27 Search Results for umbrella

March 6, 2013

Fundamental Precautions – Before and After Your Serious Collision

...fer you to my earlier blog posts. Search for “insurance” or “coverage” or “umbrella”. The solution? Up your UM and UIM coverage, and if you can afford an “extra $200”, bet a personal umbrella but MAKE SURE the agent offers you UM and UIM coverage. In at least one extreme case, the agent did not and we had to recover under the agent’s “errors and omissions” coverage. Our state Delegate, Bill Hamilton, is co-sponsoring a bill this year to increase m...

January 13, 2020

Fundamental Insurance Protection 2020

...o sits in the easy-chair in the intersection, and from the guy who plays a falling tree branch, slobbering Lab, or negligent tail-gaiter. All they sell is humor and “cheap”. Vince once saved a client of mine a million dollars, literally! He understood the intricacies of “personal umbrella coverage”, and that knowledge made all the difference. So, here are a couple of articles that I hope will help you protect yourself and your family, or at least...

January 30, 2012

Your Legal Checkup and Review; “An Ounce of Prevention”

...erhaps a business, have retirement funds, or investments, you will need an umbrella! That is exactly what it sounds like, coverage over and beyond your other coverages, homeowners, auto, under and uninsurable, and liability. Usually it adds at least $1,000,000.00 in coverage, and it is cheap. See my article: https://hunterlawfirm.net/buy-a-1000000-umbrella/12. . 12. Are you beginning to sense that marriage is going downhill? Anyone who sees a divo...

January 22, 2016

An Article to Bookmark: Until Your World Comes Crashing Down

.../various-insurance-coverages/; and https://hunterlawfirm.net/buy-a-1000000-umbrella/ So, it was a bad one and now you do not know what to do. You or your spouse is in the hospital. If he is a worker, his paycheck may stop. If a small business person, who will make or sell your product, or pay your employee? Who do you call first? Will your own insurance carrier protect you. What if the other side’s insurance adjustor won’t call you back? What if t...

December 18, 2010

A Reminder to People Who Have Been Injured!

...ent plans, savings, and perhaps a family business, should have a “personal umbrella”, usually $1,000,000.00, BUT they should be very careful to make sure that coverage includes the underinsured coverage. So, sometimes all I can do is send in copies of bills of $5000 or more and get the full available insurance and nothing more back from the liability carrier. Those are sad events, and sometimes I charge as little as 10 %. At least I can get the me...

March 15, 2014

Motorcycle Accidents

...job as your lawyer is to search all possible sources of coverage, such as umbrellas policies, stacked policies, and uninsured and underinsured motorist policies. Juries often see motorcycle riders as risk-takers. My job as your lawyer is to overcome that prejudice and ensure you are treated fairly. Contact an Elkins Weston Brain Injury Lawyer If you’ve been injured, don’t be afraid to talk to a lawyer. Talking is one thing. Hiring is totally sepa...

August 10, 2022

What Don’t I Know? How Can I Find it?

...hits”: Wills Estates Power of Attorney Medical Power of Attorney Insurance Umbrella coverage Underinsured Uninsured Tort Auto collision Malpractice Living will Obesity Religiosity 4-H Club and Ohio County Collegiality Ethics Unbundled (legal services) Limited Scope Representation Divorce Right of way Promissory estoppel Boundary Line Child Custody Contempt Modification Mediation Alternate Dispute Resolution Alimony Equitable Distribution Legal Sep...

January 17, 2022

A Compendium of Personal Injury Writings: NOT What You Think.

....net) Comparative Fault in WV – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter III (hunterlawfirm.net) A Curmudgeon Family Lawyer’s View of Parenting – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter III (hunterlawfirm.net) Three on Insurance Coverages: Buy a $1,000,000 Umbrella! – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter III (hunterlawfirm.net) Various Insurance Coverages – Limiting the Loss – Attorney J. Bur...

April 29, 2020

A ROADMAP TO BURTON HUNTER’S IDEAS AND “WISDOM”

...ninsured Coverage”: https://tinyurl.com/ydg7uhvb Blog Search for “Personal Umbrella Insurance Coverage”: https://tinyurl.com/y7orcojc Blog Search for “What is a Subrogation Claim?”: https://tinyurl.com/ycrupjsg Blog Search for “Insurance Bad Faith Settlement Practices”: https://tinyurl.com/y9hjdfpr Blog Search for “Deliberate Intent Claims Against Employers”: https://tinyurl.com/yd68bchq Blog Search for “Professional Malpractice”: https://tinyurl....

May 1, 2015

The Chinese Curse: “May You Have a Mild Closed Head Injury” – And What if it Happens to You?

...you have protected yourself with underinsured coverage and/or a “personal umbrella”, there may be little or nothing to recover. Here is what I recently said about that: https://hunterlawfirm.net/what-you-do-not-know-about-insurance-and-social-security-can-hurt-you/ Do I do these cases by myself? Nope: these cases need $30,000 – $100,000 of out-of-pocket investment by the lawyers, and 30 years in the WVAJ (Trial Lawyers) has taught me which WV fir...