Chip Merlin

Ricky McGraw Was a Footnote, but This Story May Need Its Own Chapter

Sep 17, 2026 By Chip Merlin

Who Built State Farm’s Hail Claims Playbook and Did It Reach California Fire Claims?

Sep 16, 2026 By Chip Merlin

Keeping Up With MMA: Huye’s Guilty Plea Looks Set and “Co-Conspirator 1” Is Barely Anonymous

Sep 15, 2026 By Chip Merlin

Should Courts Ever Ask Appraisers What They Mean?

Sep 14, 2026 By Chip Merlin

Where There’s Smoke, There Must Be Proof: Practical Lessons From a Failed Wildfire Claim

Sep 13, 2026 By Chip Merlin

The Case of the Vanishing Files: The Ricky McGraw Insurance Fraud Mystery Gets Stranger

Sep 11, 2026 By Chip Merlin

Extra Expense Coverage Is About Business Survival, Not Just Saving the Insurer Money

Sep 11, 2026 By Chip Merlin

The Left Margin Wins: Fifth Circuit Upholds State Farm’s Restrictive Extra Expense Language

Sep 10, 2026 By Chip Merlin

The Folly of 10 and 10 in the New Age of Insurance Pricing Pressure

Sep 09, 2026 By Chip Merlin

Sump Pump Logic: The Water Found a Way In, and the Insurer Found Three Ways Out

Sep 08, 2026 By Chip Merlin

Do Policyholders Get the Bill If State Farm Is Punished?

Sep 07, 2026 By Chip Merlin

Jake, Call the Lawyers! Los Angeles County Alleges a State Farm “Good Neighbor” Claims Scandal

Sep 06, 2026 By Chip Merlin