Attorneys, Landlord Sue Insurance Company For Business Losses Amid COVID-19 Lockdowns
A Houston law firm and its landlord sued the firm’s insurance company in Connecticut, alleging the insurer improperly denied the firm’s claim for business income losses caused by government shutdown orders for COVID-19.
June 26, 2020
Litigation
Property
Connecticut
Texas
Ex-MLB Player Carl Crawford Sued Over Boy’s Drowning Death
The father of a 5-year-old boy who drowned at the Houston home of former MLB player Carl Crawford is suing the one-time pro athlete for $1 million.
June 24, 2020
Liability
Litigation
Property
Texas
Amarillo, Texas Hail Storm Considered Catastrophic Due To High Volume Of Insurance Claims
Friday’s hail storm in Potter and Randall Counties was declared a catastrophic event, meaning over 500 insurance claims were made in each county. The Insurance Council of Texas is projecting around 2,800 auto claims and around 1,600 homeowners claims in Amarillo from the first round of hail storms in Amarillo.
June 23, 2020
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Texas
NOAA Forecasts Busy Hurricane Season
Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting an above-normal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
May 21, 2020
Catastrophe
Property
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas Tries A Pandemic First: A Jury Trial By Zoom
With jury trials on hold throughout the United States because of the coronavirus pandemic, court officials in Texas are trying something new: let jurors hear a case through Zoom.
May 19, 2020
Litigation
Texas
Lose It Or Lose Big: Anger And Defensiveness Cost Insurance Companies Millions
When it comes to so-called “nuclear verdicts”—or “social inflation” in the insurance industry—hindsight is 20/20, as a survey of the highest payouts in motor vehicle accident and premises liability cases across the Southeast U.S. reflects.
May 12, 2020
Auto
Education & Training
Liability
Litigation
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Giant Leap For Nationwide: Permanent Shift To Work-From-Home
Nationwide has announced plans to permanently transition to a hybrid operating model comprising primarily work-from-office in four corporate campuses and work-from-home in most other locations.
April 30, 2020
Risk Management
Arizona
Iowa
Ohio
Texas
Two Texas Businesses File Bad Faith Lawsuits Against Travelers
Two businesses in Texas have each filed lawsuits against Travelers Indemnity Company, accusing the P&C insurer of rejecting their damages and business interruption claims without investigating.
April 30, 2020
Litigation
Texas
Ground Zero Of Onalaska, Texas Tornado Hit By 140 mph Winds
Not one home in the Paradise Acres community on Lake Livingston was left unscathed by the tornado that hit Polk County Wednesday evening. The tornado, preliminarily believed to be an EF-3, which is defined as having sustained winds between 136 and 165 mph, tore through communities near Onalaska around 6:15 p.m.
April 24, 2020
Property
Texas
Tornadoes, Floods Leave At least 6 Dead In Oklahoma, Texas And Louisiana
Severe storms continued to roar across the Deep South on Thursday after floods and apparent tornadoes hit part of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana a day earlier, killing at least 6 people and leaving thousands without power.
April 23, 2020
Property
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Tornadoes, Violent Storms And Hail Strike The South
For the second Monday in a row, people across the South are waking up to storm damage caused by extreme winds, hail and tornadoes. Deadly tornadoes struck the same region on Easter.
April 20, 2020
Auto
Property
Alabama
Florida
Kansas
Mississippi
Texas
NWS Confirms More Than 100 Tornadoes In Outbreak
More than 100 tornadoes struck the South in the two-day outbreak that killed more than 30 people this week, the National Weather Service said. Forecast teams checking for damage found 105 storm tracks that totaled more than 770 miles (1,239 kilometers) in all.
April 16, 2020
Property
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Texas
Tornadoes Rip Through The South, Leaving At Least 16 Dead
At least 16 people were killed after tornadoes began ripping through the South on Easter, destroying homes and storefronts and leaving over 1 million people without power from an intense storm system now headed towards the Mid-Atlantic.
April 13, 2020
Auto
Property
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Cinema Owner Sues Insurer Over COVID-19 Claim Denial, Despite Pandemic Coverage
A local dine-in theater company thought it was prepared for a crisis like COVID-19. When public health officials forced the closure of its nine Houston-area locations in March, the owners thought they were covered.
April 8, 2020
Excess & Surplus Lines
Litigation
Texas
Tornadoes Strike Overnight Around Abilene, Texas
An overnight storm that spawned multiple tornadoes caused damage west, north and northeast of Abilene, including wind turbines south of Merkel, houses in Tye and vehicles and structures at the Robertson and Middleton prison units near the Jones County line.
March 20, 2020
Auto
Property
Texas
