December 2025

Condo & HOA Insurance December 23, 2025

What Condo and HOA Boards Need to Know About Insurance Replacement Costs and Code Compliance

     Condominium associations frequently insure aging common elements, such as clubhouses, recreation centers, maintenance buildings, and other shared facilities, under replacement cost property insurance policies. Condominium and homeowners associations may assume that replacement cost coverage will fully fund rebuilding after a catastrophic loss. However, as Piatt Lake Bible Conference Association v Church Mutual Insurance Co., No. 2:23-CV-73, 2025 WL…
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Condo & HOA Collections December 3, 2025

Michigan Condo Collections: 3 Best Practices to Recover Legal Fees

Condominium associations rely on assessments to fund shared services, including building maintenance, landscaping, insurance, common utilities, and reserve planning.  Board members are legally obligated to protect the condo association’s financial health, and part of that fiduciary duty is to ensure that every co-owner pays their share of the expenses in a timely manner. When some co-owners fail to pay, the…
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