Q: My insurance underwriter wants me to update wiring in a 120 yo home.
I bought a home in Pennsylvania recently, and there is some residual knob and tube wiring. My insurance underwriter did not do any inspection (due to covid), but is now threatening to drop coverage based on my disclosure.
I have had the home inspected multiple times, all of whom said that the wiring is perfectly safe. The insurer doesn't want to accept some of them, quibbling over the license.
A colleague told me that the k&t is grandfathered in within the state of Pennsylvania, and that it would be illegal for the insurer to drop coverage.
Before I go to the insurer and tell them that i don't want to get the wiring updated yet, i'd like to verify this.
I plan on it eventually, but i have other home improvement projects that i want to prioritize.
A: This is a question to pose to an insurance bad-faith attorney in Pennsylvania.
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