Chip Merlin, in his Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog, commented a few days ago about a recent case out of Washington, Holden v. Farmers Insurance of Washington, 2010 WL 3504821 (Wash. Sept. 10, 2010). The issue there was whether sales tax should be included in insurers’ calculations of actual cash value and replacement
September 2010
Agent Potentially Responsible For Failing to Insure to Value
By Parks Chastain on
Posted in Valuation Issues
One of the most commented upon topics presented by this Blog has been the question of co-insurance, or insurance to value, and where liability lies when there in an improper valuation. Although not specifically dealing with co-insurance, I commend to your reading the case of English Mountain Retreat, LLC. et. al. v. Suzanne Crustenberry-Greg, et.