Online cannabis advertising platform Weedmaps and a Southern California vape shop have been targeted with a wrongful death lawsuit in civil court by a mother who claims both are to blame in the shooting death of her son.

A recent study by the Geneva Association on the topic of 'social inflation' addresses the challenges of defining and quantifying the phenomenon. More important, it takes on the question of what insurers and reinsurers can actually do about it.

More than 30 people who lived near Bethlehem Park are suing Great Lakes Industrial Development for damages related to the massive 2016 fire at the former Bethlehem Steel site that roared for four days.

There's an old saying that '#$%^ runs downhill.' So, if you want to find the source of the #$%^ , you go to the top of the hill. A similar saying, more to the point, is 'Garbage in, garbage out' (GIGO). We hear and use that phrase an awful lot in claims, far too often...

The past year has been unprecedented-and unpredictable-but through all of the uncertainty, a few patterns have emerged in the auto casualty insurance industry.

Insurance fraud isn't the most splashy form of crime and it rarely dominates the news cycle. But it does impact your wallet every day.

Claims and lawsuits involving slip and falls on snow and ice are big business, especially in heavily populated cities in the northeast like New York; Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; and Baltimore. Significant resources are spent investigating, defending, and resolving these claims.

Five months after an explosion leveled three rowhomes and killed two people in Baltimore, Fire Chief Niles R. Ford has provided a cause.

Updated Highway Loss Data Institute research into rear autobraking found the ADAS technology cut property damage liability claims 28 percent and collision claims 10 percent, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Thursday.

In January, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in one of the lawsuits filed against oil and gas companies for their alleged contribution to climate change. The Court's ruling will likely have a significant impact on how climate change litigation will proceed and, consequently, on the exposure faced by the "Carbon Majors" - and their liability insurers.

"Mr. Sherlock Holmes - You could not possibly have come at a better time!" the claims adjuster exclaimed. "This vehicle accident is a typical ‘he said, she said' situation. Both drivers claim to have had the green light and there appears to be no way to prove which driver was at fault - it is an unsolvable case!" Mr. Holmes scoffed raising just an eyebrow, "Unsolvable?"

Wednesday’s storm caused treacherous road conditions. In Central Pennsylvania, those conditions led to a deadly pile-up.

A North Carolina auto repair facility and its franchisor have reached a $1.8 million settlement with an elderly man who fell into an open service pit.
The 84-year-old plaintiff suffered a brain hemorrhage and a brain injury from the fall.

Fewer cars on the road, increasing accident severity, an uncertain economy-these are just a few of the unprecedented challenges the auto insurance industry has faced in 2020. Now, third party liability insurers are seeking the best method to adapt to this ever-changing situation.

The auto insurance industry-and the world at large-has faced no shortage of changes and challenges in 2020. From treatment trends to legislative updates, we've had to manage not only a changing business climate, but also industry-altering events that are reshaping auto insurance.