There's an old saying that '#$%^ runs downhill.' So, if you want to find the source of the #$%^ , you go to the top of the hill. A similar saying, more to the point, is 'Garbage in, garbage out' (GIGO). We hear and use that phrase an awful lot in claims, far too often

Insurance fraud isn't the most splashy form of crime and it rarely dominates the news cycle. But it does impact your wallet every day.

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, in partnership with experts from the Brookings Institution and AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has released a report exploring how climate change may affect hurricane risk in the US by 2050. The report specifically focuses on financial losses to residential and commercial properties.

Professional services giant AECOM has commenced legal proceedings against Zurich American Insurance for breach of contract and violation of "the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing". AECOM alleges the insurer refused to pay out on coronavirus-related claims even though such coverage was not specifically excluded in AECOM's "all-risk" property insurance policies.

Small businesses, from restaurants to nightclubs and wedding planners to beauty parlours, on Friday won the right to insurance payouts after Britain's highest court ruled many policies should cover losses caused by coronavirus lockdowns.