Insurance Rate Litigation


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The idea for this book came from my decision to update an article by Roy C. McCullough entitled "Insurance Rates in the Courts" published in the June and July 1961 issues of the Insurance Law Journal. When this project began, the intention was to produce a similar journal article surveying insurance rate litiga tion between 1960 and the present using basically the same organization followed in the seminal article. However, the volume of reported cases during the last twenty years was much larger than anticipated and the issues being litigated had expanded dramatically. The project grew as my study progressed, and the resulting book surveys more than three hundred disputes involving insurance ratemaking and insurance rate regulation. The fruition of this project would not have been possible without the consistent encouragement and criticism of Roy McCullough, and it is with gratitude that I acknowledge his continuous and valuable assistance to me in this effort. Once an initial draft was prepared, a number of my associates cooperated by reading and commenting on the manuscript. I would like to give special thanks to Michael J. Miller and James F. Perry who unselfishly shared their time and knowledge to improve this work. Needless to say, none of those who read the manuscript is responsible for any errors in concept or detail that may remain.







Business Income Insurance Disputes


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Unexpected business disruptions and income losses can be triggered by many events: by large-scale disasters - hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, explosions - but also by relatively minor happenings such as a local blackout, computer outages, even something as simple as a street closing. What's more, in today's global economy, major business interruptions can be caused by events far away - a breakdown in goods production in Taiwan or a power failure in India. Business Income Insurance Disputes, Second Edition helps you prepare for any eventuality. It covers everything from the basics of first-party property insurance and case law which impacts time-element coverages - to practical strategies for dealing with today's most complex business income insurance law issues and questions. Unlike the majority of books in this field, this new guide focuses primarily on the side of the policyholder. Yet it will prove useful to insurance company counsel and executives as well, giving them valuable insights into the insured's strategies In clear, plain-English terms Business Income Insurance Disputes, Second Edition helps you.... Provide sound insurance advice to your clients or company Review business income insurance forms; resolve problems stemming from vaguely-worded language; see that coverage is sufficient and all necessary clauses are included Determine the rate of loss accurately and prove that loss Protect against common insurance company tactics Negotiate effectively Avoid pitfalls and costly omissions Anticipate court responses Gain the winning edge in litigation




Texas Insurance Coverage Litigation- The Litigator's Practice Guide


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The book is a practice guide for Texas litigators handling the occasional insurance coverage lawsuit or confronting insurance questions in the context of a litigation practice, complete with legal analysis, practical tips, forms, and annotations specific to Texas and Fifth Circuit practice. The book will focus on third party liability policies and related litigation and would tend to focus more on representation of policyholders, since the insurance industry tends to use coverage counsel for litigation of coverage disputes.




Claim Investigation


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Extracontractual Damages


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Drawn from a 1982 national meeting, this work covers punitive damages, excess of policy limits, discovery techniques, reinsurance indemnity, "bad faith" cases, preventive measures, and property insurance cases.







Underwriters of the United States


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Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. The international information they gathered and the capital they generated enabled them to play central roles in state building and economic development. During the Revolution, they helped the U.S. negotiate foreign loans, sell state debts, and establish a single national bank. Afterward, they increased their influence by lending money to the federal government and to its citizens. Even as federal and state governments began to encroach on their domain, maritime insurers adapted, preserving their autonomy and authority through extensive involvement in the formation of commercial law. Leveraging their claims to unmatched expertise, they operated free from government interference while simultaneously embedding themselves into the nation's institutional fabric. By the early nineteenth century, insurers were no longer just risk assessors. They were nation builders and market makers. Deeply and imaginatively researched, Underwriters of the United States uses marine insurers to reveal a startlingly original story of risk, money, and power in the founding era.




A Practitioner's Guide to Class Actions


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Complete with a state-by-state analysis of the ways in which the class action rules differ from the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, this comprehensive guide provides practitioners with an understanding of the intricacies of a class action lawsuit. Multiple authors contributed to the book, mainly 12 top litigators at the premiere law firm of Fulbright and Jaworski, L.L.P.