October 29, 2024
Six months after a North Carolina captive insurance firm for nursing homes around the country accused its managers of poaching proprietary software and forming a competing management company, a federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit. “Plaintiffs have pleaded no factual …
October 28, 2024
One of Florida’s largest property insurers and one of its smaller carriers reported losses at least partly related to Hurricane Helene, which landed just before the third quarter closed, and from Hurricane Milton, which struck less than two weeks later. …
October 24, 2024
More loss and claims estimates are trickling in from carriers after Hurricane Milton caused widespread wind and flood damage in Florida this month. Tampa-based Heritage Insurance Holdings said in a preliminary statement that about two weeks after Milton made landfall …
October 22, 2024
A federal appeals court has underscored the high bar that expert witnesses must meet before a court can connect the dots between exposure and illness, a ruling that could have an impact on insurance claims and toxic tort litigation. In …
October 21, 2024
The president of Energy Insurance Agency, an operation with a large presence in Kentucky, said it is “incredibly humbling” for the agency to again be named one of Insurance Journal’s Best Agencies to Work For in the Southeast. “This recognition …
October 17, 2024
After at least three appeals court decisions in the last four years, homeowner lawsuits that take issue with a Florida insurance carrier’s managed repair program may finally have run their course. “It really should” be a nail in the coffin …
October 15, 2024
Property Insurance claims from Hurricane Milton had topped more than 152,180 by Tuesday, with some $1.9 billion in estimated insured losses. That’s already more than the claims and losses reported for Helene, which made landfall in Florida two weeks earlier, …
October 11, 2024
Insurance agents and carriers in the path of Hurricane Milton reported only minor damage to their own offices and homes but a rapidly growing number of claims from residential and commercial policyholders for roof, flood and auto damage. The Florida …
October 10, 2024
Almost two years after a group of independent claims adjusters alleged that insurers had deceptively altered their damage estimates and low-balled policyholders, Florida’s chief financial officer has issued an emergency rule barring similar actions in Hurricane Milton claims. “Any move …
October 10, 2024
With Hurricane Milton now expected to produce several hundred thousand wind-damage claims and with the storm coming so soon on the heels of Hurricane Helene, industry leaders are bracing for significant delays in claims adjusting. “We’re competing with Helene,” said …