Claim professionals working in Texas, beware — you may soon be dealing with more litigiousness stemming from last year's hurricane season.
Baron & Budd, P.C., a Dallas-based law firm, has established an insurance claim practice intended to aid policyholders affected by Hurricanes Ike and Gustav in negotiating property insurance claims with insurers. In announcing the practice, firm shareholder Bruce Steckler charged insurers of operating under a system that is "too flawed, too complex, and too skewed toward the insurance companies' interests for individuals or companies to navigate without experienced legal assistance."
The practice will be headed by Steckler, who is a veteran civil justice attorney with a history of representing clients in insurance disputes. The firm will employ independent claim adjusters to assess homes, offices, churches, and commercial and retail buildings. A release stated that the firm will advise clients about how to contest tactics that it says insurers use to avoid paying legitimate claims, including denial of covered claims; ambiguous policy exclusions; attempts to blame the damage on excluded causes; and underpayment because of computerized data sources.
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