The Texas House Insurance Committee on Tuesday voted 5-4 to recommend fellow lawmakers pass a bill mandating appraisal clauses in auto insurance contracts. House Bill 2534 would institute another option for insurers and policyholders to resolve claim cost disputes without having to go to court.

Across California, property owners and their 'burn bosses' are setting fires. When the weather is cool, calm and wet enough, these planned forest fires are designed to clear overgrown vegetation that could accelerate a wildfire in dry months.

A state agency provided the Legislature with misleading data about Florida property insurance lawsuits, according to an insurance expert, adding to the debate as lawmakers consider a bill to limit consumer access to the courts when seeking claims from insurers.

The future looks brighter every day for the cannabis industry. From recent findings that cannabis components may lead to treatment or even prevention of coronavirus infection in lung cells to yesterday's vote by the House of Representatives in favor of the Safe Banking Act, barricades to full legalization just keep falling.

Representatives from State Farm, Geico, Progressive and multiple insurance trade organizations came out against a sweeping overhaul of Florida's automobile insurance laws proposed by state lawmakers this session.

The New Jersey Supreme Court just issued a decision that requires insurers and employers to reimburse injured workers for the use of medical marijuana. In the case, lawyers for an employer argued that reimbursing for medical marijuana would in effect be 'aiding and abetting and conspiracy liability under federal law.'

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is changing its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) pricing methodology beginning Oct. 1.

It is Spring across the nation. The season's many familiar rituals, like flowers in the field, are in full bloom. Foliage is turning green, birds are singing, bees are humming, and State Legislatures are getting down to the task once again of 'fixing' their workers' comp system.

The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) has filed a lawsuit against the regulator in Washington state over the ban against using credit scores for insurance premium calculation.

Congress is under pressure to subsidize flood insurance costs for low-income households after the federal government announced last week that it would increase flood insurance premiums for millions of homeowners.

Homeowners worried they'll have to foot most of the cost to replace their roofs if they get damaged should be able to relax for at least another year - unless they need to find a new insurer.

Montana is the only state in the U.S. that has unisex rates for all insurance. A bill in the Legislature seeks to undo that.

When Jeff Sedlik opens up Amazon, he sees his work for sale all over the place. A successful commercial photographer, his photos are easily spotted on T-shirts, hats, bibs, mugs, calendars, cell phone cases and so forth. Few of those sellers use his work with permission.

It is a common and sometimes justifiable concern for some employees around the nation. They worry that if they file a workers' compensation claim they will be fired by their employer.

New insurance premiums for the federal flood insurance program will soon be unveiled, but experts are concerned that some homeowners will be paying significantly much more than everyone else.