Condo Association Insurance Claim: Attorney or Public Adjuster?
When a condo association's claim comes back short, the board has to decide who to call - its own attorney, a coverage litigator, or a public adjuster. The statutes treat adjusting and legal work as different jobs, and knowing which problem you actually have decides which one you need first.
Ordinance or Law Coverage: The Part of Your Claim Nobody Scopes
Standard property insurance pays to put your building back the way it was. It does not pay to bring it up to a code written after it was built, and that gap is the most common uncovered cost in a large claim.
Commercial Property Damage Claims: The Roof and Hail Coverage Owners Miss
A commercial property damage claim is not a bigger version of a residential one. Three provisions in your declarations - coinsurance, roof endorsements and ordinance or law - decide most commercial roof and hail settlements before an adjuster ever climbs a ladder.
Filing a Business Interruption Insurance Claim: What Most Owners Miss
Business interruption is not one line on a policy - it is a cluster of coverages, and carriers pay the ones you ask for. Here are the three owners leave on the table, and the clock your insurer is on in Florida, Minnesota and Wisconsin.