A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Northern California early Tuesday, jolting people awake, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing widespread damage and leaving thousands without power.

The Maryland Supreme Court joined several other state supreme courts Thursday in ruling unanimously that COVID-19 business interruption claims are not entitled to coverage.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed legislation providing hurricane relief assistance and moving to shore up the state's property insurance market in the wake of Hurricanes Ian and Nicole this year.

A California state appeals court has overturned a lower court and reinstated a COVID-19-related business interruption case for the second time.

While the '25% rule' has been in the Florida Building Code (FBC) for many years, recent legislative changes, specifically within Senate Bill 4-D (2022), have clarified and/or changed the way this specific code section on existing roofing is to be applied.

Jacqueline Huskey, a Black woman living in suburban Illinois, tried more than a dozen times to get help from State Farm after a hailstorm punched holes in her roof. Now, thanks to a broad study of how the insurer handles claims like hers, she has evidence indicating that her struggle is a common one for Black customers.

Florida's property insurance reform bill has now been passed by the state Senate in a 27 to 13 vote that was along mostly party lines.

A marathon of severe weather rampaged through the southern Plains Tuesday, spawning multiple tornadoes, injuring at least five people and claiming the lives of at least two people.

In late September, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida and traveled across the state. The storm brought with it significant storm surge that caused substantial flooding. The storm also was accompanied by high winds that caused damage.

Yet another major insurer is pulling out of Louisiana. United Property & Casualty Insurance Co., based in Florida, will cease renewing its roughly 36,000 Louisiana home insurance policies in 2023.

Florida legislators have a crisis to tackle this week as they convene for a special session in an attempt to fix the state's homeowners insurance problems.

A bright spot for small business insurers: Customer trust is on the rise. Fifty percent of small business owners trust their carriers more than they did pre-pandemic. That number jumps to 80% when the business owner has filed a claim

On July 26, Brandon Jones's St. Louis home was hit by major flooding for the second time since 2008, when he moved in. Cars were barely visible under several feet of turgid storm water, as record rainfall fell on the city.

A convergence of global factors will cause above-average levels of claims inflation for the foreseeable future.

The pandemic and political turmoil are causing widespread and long-term economic volatility after many years of positive trends. But covered commercial property losses continue, whether caused by fire, wind, or other causes independent of the underlying bases for the current market turmoil.