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THE N.C. INSURANCE LITIGATION PRACTICE GUIDE EDITED AND MAINLY WRITTEN BY PCKB ATTORNEYS IS NOW AN APPLEMAN BOOK PUBLISHED BY LEXISNEXIS

The 2020 edition of the LexisNexis published Practice Guide: North Carolina Insurance Litigation is now a New Appleman insurance book. Appleman has long been recognized as a top and well-established authority of and source for insurance law, including its multi-volume treatise, New Appleman on Insurance Law. It is a distinct honor for PCKB that Appleman has now associated itself with the LexisNexis Practice Guide that has Rick Pinto as General Editor, and Ken Kyre and Deb Bowers as Assistant Editors. PCKB attorneys wrote most of the chapters for the book. 

Having the New Appleman LexisNexis Practice Guide: North Carolina Insurance Litigation being edited and written by PCKB attorneys is a logical extension of what those attorneys do; they have been involved in insurance-related litigation matters for most of their careers.

The chapters of the 400-page book include General Principles of Construction for Insurance Policies, Automobile Insurance, Homeowners Liability Insurance, Commercial General Liability Insurance, Builders Risk Insurance, Directors and Officers Insurance, Errors and Omissions Insurance, Employment Practices Insurance, Excess and Umbrella Insurance, Insurance Applications and Misrepresentation, Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Claims, and Duty to Defend. Additional chapters include Workers Compensation Insurance, NC Insurance Guarantee Association, NC Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Insurance, Property, Fire, and Casualty Insurance, Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Life Insurance.