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Subrogating For Change: How Wildfire Subrogation Is Helping Protect The Public At Large

Subrogating For Change: How Wildfire Subrogation Is Helping Protect The Public At Large

Natural disasters such as hurricanes, landslides, floods, and wildfires, have become common occurrences in today’s America.
October 16, 2020 Education & Training Subrogation

Arkansas Penalizes Workers’ Comp Carriers For Asserting Their Statutory Right Of Subrogation

Arkansas Penalizes Workers’ Comp Carriers For Asserting Their Statutory Right Of Subrogation

When it comes to the apparent evils of workers’ compensation subrogation, the state of Arkansas truly believes that all an injured employee ever wants is a fair advantage.
October 8, 2020 Subrogation Arkansas

OCIPs, CCIPs, And Wrap-Up Insurance: The Lesser-Known Subrogation Obstacles

OCIPs, CCIPs, And Wrap-Up Insurance: The Lesser-Known Subrogation Obstacles

Workers’compensation subrogation has another growing adversary—one that can slip in during the cover of night, gutting subrogation, and reimbursement rights, even after an insurance company or third-party administrator has spent thousands of dollars in recovery efforts.
October 7, 2020 Subrogation Workers' Compensation

Exploding Takata Air Bag Kills 17th Person In The U.S.

Exploding Takata Air Bag Kills 17th Person In The U.S.

A motorist died after faulty air bag inflators in their 2002 Honda Civic ruptured, Honda confirmed. It’s the 17th death in the US caused by a Takata air bag.
October 6, 2020 Subrogation Arizona

General Contractor Overhead And Profit And AOB Insurance Scams

General Contractor Overhead And Profit And AOB Insurance Scams

A storm is rising, and it is not the type which causes damage to homes and vehicles. It causes damage of a much more insidious nature.
October 5, 2020 Legislation & Regulation Property Subrogation

Bobcat Fire: Officials Investigate Whether Southern California Utility Sparked Blaze

Bobcat Fire: Officials Investigate Whether Southern California Utility Sparked Blaze

Federal investigators are looking into whether a huge wildfire burning in the mountains near Los Angeles was sparked by Southern California Edison utility equipment, according to the company.
September 24, 2020 Property Subrogation California

Hyundai, Kia Recall Vehicles For Leaks That Can Cause Fires

Hyundai, Kia Recall Vehicles For Leaks That Can Cause Fires

Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia are recalling over 600,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada to fix a brake fluid leak that could cause engine fires.
September 3, 2020 Auto Subrogation

Kansas Decision Reveals Danger Of Not Intervening In Workers’ Compensation Third-Party Litigation

Kansas Decision Reveals Danger Of Not Intervening In Workers’ Compensation Third-Party Litigation

The Kansas Court of Appeals is holding class on why it is important to have subrogation counsel in workers’ compensation subrogation third-party cases – even in states which are favorable to carriers.
September 2, 2020 Litigation Subrogation Workers' Compensation Kansas

Subrogating Employees’ Intentional Act Damage Recoveries From An Employer Or Co-Employee

Subrogating Employees’ Intentional Act Damage Recoveries From An Employer Or Co-Employee

The quid pro quo premise underlying the social compromise known as workers’ compensation is simple: an employee injured at work receives no-fault medical expenses and wage replacement indemnity benefits and, in exchange, the employer is given protection from employee lawsuits and a statutory right to be reimbursed from the tortfeasor who actually caused the work-related injury – sometimes referred to as subrogation.
September 1, 2020 Subrogation

Don’t Overlook Loss Of Use

Don’t Overlook Loss Of Use

Far too often, subrogated auto insurance carriers fail to submit loss-of-use claims or simply waive loss-of-use damages for marginal value while negotiating a third-party auto-property settlement.
August 14, 2020 Auto Subrogation

Gas Explosion Obliterates Three Baltimore Row Homes, Kills 1

Gas Explosion Obliterates Three Baltimore Row Homes, Kills 1

One person is dead, four people were injured and one more person is still trapped under the rubble after a gas explosion in a northwest Baltimore neighborhood Monday morning.
August 10, 2020 Property Subrogation Maryland

The Failed No-Fault Automobile Insurance Experiment

The Failed No-Fault Automobile Insurance Experiment

In its widest sense, “no-fault insurance” is a term used to describe any auto insurance coverage under which policyholders are paid for personal injuries and property damage they sustain in accidents through their own insurance company, regardless of fault. In many ways it is like first-party coverage.
August 6, 2020 Auto Liability Subrogation

Repairing Vehicles Before Damages Can Be Inspected: Good Claims Practice Or Spoliation?

Repairing Vehicles Before Damages Can Be Inspected: Good Claims Practice Or Spoliation?

Good first-party claims practice requires prompt repair of damaged vehicles. Obviously, the time it takes to repair a damaged vehicle depends on the complexity of the claim, the nature and extent of the damages, and the availability of quality replacement parts.
August 4, 2020 Auto Liability Subrogation

Four Problems Revealed, 1.6M Honda Vehicles Recalled

Four Problems Revealed, 1.6M Honda Vehicles Recalled

Honda is recalling over 1.6 million minivans and SUVs in the U.S. to fix problems that include faulty backup camera displays, malfunctioning dashboard displays and sliding doors that don’t latch properly.
August 4, 2020 Auto Subrogation

Water-Line Break Causes Major Flooding, Muddy Mess In Santa Barbara Neighborhood

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
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