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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Forward progress has been stopped on a wildfire that has destroyed homes in the small mining town of Bagdad, Arizona, and send hundreds fleeing.

The words ‘platform’ and ‘ecosystem’ are trending and in danger of becoming overused and losing their true meaning, but when used in the proper context they are powerful and highly relevant.

Iberville Parish emergency officials say it will be weeks before the high water recedes and the extent of the damage can be determined.

The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has received 1,497 complaints concerning the three hurricanes that struck the state last year and has recovered $41 million on behalf of those consumers as of April 30, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said.

Storms and flooding have killed at least four people in Louisiana this week, officials in the rain-deluged state said Wednesday.

Legislation that seeks to lay out a process for homeowners who suffered catastrophic hurricane damage to settle a claim dispute between their insurance company cleared a state House Insurance Committee Tuesday.

Farmers Insurance, in an effort to extend its insurance reach, offered residents of the state of Oklahoma property insurance with an endorsement coverage for property damage caused by earthquakes.

Toward the end of the 2021 Florida legislative session, the Florida Senate passed Senate Bill 76, a bill that focuses on reducing litigation related to property insurance claims and also places restrictions on companies soliciting insureds to file roof claims.

Weather officials so far have confirmed at least five tornadoes touched down across North Texas during severe storms on Monday night.

A large cabin home in Duck Creek Village was destroyed in a structure fire late Sunday night.

Insurance company giant Chubb Ltd. recently announced that it has dropped its pursuit of acquiring The Hartford Financial Services Group.

Eleven people were injured, two critically, when an elevated deck of a Tennessee waterfront restaurant collapsed during a birthday party group photo, authorities said.