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04/24/2020

Friday Funny...

03/22/2020

Important news for contractors in reference to possible delays in plan review or inspections due to Covid-19.
Please read the pertinent sections entirely but in essence the order allows hiring a private inspector in the case that county or city officials are unable to perform services.

02/22/2020

Another great blog post from the Merlin Law Group.
A surprisingly large number of restoration contractors are using this language and it could be a problem. This is a big issue in several states and it’s going nationwide sooner rather than later.

The Win The Storm conference was abuzz about a trio of Iowa cases that ruled void residential restoration contracts.1 The primary lesson to insurance

02/14/2020

Why use an outside estimating service for insurance claims ?

Are you a contractor who doesn’t typically perform insurance work?
Are you a small contractor who can’t afford the overhead of a fulltime estimator?
Are you simply not skilled in estimate writing and concerned you’re leaving significant money on the table?
Are you used to writing small to medium losses and you’ve just signed a large commercial loss that you’re not comfortable estimating?
Are you in a Regional CAT situation with dozens (or hundreds) of losses and just can’t keep up?
These are just a few of the many reasons contractors use remote estimating services (like Redline Consulting). Call us – we’d be happy to discuss any situation you believe could use our skilled assistance.
Consulting companies often charge percentage rates for estimates or supplements. Redline Consulting believes the fairest way to charge for services is to charge you an hourly fee.
These skilled estimating services are available throughout the U.S.

02/13/2020

What is an insurance appraisal ?

Appraisal is an Insurance Policy Provision found in the Loss Settlement portion of your policy. It’s an Alternate Dispute Resolution, which can settle a difference of opinion when the Insurance Carrier and the Policyholder don’t agree on the amount of loss.
Policyholders often think the only way to settle the dispute is to hire a lawyer. Fortunately, this is not the case.
Often, the most efficient way for an insurance carrier and a policyholder to deal with their seemingly irreconcilable differences in a claim situation is for either side to invoke the appraisal clause found in the policy.
It works by both the carrier and the policyholder appointing an impartial appraiser for their side and the appraisers must then agree to an umpire. Both appraisers will inspect the loss and write an estimate and the umpire will rule on the differences between the two and an award will be issued.
Appraisal is quite often used in place of, or in conjunction with legal action.
Redline Consulting Group and our expert appraisal services are available throughout the United States – except for Virginia.

02/12/2020

This is an older article form the Merlin Law blog but very timely with all of the recent flooding events across the Country.

2017 brought with it three major hurricanes causing widespread flooding to thousands of homeowners and business owners. Those policyholders with a flood