Expert Witness Blog
Insurance coverage expert witnesses may testify regarding insurance policy coverage and insurance loss claims. The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents reports on crop insurance questions following an intentional levee breach.
Homeowners whose property was flooded after the levee at Birds Point, Missouri, was breached by the Army Corps of Engineers on May 3 are questioning whether they will be able to collect on crop insurance claims. In his challenge to the Corps’ authority to release water into the floodway, Chris Koster, the Missouri attorney general, said that it was unclear whether insurers would compensate losses from the breach. Koster said that some insurers suggested that claims would not be paid since the flooding was not a natural disaster.
Read more: pianet.com.