So, your property has suffered a loss and now you’re about to deal with the arduous insurance claims handling process. Stop right there. Before you do anything, get ready to document your experience. It will help you later on.… Continue Reading
Note: This guest blog is by Scott deLuise. Scott deLuise has been a public adjuster in Colorado since 1985, and licensed since Colorado implemented licensing. He is licensed in 28 states and Puerto Rico. He is a past president of NAPIA, and founding president of RMAPIA. Monday before last was a sad day for the … Continue Reading
Note: This guest blog post is by Brent Winans, Vice President of Clear Advantage Risk Management in Delray Beach, Florida (www.clearadvantagerisk.com). He provides fee-based (no insurance sales) risk management consulting services to larger clients and serves as an expert witness on both sides of agent errors and omissions cases across the country. Even if your … Continue Reading
Note: This guest post is by Steven Thomas. As President and Owner of Roof Leak Detection Company, Inc., Steven Thomas has evaluated over 20,000 roofing systems on commercial, industrial, and residential properties, and has been qualified in court as an expert in regards to roof testing and evaluations. His company is an approved Testing Laboratory … Continue Reading
Note: This guest blog is by Lewis O’Leary, who has served as both a forensic investigator and restoration contractor since Hurricane Camille (1969). He has a degree in the fields of Mechanical Engineering and Architecture, is the Chairman of the Education Committee for the Building Envelope Science Institute, and is a design/build, General Contractor licensed … Continue Reading
Note: This guest blog is by Lewis O’Leary, who has served as both a forensic investigator and restoration contractor since Hurricane Camille (1969). He has a degree in the fields of Mechanical Engineering and Architecture, is the Chairman of the Education Committee for the Building Envelope Science Institute, and is a design/build, General Contractor licensed … Continue Reading
Note: This guest blog is by Curtis Hutchens, an AV Martindale Hubell preeminent lawyer, a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil and County Court mediator, a qualified arbitrator and a Windstorm Insurance Network (WIND) Umpire and Fellow and serves as President of WIND. He also serves the legal community as a Florida Bar Grievance and Fee … Continue Reading
Note: This is a guest blog written by Dwayne Hall, a public insurance adjuster in Texas. On June 11, 1993, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) issued a bulletin to address replacement of damaged roofs. The bulletin specifically set forth the position of the Department regarding the payment of a claim for a roof damaged loss … Continue Reading
Note: This is a guest blog written by Richard M. Cieri, a Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey and New York. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Boston College and a Masters in Business Administration in Taxation and Management from New York University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Cieri is a … Continue Reading
So, you have filed for your FEMA and insurance claims and have received all the proceeds you believe you are entitled to. Well, the federal tax laws give you one more bite at the apple. . .… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, June 3rd, public adjusters will have a unique opportunity to get together with friends and colleagues on a festive evening. . .… Continue Reading
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, many of us are thankful for the memories we'll forever have of a true professional named Hal Arnold. . .… Continue Reading
Note: This is a guest blog written by Charles R. Tutwiler of Tutwiler & Associates. Mr. Tutwiler has been assisting policyholders with his own firm since 1984. Mr. Tutwiler posts on his blog, On Property, is a contributing writer to Anderson Kill’s The Loss Advisor, and a contributor to United Policyholders as a featured expert. … Continue Reading
Note: This is a guest blog written by Charles R. Tutwiler of Tutwiler & Associates. Mr. Tutwiler has been assisting policyholders with his own firm since 1984. Mr. Tutwiler posts on his blog, On Property, is a contributing writer to Anderson Kill’s The Loss Advisor, and a contributor to United Policyholders as a featured expert. … Continue Reading
Note: This guest blog is by Chris Aldrich, a firefighter for 23 years, (19.5 in Toms River with 2 of the 19 years as Fire Chief, 12 years as a command officer, 3.5 years in Whitesville FD, Jackson Township serving currently as Fire Commissioner), as well a Deputy Fire Coordinator, with the Ocean County Fire … Continue Reading
October 29, 2012, is a day that will forever change the Jersey Shore. Ten to eleven days prior to the storm, forecasters predicted the possibility of a hybrid hurricane/nor'easter that could make landfall directly on the New Jersey coastline. The storm was hyped as a super storm, over 500 miles long in size.… Continue Reading
Being a New Jersey firefighter, Chip asked me about how many fires we get on a holiday weekend. The answer to that question is lots. But it's not just fires. . . .… Continue Reading
(Note: This guest blog is by Ashley Smith, a third-year law student clerking in our Tampa, Florida, office) A new opinion takes a step in the right direction for Florida policyholders seeking to hold insurance carriers accountable for their conduct in the adjustment of insurance claims. The Second District Court of Appeal’s opinion in Hunt … Continue Reading
(Note: This guest blog is by Ashley Smith, a third-year law student clerking in our Tampa, Florida, office) Trial attorneys can comment at length about the countless hours, resources and mental exhaustion that go into preparing and trying a case before a jury. Why would anyone submit themselves, or their client, to the pains of … Continue Reading
(*Chip Merlin’s Note–Rocco Calaci has been a noted meteorology expert witness in the Katrina Legal Wars. Click here to read his previous guest blogs) Tropical Storm / Hurricane / Tropical Storm Isaac is gone, but it generated numerous tornadoes along the East Coast; from Florida to the Carolinas, in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. In my … Continue Reading
*(Note: Bob Glasser is a managing director at BDO Consulting, a division of BDO and Seidman, LLP, in the New York office. Mr. Glasser is a certified public accountant, a certified fraud examiner and a certified insolvency reorganization accountant, with more than thirty years of diverse financial management and accounting experience at public and private companies. … Continue Reading
(*Chip Merlin’s Note–Rocco Calaci has been a noted meteorology expert witness in the Katrina Legal Wars. Click here to read his previous guest blogs) In late April and May 2010, I wrote about the La Niña situation in the eastern Pacific Ocean, how it would develop, and its impact on the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. … Continue Reading
(Chip’s Note: With hurricane season only a month old and one hurricane making landfall, this guest post is a reminder that wind isn’t always damaging; it can be harnessed for good purpose as an alternative energy source. Wind energy is more relevant and necessary now, in light of the environmental catastrophe caused by BP’s Gulf … Continue Reading
The Honorable Governor Crist: I respectfully request that you veto the insurance legislation recently passed in SB 2044. While there are many good provisions in this bill including some of the Public Adjusting proposed changes, other provisions will cause great harm to Florida policyholders particularly when the next big storm or other perils impact already … Continue Reading
