Recently, the attorney for a family office asked for my help with a situation. The family wanted to transfer/sell two $10 million survivor life policies to another trust for planning purposes. The ...

For the past five years, I have been actively promoting that agents and advisors should suggest life insurance policy appraisals to clients. I speak with financial professionals all around the country ...

Policyholders, don’t lose track of the appraisal provision in your insurance policies. At least that is what the panel in 50 Exch. Terrace LLC v. Mt. Vernon Specialty Ins. Co. seemed to be saying.

Jewelry loss can happen at any time. A bracelet can be stolen from a car, a jewelry box can be ransacked during a home invasion, an earring back can become loose on a night out, or a gemstone can be ...

When insurance companies and repair shops can’t agree, it’s often the driver who loses. And as a key consumer protection quietly disappears from some auto policies, that problem could get even worse.

Insurance policies provide for appraisal as a means to resolve disagreements as to the value of a loss, a procedure that legislatures long have included as part of the standard fire policy. An ...

James C. Larew is a lawyer in Iowa City and Des Moines. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Tragic tornadoes ripping through south-central Iowa on March 5, 2022, resulting in loss of life and property ...