Judgment Denied In Hurricane Coverage Row Over Renovation ‘Misrepresentations’

( October 2, 2025, 1:13 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge denied summary judgment to an insurer in a dispute over insurance coverage for hurricane damage and purported fraud regarding the insured’s alleged material misrepresentations related to property renovations, finding that the court cannot determine “based on the record before it” whether the insured intended to deceive when making the purported misrepresentations....