Updated on 11/22/13. On November 14 and 18, Navigators Insurance Company sued three more appraisers to enforce “regulatory claims” exclusions in the E&O policies they purchased. These appraisers are in California and Nevada. Like the appraiser sued by Navigators in Florida on November 6, the new appraisers are being sued by the Read more…
Update: Navigators has sued three more appraisers to deny coverage under the same “regulatory claims” exclusion discussed in the post below. The more recent lawsuits are discussed in this later post. Yesterday, appraiser E&O provider Navigators Insurance Company filed a lawsuit in Florida against one of its own insured appraisers. In Read more…
In the last three months, since May 1, 2012, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has sued 45 individual appraisers and appraisal firms in its capacity as receiver for one of the failed banks or lending institutions under its supervision. The appraisers targeted by the FDIC in its recent cases Read more…
The FDIC continues to sue residential appraisers in connection with origination appraisals and review appraisals performed for failed lenders between 2003-2009 on loans now in default. It may be helpful, or scary, for appraisers and AMCs to see for themselves exactly what kinds of alleged USPAP violations or other errors Read more…
Note: this post has been updated since it first appeared. Appraiser E&O policies are changing rapidly in the present litigation environment and an appraiser’s policy terms may change from policy year to year. This may be the first year that some appraisers see an FDIC exclusion in the policies they Read more…