| Carrier | Federal Insurance Company |
|---|---|
| Arguments used | Wear and tear |
| What happened next | Civil Remedy Notice filed with Florida's Department of Financial Services, which opens a 60-day window for the insurer to cure. |
The concession comes first. Damages were observed and noted. What follows is not a denial that the property is damaged but an account of why, and the account is three words for the same idea: typical aging, natural wear and tear, lack of maintenance.
Lack of maintenance is the one that differs from the other two. Aging and wear happen whatever the owner does; a maintenance finding says the owner failed at something. It is an allegation about conduct, and it carries a higher burden than a statement about a roof’s age, so it is fair to ask what specifically was not maintained, when it should have been done, and what evidence supports it.
None of that is in the quoted sentence, which is the point. A letter can observe damage, name three exclusions, and never connect either to the other.
Florida DFS Civil Remedy Notice, filing no. 649352, accepted 9/28/2022, Jacksonville. The filing is not the letter: the passage below is the denial letter's own language as the policyholder quoted it, where the letter dated April 25, 2022 states that although damages were observed and noted, they were caused by this. · public record ↗
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