Another State Bans Hand-Held Devices While Driving
Georgia has joined fifteen other states which have outlawed the use of hand-held cellphones and mobile devices while driving. A new law signed by Governor Nathan Deal makes watching movies, shooting video, and even the mere “holding” of hand-held devices while in the vehicle—even while stopped—illegal.
July 16, 2018
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Litigation
Subrogation
California
Connecticut
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
NICB’s 2017 Hot Spots Vehicle Theft Report
The Albuquerque, N.M. metropolitan statistical area (MSA) repeats as having the highest per capita auto theft rate in 2017, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) latest Hot Spots report.
July 12, 2018
Auto
Alaska
Colorado
Missouri
New Mexico
Category 3 Hurricane Bud Threatens Mexico, Southwest U.S.
Hurricane Bud, now swirling off the west coast of Mexico as a Category 3 storm, is forecast to bring heavy rain to Mexico and possibly the Southwest U.S. over the next few days.
June 11, 2018
Property
Arizona
New Mexico
NTSB Advocates For Seat Belts On School Buses In Wake Of Fatal Wrecks
For the first time, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending all new school buses be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts, after the agency released findings from a special investigation report prompted by two deadly 2016 crashes.
May 24, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Legislation & Regulation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Hailstorm, Low Visibility Were Contributing Factors In Pileup In New Mexico
A pileup on southbound Interstate 25 between Eldorado and mile marker 286 closed the highway for hours Tuesday evening and sent three people to a hospital.
May 24, 2018
Auto
Liability
New Mexico
Insurance’s Flawed Business Model
At its core, the industry is plagued by an inherent conflict of interest. Our customers don’t have an industry expert advocating solely on their behalf; the experts have financial incentives coming from the insurance industry.
May 24, 2018
Risk Management
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Animal-Related Insurance Claims Top 1.7M In Four Years
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released a study on the number of animal-related insurance losses for the years 2014—2017. The data is gleaned from insurance claims for losses that occurred in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
May 23, 2018
Auto
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Auto Theft Task Force Recovers Stolen Cars At New Mexico Chop Shop
Hundreds of hardworking New Mexicans have found themselves helpless after their vehicles were stolen. Finally, police have found a clue that provides a sigh of relief for more than a dozen auto theft victims.
May 14, 2018
Auto
Fraud
New Mexico
Insurers Expected To Pay $1.5B For April’s Severe Weather
A catastrophe report has found that the US re/insurance sector is on the hook for more than half of the total economic loss in April resulting from severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and tornados.
May 10, 2018
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Helicopter Crash In New Mexico Kills 5 Aboard
A helicopter crashed in a mountainous rural area of northern New Mexico, killing five people, three of them from Colorado, and seriously injuring the sixth person aboard, a New Mexico State Police spokeswoman said Thursday.
January 19, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New Mexico
20 Vehicles Pile Up On Icy New Mexico Interstate
Two people were killed in a crash involving 20 vehicles, including three semi-trailers, Monday night. The crash happened on I-25 near Romeroville where roads were icy due to freezing temperatures in the area.
January 17, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
New Mexico
30 Large Wildfires Are Burning Across The West
More than 8,000 firefighters across the West battled dozens of wildfires Thursday that forced thousands of local residents to pack up families, pets and personal treasures to flee the advancing blazes.
June 29, 2017
Property
Arizona
California
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Wildfires Blazing Under Extreme Heat Out West
A series of wildfires is blazing across the Southwest as the chance of rain remains low amid a deadly heatwave. Eighteen large fires are burning in the region, including six in Arizona, three in Utah, three in California, three in New Mexico, two in Nevada and a large one in Oregon.
June 26, 2017
Property
Arizona
California
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Human-Caused Wildfire Threatens Homes In Utah Town
A wildfire that destroyed one home and damaged another while forcing hundreds of people to flee a Utah ski town was also hurting businesses Monday that rely on summer visitors. The fire near Brian Head was one of several across the West.
June 20, 2017
Property
New Mexico
Utah
Deadly Dust Storm Pile-Up On New Mexico Highway
Authorities closed a massive stretch of Interstate 10 in southeast Arizona on Monday due to a deadly vehicle pile-up caused at least in part by a dust storm blowing through the area.
June 20, 2017
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Arizona
New Mexico
