Traffic Returning to Roadways, But Claims Patterns May Shift Permanently May 3, 2021 By Jim Sams The number of cars on US roads is returning to normal as states ease COVID-19 restrictions, but that doesn’t necessarily...
Texas Supreme Court Sides with Farmers Insurance on Mold-Related Policy Changes May 3, 2021 By Jim Sams The Texas Supreme Court on April 9 reversed lower court rulings and found that Farmers Insurance was within its rights...
Texas Insured Who Paid Part of Settlement May Seek Recovery from Carrier April 30, 2021 By Jim Sams A woman who chipped in $100,000 toward a settlement after a car crash can sue her insurer to seek recovery...
GEICO Must Pay $2.7M After Failing to Accept $30K Offer: Georgia Supreme Court April 27, 2021 By Jim Sams GEICO Indemnity Co.’s refusal to settle a bodily injury claim for $30,000 will cost it more than $2.7 million, under...
Businesses Filing More COVID Lawsuits and the Stakes are Higher April 19, 2021 By Jim Sams The anniversary of COVID-19 shutdown orders brought an upturn in both the number of business-interruption lawsuits against insurers and the...
N.J. Supreme Court Upholds Order to Reimburse Workers’ Comp Claimant for Marijuana April 15, 2021 By Jim Sams The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a construction company to reimburse a workers’ compensation claimant for marijuana that...
Court Orders Chubb Subsidiary to Pay for Merchandise Lost in Warehouse Bankruptcy April 14, 2021 By Jim Sams Chubb’s Federal Insurance Co. must pay more than $2 million to a fabric company that lost 22 trailer loads of...
Texas Supreme Court Sides with Insurer on Mold-Related Policy Changes April 14, 2021 By Jim Sams The Texas Supreme Court on April 9 reversed lower court rulings and found that Farmers Insurance was within its rights...
Applied Analytics Isn’t Just for Insurers. Startups Help Claimants Get In On the Action. April 9, 2021 By Jim Sams Lee Fogle reached down to save his 12-lb. Yorkshire terrier Nemo as a pit bull lunged forward. The attacking dog’s...
N.H. Supreme Finds ‘Special Relationship,’ Affirms Jury Award Against Insurance Agency March 23, 2021 By Jim Sams A split decision by the New Hampshire Supreme Court released Friday offers a lesson to insurance agents about the importance...