Commercial Ice Storm Damage Insurance Claim Lawyers

While many people place a lot of focus on natural disasters and storms like hurricanes, tornados, wind damage, and the like, businesses in areas where the temperatures can drop below freezing are at risk for ice storms.

Ice storms consist of freezing rain that ends up covering everything in a heavy layer of ice. It may not seem like much, but the weight of the ice has been known to take down trees and electrical wires, as well as halt all transportation due to a thick layer of dangerous, slick ice.

So, what does this mean for your business?

Ice storms can burst pipes, causing significant water damage to your business. They can cause structural damage, impacting the roof, siding, windows, and ultimately your interior. And the amount of revenue lost due to lack of utilities and inability to operate will be high.

But you don’t worry because you have insurance to cover any ice storm damage, right?

Commercial ice storm insurance claims, disputes, delays, and denials

After an ice storm hits, you may file an insurance claim so the toll doesn’t seem so devastating. Unfortunately, insurance companies often use tactics to save them from having to pay you – even though you have paid your premium\s and you expect the coverage!

How can they do it?

Insurance companies may try to:

• Give you a low-ball settlement offer.
• Deny your commercial property damage claim altogether.
• Delay your payment for an unrealistic amount of time.
• Accuse you of not meeting code requirements before the ice storm.
• Classify damage as not resulting from the ice storm

State law requires insurance companies to show reasonable cause for denying or delaying payments on coverage that clearly includes ice storm damage. It doesn’t matter which insurance company your policy is through or how big or small it is — all are held to this standard. And they are required to provide reasonable and prompt payment so that any necessary repairs can be made and you can get back to business.

If your business has suffered ice storm damage and your insurance company has employed tactics to avoid paying you what you are owed, then they must be held accountable.

Hold insurance companies accountable

At Raizner Slania LLP, we hire independent roofers, contractors, and engineers to value the damage. Our insurance dispute attorneys handle your ice storm insurance claims by getting our own estimates — not relying on those from the insurance company’s adjusters. This allows us to move forward with a full and properly valued claims analysis on behalf of your business.

Raizner Slania’s team of experienced attorneys will help you obtain just compensation for your commercial ice storm damage

Has your business been unable to recover from ice storm damage due to insurance company tactics?

If you have made payments on your insurance policy, have filed a claim regarding ice storm damage, and have been the victim of unfair tactics like denials, delays, under-valuations, and so forth, then it is time to call insurance claim dispute lawyers with a proven track record of success.

Call Raizner Slania today.