Tag: Insurance Coverage

• Professional Liability

  The Basic Duties of Insurance Agents in Louisiana

  • December 6, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Do you know what duties insurance agents owe to their clients in Louisiana? Insurance agents in Louisiana owe a duty of due diligence in obtaining coverage for their clients.  Louisiana jurisprudence provides that an insurance agent who undertakes to procure insurance for another owes an obligation to his client to use reasonable diligence in attempting […]

• Construction Law

  Builder’s Risk 101: Protecting Your Construction Project

  • December 2, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch

  Insurance Adds Protection for Buildings While They are Under Construction Builder’s Risk Insurance is typically purchased by the owner or contractor of a building under construction to protect against certain damage to that property during the course of construction. In many cases where the builder purchases the policy, the owner should also be listed as […]

• Insurance & Casualty Litigation

  Six Requirements for a Valid UM Rejection Form

  • September 11, 2013
  • By Brent Carriere

  Although here is s prohibition against altering or modifying UM rejection forms, identical forms can be valid and enforceable waivers of UM coverage.