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23 Mar 2021, 9:11 am by Chip Merlin
The above photo of lumber visually depicts the significant increased price of basic construction material costs that is driving many property insurance claim disputes as policyholders with various losses from wildfires, hurricanes, and frozen pipes try to get their claims settled. [read post]
4 May 2021, 8:15 am by Chip Merlin
Drew Houghton made his wife and dogs stay in the inner bathroom of his Oklahoma City home last week as a tornadic hailstorm was bearing down on them. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 3:38 am by Chip Merlin
Faculty: William “ChipMerlin, Jr., Esq., Merlin Law Group; Barclay Nicholson, Esq., Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP Seriously, most significant "players" in the windstorm claims industry make this conference every year. [read post]
5 Aug 2023, 3:00 am by Chip Merlin
(Chip’s Note—This is the second post of a weekly feature of this blog which I am writing to obtain perceptions from experienced and leading public adjusters in the public adjusting profession.) [read post]
13 Nov 2010, 3:43 am by Nicole Vinson
Chip Merlin posted about the report and the absence of fraudulent sinkhole claims in his post, Florida 2010 Sinkhole Report Findings Published -- Where's the Fraud? [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 2:59 am
  For now, you can find posts on the topic  at Victoria Pynchon's Settle It Now blog, Slabbed (continuing coverage), the Insurance Coverage Blog, Chip Merlin's blog (with great analysis of the problem), Tort Burger, and the Trade Secrets Blog. [read post]
21 Jul 2012, 3:30 am by Nicole Vinson
In May 2011, Chip Merlin posted details about the law change in, Public Adjusters Are Restrained From Citizens Claim Work, and stated that this law, as written, is an unreasonable restraint on trade. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 3:30 am by Shaun Marker
As Chip Merlin and Corey Harris have previously noted in their posts Cooperation Clause Does Not Require Policyholder’s Slavish Obedience and The Limits Of An Insured’s Obligations To Cooperate, if a policyholder cannot produce every single document requested by the insurance carrier, but they comply to the extent possible, it is unreasonable for the insurance carrier to continue to hold open the policy post-loss conditions and demand the documents that the policyholder… [read post]
30 Mar 2023, 11:57 am by Chip Merlin
I hope they are having better success than when they famously fumbled with their investigation, which found that yours truly did not have a Florida law license, as noted in Chip Merlin Busted By Florida Insurance Investigators! [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 9:03 am by Chip Merlin
 Some of my views were quoted in the article: "The insurance industry does not like for sinkholes to happen because they hurt profits," William "Chip" Merlin, Jr., president and the founder of Merlin Law Group based in Tampa, remarked. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 11:00 am by Jeremy Tyler
Chip Merlin and Mary Fortson submitted an amicus brief to the Florida Supreme Court on the issue, and Chip has previously argued that a lack of “good faith” should be treated the same as “bad faith”. [read post]
28 Feb 2010, 11:26 am
Chip Merlin, a Tampa attorney who represents policyholders said the measures are a "potential nuclear bomb" for policyholders and public adjusters: "This proposed law is a means for insurers to prevent policyholders from having access to professional help at the time they most need it. [read post]
1 Jun 2021, 10:06 am by Chip Merlin
A recent insurance contract case came down to the step of determining which state law applied.1 While it is a liability contract case, the issue is the same and a very important one that is not often discussed. [read post]