure the Insurer’s Failure to Seek Reimbursement in the Original ROR Letter?
In James River Insurance Co. v. Medolac Laboratories, 290 F.Supp.3d 956 (C.D. Cal. 2018) the court held that a liability insurance company's failure to seek reimbursement of defense costs in an initial reservation of rights letter did not preclude the insurance...
Actual Cash Value Does Not Permit Depreciation of Labor Costs in Mississippi
The Federal District Court in Mississippi held in Titan Exterior, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd, London, 2018 WL 1057139, _____ F.Supp.3d _____ (No. Dist. Miss. February 26, 2018) that the concept of ACV did not allow for depreciation of labor costs. In this...
Florida Requires UIM Coverage Limits to Mirror the Policy’s Liability Coverage
In Amica Mutual Insurance Co. v. Willis, 235 So.3d 1041 (Fl. App. 2d Dist. 2018) the Florida Court of Appeals held that the scope of UIM coverage must mirror the policy's liability coverage. In so finding, the Court of Appeals struck down a golf cart exclusion in the...