Speeding Driver Totals Luxury Sportster A Day After Purchase
Thats not getting your moneys worth. Police in Fairfax County, Va., said a local driver totaled a McLaren 720S luxury sports car just a day after it was purchased.
July 16, 2018
Auto
Liability
Virginia
Helicopter Crash Into Virginia Apartment Complex Kills Two
Authorities have recovered the body of the pilot of a small helicopter that crashed into a Virginia apartment building and killed a resident, the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday.
July 10, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Property
Virginia
Metromile Leverages AI And Sensor Data From Low-Impact Car Crashes To Tackle Insurance Fraud
In 2015, there were more than 6.3 million car accidents reported that involved property damage with insurance fraud accounting for 10 percent of property/casualty claims processed. While not every accident resulted in an insurance claim, those that did required extensive effort to be verified manually.
June 28, 2018
Auto
Technology
Arizona
California
Illinois
New Jersey
Oregon
Storm Surge: The Hidden Force Of A Hurricane
As summer approaches along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, residents prepare for the hurricane season ahead. The Atlantic hurricane season — June through November (though known to start as early as January in past years) — has devastated communities from Texas to New England, resulting in significant recovery costs.
June 25, 2018
Catastrophe
Property
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Despite A Near-Average Forecast, Hurricane Flooding May Increase
With so many businesses and individuals affected by Hurricanes including Maria, Harvey and Irma in 2017, risk managers and insurers are looking to revised forecasts of this years hurricane season for a glimmer of hope that 2018 will not bring the same destruction.
June 21, 2018
Catastrophe
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Flood Insurance Program Risks Expiry (Again) As Hurricane Season Starts
Seven million homes are at risk of damage from Atlantic storms and coverage may be up in the air again.
June 4, 2018
Catastrophe
Legislation & Regulation
Property
Florida
Louisiana
New York
Texas
Virginia
May Storms Cause $2.5B In Insured Damages: Report
Twelve states will each see insured damages topping $100 million as the weather system that hit the U.S. from May 11-16 caused a total of $2.5 billion in commercial and residential claims, according to a report Tuesday from Boston-based catastrophe modeler Karen Clark & Co.
June 1, 2018
Property
Colorado
Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
NTSB Advocates For Seat Belts On School Buses In Wake Of Fatal Wrecks
For the first time, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending all new school buses be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts, after the agency released findings from a special investigation report prompted by two deadly 2016 crashes.
May 24, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Legislation & Regulation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Insurances Flawed Business Model
At its core, the industry is plagued by an inherent conflict of interest. Our customers dont have an industry expert advocating solely on their behalf; the experts have financial incentives coming from the insurance industry.
May 24, 2018
Risk Management
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Animal-Related Insurance Claims Top 1.7M In Four Years
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released a study on the number of animal-related insurance losses for the years 20142017. The data is gleaned from insurance claims for losses that occurred in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
May 23, 2018
Auto
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Rash Of Fires Sparked By Improperly Discarded Smoking Materials
The fire that tore through a Centreville, Virginia, town house community earlier this month was sparked by smoking materials that had been improperly discarded, fire officials said Monday.
May 15, 2018
Property
Virginia
Salmonella Sickens Nearly Three Dozen People Following Recall Of More Than 200 Million Eggs
A salmonella outbreak that led to a recall of nearly 207 million eggs has now sickened nearly three dozen people in states along the East Coast.
May 14, 2018
Life & Health
Florida
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Insurers Expected To Pay $1.5B For Aprils Severe Weather
A catastrophe report has found that the US re/insurance sector is on the hook for more than half of the total economic loss in April resulting from severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and tornados.
May 10, 2018
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Kroger Recalls Nearly 12 Tons Of Ground Beef
More than 35,000 pounds of raw ground beef sold at Kroger stores are being recalled because they may be contaminated with foreign objects including hard plastic.
May 3, 2018
Subrogation
Indiana
Virginia
Hurricane Forecasters Shrinking Cone Of Uncertainty
The National Hurricane Center is making changes to its “cone of uncertainty” based on an improving forecast record. The cone is designed to show people where the center of a storm is likely to head.
April 19, 2018
Catastrophe
Property
Alabama
Delaware
District Of Columbia
Florida
Georgia



