Bad Faith Insurance Attorney Kurt Arnold: With New Law, Some May Not Even Have Insurance for the Next Storm

Hurricane Ike damaged or destroyed thousands of structures when it blew across the upper Texas Gulf Coast. A little over a year later, hundreds of lawsuits remain pending against insurance companies that have denied or underpaid claims for storm damage. Obtaining insurance for homes and businesses along the Gulf Coast is never easy. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is considered the insurer of last resort - the kind of insurance company that property owners can turn to when they can't get coverage anywhere else. Policy holders' post-Ike experience with the TWIA has not been stellar, and the association is named in numerous bad faith insurance lawsuits.

But bad faith insurance attorne  Kurt Arnold of Houston-based Arnold & Itkin LLP says the situation has gotten even more bleak. A new state law that went in effect this week makes it even harder to obtain TWIA coverage to begin with. "As an 'insurer of last resort,' the TWIA should help protect Texans," says Arnold. "Now homeowners who are still struggling to rebuild are wondering if they'll be covered at all the next time a storm blows in." To interview Mr. Arnold, contact Alan Bentrup at 800-559-4534 or alan@androvett.com.