Insurance Coverage, Claims and Disputes
Many times insurance companies deny that the policy of insurance they have issued to an individual, a homeowner or a business covers a particular accident or loss. Insurers sometimes fail to pay a claim even though the liability of their insured is reasonably clear. Our firm has considerable experience taking on insurers and asserting the rights of our clients to maximize their rightful recoveries by establishing the scope of the coverage, bringing and proving claims for damages, and fully mediating, arbitrating or litigating these disputes as necessary.
These are some of the matters our firm has handled in this practice area:
Bad Faith: Failure to Settle
Successfully settled an insurance bad faith failure to settle claim for $900,000 on behalf of individual client.
Home Owner: Water Damage
Successfully litigated action to force insurance company to pay claim to homeowners for frozen pipes despite insurance company’s claim that policy was void because homeowners’ failed to maintain adequate heat.
Home Owner: Fire Damage
Successfully resolved insurance claim on behalf of home owner who lost house in a fire.
Life Insurance Proceeds
Litigated suits over rights to life insurance proceeds.
