( February 25, 2026, 9:14 AM EST) -- KINGSHILL, St. Croix— A Virgin Islands judge granted an insurer’s motion to compel property owners to submit to an appraisal of their damage caused by Hurricane Maria after finding that the insurer timely invoked the appraisal procedure, rejecting the insureds’ “novel issue” that 22 Virgin Island Code Section 228(a) precludes the insurer’s appraisal demand....