Massive Ogden, Utah Fire Causes $3M in Damages to Multiple Properties, Vehicles
Firefighters remained on the scene Tuesday morning after a massive fire damaged five homes and an apartment complex under construction near 28th Street and Grant Avenue overnight.
June 30, 2021
Auto
Property
Subrogation
Utah
Appraisal Process Tolls Contractual Suit Limitation Period Even For Non-Covered Claims
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that, under Georgia law, an appraisal process tolled a commercial property policy’s two-year contractual suit limitation period even for non-covered claims.
June 29, 2021
Litigation
Property
Georgia
Severe Storms Leave Wind Damage and Flooding In Lamesa, Texas
Lamesans are continuing to pick up the pieces from a severe storm Saturday evening which caused damage almost certainly to total in the millions of dollars from high wind, hail, heavy rain and flooding.<br /><br />
June 29, 2021
Auto
Property
Texas
Tropical Storm Danny Forms, 4th Named Storm of Atlantic Hurricane Season
Tropical Storm Danny formed Monday afternoon off South Carolina’s coast, and forecasters said the storm is expected to race inland over the U.S. Southeast while dumping several inches of rain in some spots.
June 28, 2021
Property
Georgia
South Carolina
Extreme Weather’s Seasonal Severity Impacts Rates, Regardless of Inflation, Price Gouging
Losses from the winter storm that swept through the southern United States earlier this year continue to loom large among the concerns of property and casualty insurers, even as the nation contends with wildfires and anticipates yet another above-average hurricane season.
June 28, 2021
Property
Loss of Use as Property Damage
The John Hancock Tower, located in the Back Bay area of Boston, is the tallest building in New England. While under construction in the early 1970s, there were a few problems.
June 25, 2021
Property
12-Story Condo Building Partially Collapsed in Miami-Dade County, Florida
A massive search and rescue effort is underway after part of a 12-story residential building collapsed early Thursday in the South Florida town of Surfside, leaving dozens unaccounted for.<br /><br />One person is dead, Surfside Mayor Charles W. Burkett said. Two people have been pulled from the rubble at Champlain Towers South since the collapse happened around 1:30 a.m., Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Ray Jadallah said, without addressing their conditions.
June 24, 2021
Property
Florida
NWS Confirms 3 Tornadoes In Chicago Area, Hundreds of Homes Damaged
Meteorologists with Chicago’s National Weather Service generally spend their days sitting in their Romeoville office, looking ahead — analyzing data and trends to warn some 10 million area residents what conditions to expect in the future.
June 24, 2021
Property
Illinois
A Home Under Renovation Isn’t Necessarily ‘Under Construction’: Appeal Court
A home under renovation doesn’t mean it is ‘under construction,’ Ontario’s Appeal Court has ruled, rejecting an insurer’s interpretation of its home insurance policy exclusion.
June 17, 2021
Litigation
Property
Rockton, Illinois Chemtool Fire Continues Burning; Evacuation Order Remains in Effect
A massive fire at a Rockton, Illinois Chemtool plant continues to burn for a second day Tuesday. The massive chemical plant went up in flames around 7 a.m. Monday and firefighters say it could burn for several days.
June 15, 2021
Excess & Surplus Lines
Property
Illinois
A Look Inside Florida’s Recent Property Insurance Reform
Two years after implementing meaningful assignment of benefits reform, Florida enacted broader property insurance claim reform.
June 15, 2021
Legislation & Regulation
Property
Florida
You Thought Superstorm Sandy Was Bad? We Could Well Be Facing a Superstorm of Risk
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy impacted communities from Jamaica to Quebec, resulting in over 70 billion dollars in damage and 147 fatalities.
June 14, 2021
Catastrophe
Property
Charles Taylor Launches US Environmental Services Division
Insurance services and claims solutions provider Charles Taylor is launching a new US-based division that is focused on offering pre-risk and post-loss environmental services.<br /><br />Known as Charles Taylor Environmental Technical Services (CT Environmental), the new business will be led by Kellie Vazquez, SVP of CT Environmental. Vazquez has 12 years of experience providing environmental services to the insurance industry.<br /><br />CT Environmental will provide a full range of environmental specialty services to clients throughout the US, from its location in California. The division’s services ‑ all designed to meet the needs of the commercial, industrial, and residential sectors ‑ will include asbestos, lead, mold, bacteria, sewage, and soot assessments, as well as indoor air quality testing.
June 11, 2021
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Property
Man-Caused Explosions Start Blaze That Destroys Pennsylvania Townhouses
Explosions led to a massive fire in the Eagleville section of Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County Thursday. Several townhomes were set ablaze, gutted and charred.
June 11, 2021
Property
Subrogation
Pennsylvania
Iowa Supreme Court Rejects Restaurant’s Allegations of Bad Faith and Breach of Contract After Appraisal
The Iowa Supreme Court recently reversed the appellate court’s denial of an insurer’s motion for a directed verdict, finding that United Fire did not breach the insurance policy and did not commit bad faith during a property appraisal.
June 9, 2021
Litigation
Property
Iowa
