Practice hacks in the COVID age

Insurance companies move at a glacial pace unless you give them a little push forward

Chuck Geerhart

From Issue: 2022 August

A reply to denial

First steps when the insurer says no to your client’s COVID-19 business interruption claim

Kim H. Collins

From Issue: 2020 September

Business-income insurance and COVID-19

A look at the “direct physical loss of or damage to property” requirements in ISO form business-income policies

Charles Miller

From Issue: 2020 July

Handling the wild-fire insurance claim prior to litigation

A guide to the process and pitfalls in handling a major fire-damage claim, and using the Insurance Code to your client’s advantage

Charles Miller

From Issue: 2019 March

Airb ‘n’ beware

A look at the liability insurance for Airbnb hosts and the legal perils of short-term rentals

Sophie Etemadi

From Issue: 2017 November

Avoid being burned by a burning limits policy

If the costs of a defense come out of the policy limit, you need to know that early in the case

Alexandra A. Hamilton

From Issue: 2016 September

Permissive user?

How to establish coverage and not fall into an insurance company’s coverage denial trap

Olivia K. Leary
Caroline X. Feldstein

From Issue: 2021 May

COVID-19 business-interruption claims

Getting around the “virus” exclusion may require a lot of careful reading as language differs between policies

Ricardo Echeverria
Michael J. Bidart

From Issue: 2020 July

Property-loss litigation

A practical guide to representing homeowners against their insurers

Evangeline Grossman
Tonna K. Farrar

From Issue: 2019 June

Wildfire victims’ insurance fight

Underinsurance remains an ever-present problem in rebuilding after a wildfire destroys a home; a new law on replacement-cost estimates may help

Lee S. Harris
Adrian Hern

From Issue: 2018 September

Illusory coverage

The homeowner or business policy may include “personal injury” coverage. Exactly what does that include, and is it illusory coverage?

E. Gerard Mannion
Wesley Lowe
Demian Oksenendler

From Issue: 2017 September

Primer: Insurance law for every plaintiff’s attorney

Don’t be the bull in a china shop, litigating PI cases aggressively with no regard for the impact of insurance issues on your case

Edward Susolik

From Issue: 2014 August