Insurance professionals’ suspicions about fraudulent claims have increased during the pandemic as fraudsters have become more creative, according to a recent survey.
After a disaster, Louisianans are running into problems with their insurance companies sending dozens of adjusters to their case -- leading to major delays in support. Some legislation is looking to tackle that problem despite insurance companies raising objections.
Workers whose job puts them behind the wheel feel pressured to stay connected during the workday despite distracted driving raising the risk of an accident, according to data from several surveys released last week.
In a lawsuit stretching back more than a decade, a recent decision by an appeals court in Texas will allow a class action against USAA, related to total losses, to move forward.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has held that communications from counsel for the buyer of a property concerning undisclosed contamination were sufficient to constitute a Claim against the Insured seller.
‘Other insurance’ clauses are found in first-party and third-party liability policies and establish how loss is to be apportioned among insurance companies when more than one policy covers the same loss.
A lengthy and heated debate on the Senate floor Tuesday preceded the passage of a bill that would make it illegal for car insurers in Delaware to use gender as a factor when determining customers’ premiums.
A recent report by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasizes the importance of ‘near-term mitigation and adaptation actions’ to avoid the worst consequences of a warming world.
I am not in favor of the same person authoring two blogs in a row. All Coalition members are invited to participate in ‘FraudBlog’ to share their views, insights and opinions. My attendance at a recent major insurance conference banquet though caused me to violate my own rule.
In 2017, a large insurance carrier challenged our law firm to significantly reduce its legal spending and cycle times without any material uptick in indemnity costs or compromise to the quality of legal services.
British Columbia’s Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) has ordered a strata corporation to immediately reverse a charge of nearly $10,000 to a strata lot owner after finding the unit’s owner was not responsible for a water leak and resulting expenses.
Claims handling is where the promise of insurance coverage becomes a reality, and while companies may have unique ideas about some best practices, there is broader agreement about others, like the importance of communication.
Failed insurance companies. Multi-billion dollar losses. Consumers on edge. Sound familiar? The last two years have dealt a punishing blow to Louisiana’s homeowners insurance market, much like the wave of hurricanes that rocked the Gulf Coast more than a decade ago.
After back-to-back tornado outbreaks two weeks in a row, last month set the record for most tornado reports during the month of March. As of Friday morning, the current preliminary number was 233 tornado reports, breaking the record of 225 reports in 2012, with records going back to the year 2000.
Crews from the Tennessee Division of Forestry on Sunday continued to douse hot spots and fight the fires sparking near the Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Sevier County.
