Claims / Legal
Public Adjusters Decry Florida Citizens’ New Plan That Keeps Their Names Off Checks
In the long conflict between insurance carriers and public claims adjusters, Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has unexpectedly altered the rules of engagement in a way that could have a ...
Middle East Tensions Raise Loss Accumulation Risks: Report
Marine, aviation, cyber, and terrorism insurers face immediate underwriting pressures and potential accumulation losses as a result of heightened hostilities between Iran and Israel, according to ...
IIHS: Blind Spots of Top Selling Autos Grew; Pedestrian, Biker Deaths Soared
The forward blind zones of six top-selling vehicles grew over the past 25 years as pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities soared, a new comparison technique developed by the Insurance Institute for ...
Homes With Toxic Smoke Damage Deepen Insurance Nightmare in LA
Months after fire tore through Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood, homeowners are struggling to get reimbursed — not for houses reduced to rubble, but for the damage of smoke and toxins in ...
Claims Against Insurance Companies: How to Avoid Bad Faith Setups
Insurance companies are in the business of providing important financial and logistical assistance when customers experience some kind of event or incident covered by a policy. Those things—often ...
Interpreting the Data: How AI-Powered Camera Platforms Redefine Fleet Safety
In the transportation industry, one bad accident can do more than derail a route—it can threaten a company's future. Rising premiums and stricter underwriting standards are forcing fleet operators ...
Trump Can’t End FEMA But It Needs Reform, Says Obama’s FEMA Head
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he intends to whittle down or phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and last week he gave a rough timeline for that: "after hurricane season." ...
‘Abolishing FEMA’ Memo Outlines Ways for Trump to Scrap Agency
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prepare a memo on how to abolish itself and create a re-branded, radically smaller disaster response ...