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  The attached recent article from the Los Angeles Daily Journal discusses the subject of insurance coverage for properties subject to wildfire losses. Larry Arnold was interviewed to give his perspective on the insurers...

  A recent appellate court case came down here in California that I thought you may find of interest: California Fair Plan Assn. v. Garnes, 11 Cal. App. 5th 1276. Case No. A143190. In California, actual cash value is...

I thought you might be interested in a new case that just came down here in California that further defines the permissible scope of appraisal proceedings under Insurance Code section 2071. The law here in California is that...

Every once in a while, there is good news for the insurance industry as a result of a court decision here in California. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has recently concluded that...

A recent California Appellate Court case has just come down entitled, Michael Bock v. Craig Hansen, 2014 DJDAR 4280.  In that case, Travelers Property and Casualty Company hired an adjuster, Craig Hansen, to adjust the loss....

A couple of recent cases have come down that I thought were worthy of note. The first case, Alexander v. Farmers Insurance Company, decided by the Second Appellate District in California, deals with whether a court can stay...

A couple of recent cases have come down that I think are worthy of mention. The first is Brown v. Mid-Century Insurance Company (Case No. B238357, filed 4/2/13).  In that case the California Court of Appeals ruled that the...

I have come across a few California cases that I thought you might find interesting. The amount listed in the declarations for “actual cash value” is a limit and does not create a “valued” property policy. In the case...