
Property Insurance Issues Raised In The Wake Of Recent Racial Injustice Rioting
On May 25, 2020, police officers in Minneapolis responded to a 911 call from an employee at Cup Foods market who complained that a customer had just purchased cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill.
July 29, 2020
Property

Defective Plumbing: Water Damage Isn’t Just A Weather Thing
When property owners think of water damage, weather-related causes such as storms or flooding usually come to mind, and they take necessary measures to mitigate these risks.
July 28, 2020
Property

$800K In Fire Damage, Maryland Home A Total Loss
The Salerno family was house shopping for a year before they closed on a two-story home in Street. Moving from a townhouse, the family saw in the property ample room for their two kids — and third on the way — when they closed on it in June. A little over a month later, the home is charred by fire damage, and the family forced to stay in a hotel.
July 28, 2020
Property
Maryland

Utah Home And Vehicles Burn, $700K Estimated Damage
Several people were displaced following a fire that blazed through a home and engulfed four vehicles early Saturday morning.
July 27, 2020
Auto
Property
Utah

Hurricane Hanna Aftermath: Storm Surge, Flooding Causes Widespread Damage Along South Texas Coast
As expected, Hurricane Hanna made landfall at around 5 p.m. Saturday just south of Baffin Bay as a Category 1 storm. What was not expected was the size of its storm surge and the devastation it would leave behind.
July 27, 2020
Marine
Property
Utah

Well-Known Claims Adjusting Companies Merge
Eberl Claims Service and US Adjusting Services have announced that they have combined their business operations. Eberl will acquire certain assets and the business of US Adjusting Services, and both businesses will operate together.
July 23, 2020
Auto
Catastrophe
Liability
Property

Hurricane Douglas, Other Systems Threaten US With Tropical Rain And Wind
There are three systems from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean that could threaten the U.S. with tropical rain and wind. The most imminent storm is tropical depression eight, which is forecast to become Tropical Storm Hanna.
July 23, 2020
Property
Hawaii
Texas

Luxury Homes In Australia Are Falling Into The Ocean Due To Coastal Erosion
In a coastal neighborhood in Australias New South Wales state, luxury beachfront homes are in danger of collapsing into the ocean.
July 22, 2020
Property

Creating Opportunity From Catastrophe
As we head into what is predicted to be an active hurricane season, we can expect major property damage to hit the industry again. But as virtual adjusting and predictive analytics continue to disrupt the claims space, mega property claims remain stubbornly analog.
July 20, 2020
Catastrophe
Education & Training
Property

Seattle Protesters Smash Amazon, Starbucks, Walgreens In Riot Videos
A peaceful protest in Seattle turned violent when some demonstrators vandalized government buildings and ransacked businesses, including an Amazon Go store and a Starbucks.
July 20, 2020
Property
Washington

Roads, Homes Flood Throughout Hoboken As Tropical Storm Fay Drenches NJ
Tropical Storm Fay formed quickly off the coast of the Carolinas Thursday, but after rolling through New Jersey all day Friday the impacts of the storm will not be soon forgotten.
July 13, 2020
Auto
Property
New Jersey

Water-Line Break Causes Major Flooding, Muddy Mess In Santa Barbara Neighborhood
A water-main break led to major flooding and property damage early Thursday in a neighborhood near the Mesa in Santa Barbara, according to the Santa Barbara City Fire Department.
July 10, 2020
Property
Subrogation
California

Several Tornadoes, One An EF3, Reported In West-Central Minnesota
Teresa Akerman hunkered down under a table in the basement of her home outside Ashby, Minn., Wednesday afternoon as a tornado took aim at her farm.
July 10, 2020
Property
Minnesota

Potential Tropical Storm Fay Producing Heavy Rainfall Along East Coast
If the weather system meandering through the Southeast develops, it will become Tropical Storm Fay, the sixth named system of the Atlantic hurricane season.
July 9, 2020
Property
North Carolina
South Carolina

Violent Storms Create Hail, Flash Flooding In Philadelphia Area
The first hint of the trouble to come popped up on radar at noon Monday — an unexceptional patch of light rain over an area from Clifton Heights to Glenolden, Delaware County.
July 8, 2020
Auto
Property
Pennsylvania



