Rabih Hamawi
The Reservation of Rights and Denial Letters
Whether you are the plaintiff or the defendant in a tort case, you can count on being on the receiving end of a reservation of rights...
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PUBLISHED WORK
Rabih Hamawi
Oct 25, 20234 min read
Rabih Hamawi: From Insurance Agent to Insurance Lawyer
Sometimes seminal moments in one’s life can change a career path. For Rabih Hamawi (Story Class, 2015), who at the time, owned and...
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Rabih Hamawi
Jun 2, 20236 min read
Occurrence-Based and Claims-Made Insurance Policies
Generally, there are two types of liability insurance policies: occurrence-based and claims-made policies. Occurrence-based are the more...
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Rabih Hamawi
Feb 24, 20235 min read
Insurable Losses: Fortuity, Loss in Progress, and Known Risk
Author’s note. This article is the first of what is intended to be a continuing series on topics related to insurance and indemnity law...
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Rabih Hamawi
Nov 30, 20202 min read
MiLW Announces its Class of 2020 Up & Coming Lawyers
This program honors Michigan lawyers who have established a name for themselves by displaying the ambition, drive, and accomplishments...
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Rabih Hamawi
Sep 13, 20203 min read
Michigan Lawyers Weekly: Insurer’s Failure to Pay Leads to Settlement, Sanctions
This is an action for damages arising out of a fire that destroyed plaintiff Antwan Herman’s commercial property and his business...
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Rabih Hamawi
Apr 20, 20203 min read
Coronavirus (Covid-19) And Business Income Insurance
March 26, 2020—Over the past week, I have received many calls from business owners asking if they may recover Business-Income losses...
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Rabih Hamawi
Mar 1, 20197 min read
Michigan's Renewal Rule: The Insured's Last Resort
According to the Insurance Information Institute, insurance companies wrote total net premiums of $1.2 trillion in 2017.1 Based on my...
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Rabih Hamawi
Jan 1, 20188 min read
An Insured's Post-Loss Duty to Cooperate in Property Insurance Policies
Most property insurance policies, such as homeowners, dwelling fires, or commercial property policies, contain many duties and...
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Rabih Hamawi
Apr 2, 20175 min read
“Other Insurance” Clauses in Property and Liability Insurance Policies: Frequently Misunderstood
Most property and liability insurance policies contain “other insurance” clauses that insurers insert to restrict or limit their liab...
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Rabih Hamawi
Oct 4, 20164 min read
Insurable Interest and a Claimant’s Status in Property Insurance Policies
Claimants in first party property-damage cases may believe that being the named insured on the Declarations of a property insur...
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