
Hurricane Sally Could Drive $3.5B Industry Loss In US, Says RMS
Catastrophe risk modeller RMS has estimated that total insured losses from Hurricane Sally in the US will be between $2.0 billion and $3.5 billion.
September 24, 2020
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Alabama
Florida
Georgia

Dismissal, Transfer Developments In 9 States’ Repairer V. Insurer Litigation
Some significant new developments have occurred in the plethora of collision repairer-insurer lawsuits consolidated before the U.S. Middle District of Florida.
September 24, 2020
Auto
Litigation
Alabama
Illinois
Kentucky
Mississippi
Missouri

Hurricane Sally: Significant Flood Damage But Moderate P/C Losses, Moodys Says
On 16 September, Hurricane Sally made landfall on Wednesday near Mobile Bay, Ala., and the western portion of the Florida Panhandle as a Category 2 storm with destructive winds of 105 mph, causing significant rain and storm surge.
September 22, 2020
Auto
Property
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina

Sheriff: More Than 2,800 Structures Destroyed By Almeda Fire
The count of structures lost to the Almeda fire keeps growing, with more than 2,800 now tallied as having been destroyed by the fire, Jackson County Sheriff Nate Sickler reported Friday afternoon.
September 21, 2020
Auto
Property
Oregon

Hurricane Sally Swamps Gulf Coast With Massive Floods, Torrential Rain
Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded streets and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses on Wednesday as the powerful storm brought “historic and catastrophic” flooding to the Alabama-Florida coast, the National Hurricane Center said.
September 16, 2020
Auto
Property
Alabama
Florida

Partnering To Transform The Claims Journey
Peanut butter and jelly. Bacon and eggs. Coffee and cream. It’s hard to imagine one without the other. In fact, most would agree that they’re better together than apart. When it comes to business, the same can be said of great partners.
September 15, 2020
Auto
Technology

Deadly Wildfires Worsen Across California, Oregon And Washington
Wildfires fueled by extreme heat and high wind spread further across California, Oregon and Washington on Thursday, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least seven people.
September 10, 2020
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
California
Oregon
Washington

’Unprecedented And Heart-Breaking’: High Winds Stoke Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Wildfires fanned by high winds burned hundreds of thousands of acres in the Northwest, mostly destroying a small town in eastern Washington state and causing evacuations, power outages and highway closures in Oregon.
September 9, 2020
Auto
Property
Washington
Social Media, The Undoing Of Another Insurance Fraudster
A York County man tried to fake out police and his insurance company by claiming his car was stolen at Antietam Lake, authorities said Thursday.
September 8, 2020
Auto
Fraud
Pennsylvania
Latest On California Wildfires: Record 2M Acres Burned, 3,300 Structures Destroyed
Wildfires have burned a record 2 million acres in California this year, and the danger for more destruction is so high the U.S. Forest Service announced today it was closing all eight national forests in the southern half of the state.
September 8, 2020
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
California

Ford Partners With Metromile For Insurance On New Cars
Ford is giving new car buyers a way to save money on insurance now that millions of Americans are working from home and driving less than they were before the coronavirus hit the U.S.
September 4, 2020
Auto
Technology
Hyundai, Kia Recall Vehicles For Leaks That Can Cause Fires
Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia are recalling over 600,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to fix a brake fluid leak that could cause engine fires.
September 3, 2020
Auto
Subrogation

State Farm Insurance Claims Hit 24,800 For Louisiana Homeowners After Hurricane Laura
State Farm, the largest homeowner insurer in Louisiana by market share, has received 24,800 insurance claims from homeowners across the state after Hurricane Laura barreled through the Lake Charles region last week.
September 2, 2020
Auto
Property
Louisiana

State Farm And Ford Partner On Usage-Based Insurance
State Farm and Ford announced that they have entered into an agreement to share connected vehicle telematics data for usage-based insurance (UBI) products.
August 28, 2020
Auto

Hurricane Laura Takes Aim At Texas-Louisiana Coast, Expected To Become Category 4
Hurricane Laura was expected to rapidly strengthen to a Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday on a steady track to hit the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast after dark, causing catastrophic damage, the National Hurricane Center said.
August 26, 2020
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas



