Merlin Law Group, P.A. (LexBlog Australia)

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  • Do Insurers Wrongfully Deny Claims Based Upon the Vague Wear and Tear Exclusion?

    Public adjuster George Quintero of Vanguard Public Adjusters sent me an article from Australia, ICA Reviews Use of Wear and Tear Exclusion. The article involved the denial of property insurance claims based on the “wear and tear” exclusion. The article stated, in part: The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) is reviewing findings from an inquiry...

  • The Importance of Revising Building Laws and Ordinances, Which Explains Why Law and Ordinance Coverage Law is So Important To Purchase

    The point of this blog is to implore policyholders to buy what is commonly called code upgrade coverage – formally known as law and ordinance coverage. I was thinking about this after reading two different articles discussing very different losses in very different parts of the world. Australia has been suffering from historic wildfires. I...

  • Florida Signs on to Exchange Insurance Information Globally with the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding

    Add Florida to the list that already includes Australia, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, as the 55th jurisdiction to agree and be admitted to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding. In the US, Michigan, Connecticut, Nebraska, California, and Pennsylvania preceded Florida. The MMoU was established in 2007 with a mission to provide a...

  • Jeff Atwater Upholds Promise to Policyholders

    When politicians uphold their promises, we should applaud them. Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater was noted in my post last week, Public Adjuster Arrest, Umpire Ethics, and Good Faith Opinions–An Intriguing Story: ‘This is institutionalized bad faith,” said Sen. Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach of the insurer, Australia-based QBE Group and its representatives, Florida...

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