Earlier I wrote a post about the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (“TWIA”) considering raising rates by 5%. Well, TWIA made it official: rates will go up 5% next year for thousands of homeowners covered by the state’s storm insurer of last resort.
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TWIA Receives Litigation, Media and Regulatory Critical Analysis for the Manner it Treats Customers During Adjustment
By Chip Merlin on
Does anybody think that TWIA is doing a "good job" of adjusting hurricane claims other than the private member insurance companies on TWIA’s Board of Directors? In a prior post, TWIA Insurance Claims Under Investigation by Regulators and Media, I noted that the Texas Department of Insurance attorneys are conducting an investigation into activities of TWIA’s claims conduct. The Houston Chronicle’s Purva Patel has been doing her own outstanding investigative reporting which is providing shocking and needed transparency into the real world activities that have gone on in the field concerning TWIA’s claims conduct and the motives behind it.…
Overhead and Profit Ike Cases in Class Action Status and Gaining Media Attention
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Houston Chronicle reporter, Purva Patel, filed an article, "They Want ‘Profits’ of Ike," noting that Hurricane Ike policyholders who have wrongfully been denied payments for expected costs of general contractor overhead and profit are bringing their actions in class action lawsuits. Our law firm has filed some of these cases with Javier Delgado taking the lead. Javier was noted in the article:…
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