Personal Insurance

Caselaw, Statutes, and Treatises All Agree: Insurers Have a Duty to Fully and Thoroughly Investigate Each Claim in Good Faith | Merlin Law Group

Within every contract, the parties involved in the relationship have duties and obligations they owe one another. In most insurance policies,,.. Read More

Catastrophe bonds hit all-time record, with $10.3bn issued in 2020

Catastrophe bond issuance in 2020 has now surpassed another annual record, as the total amount of risk capital issued in,.. Read More

Arch Capital returns for fourth Bellemeade Re mortgage ILS issuance of 2020

Arch Capital Group Ltd., the Bermuda headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance firm, has returned to the capital markets for a,.. Read More

Best of Artemis, week ending 13th December 2020

Here are the ten most popular news articles, week ending 13th December 2020, covering catastrophe bonds, ILS, reinsurance capital and,.. Read More

How to Force an Insurer into Appraisal in Florida - Satisfaction of Post-Loss Obligations | Merlin Law Group

While appraisal can be used by an insurance company as a method of delaying claims and avoiding complete payment, there,.. Read More

Pro-Policyholder Water Leak Claim Bill in South Carolina | Merlin Law Group

The South Carolina legislature has an insurance claims handling bill which is very pro-policyholder and would severely limit insurance companies,.. Read More

Lloyd's ILS structure to be about capital provision through Members

The impending insurance-linked securities (ILS) structure that is being developed by the Lloyd’s of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace will,.. Read More

How Adjusters Should Avoid The Unlicensed Practice of Law | Merlin Law Group

I am attaching a paper I wrote four years ago, The Unlicensed Practice of Law and How to Avoid It.,.. Read More

2020 US wildfire industry loss estimate lifted to $7bn - $13bn by RMS

The estimated insurance and reinsurance market loss from wildfires that have affected largely the western United States in 2020 is,.. Read More

Public Adjusters Who Write Civil Remedy Notices Can Lose Their Licenses | Merlin Law Group

Public adjusters cannot practice law. Every state in the union has this restriction. Every public adjuster should read Merlin Law,.. Read More

Liberty Mutual's new Mystic Re IV cat bond grows 50% to $300m

The new catastrophe bond transaction sponsored by insurance giant Liberty Mutual has been upsized during its marketing, growing by,.. Read More

Vantage can leverage ILS to be creative & expand the pie: CEO, Hendrick

Combined with advanced technology and great talent, Vantage sees the range of insurance-linked securities (ILS) structures as a means to,.. Read More