Following large-scale disasters like Hurricane Sally or Zeta, you will find that some insurance companies will make initial low-ball settlement offers and hope the policyholder takes the payment and doesn’t dispute the claim evaluation.
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Hurricane Sally appears headed to the Mississippi Sound and Louisiana. Adjusters already working Hurricane Laura claims will be shifting efforts to Hurricane Sally. While there is legal authority suggesting that causation can be determined in Louisiana appraisals,1 Mississippi has long held that causation issues will not be allowed in appraisal and that a lawsuit will have to determine those issues.2
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