Supplemental Claims Don’t Need to Include Damage Estimates, Fed Appeals Court Says April 16, 2024 By William Rabb A federal appeals court has, at least for now, put an end to lingering questions about some property insurance claims...
Harvard Study Again Stirs the Pot on Demotech Ratings of Florida Carriers April 15, 2024 By William Rabb A study by researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities and at the Federal Reserve has reopened the debate about the...
SC High Court Strikes ‘Troubling’ Denial of Comp Claim, Says Can’t Be Based on Stats April 12, 2024 By William Rabb An employer cannot use an ergonomics report, showing that a work injury is statistically unlikely, to deny a workers’ compensation...
Florida Peninsula Says Reforms Have Had an Impact, Announces 2% Rate Cut April 11, 2024 By William Rabb After the Florida Legislature in 2022 and 2023 passed sweeping reforms designed to limit excessive claims litigation, some in the...
Employers Can’t Use Vicarious Liability to Block Negligence Claims, TN High Court Says April 10, 2024 By William Rabb The Tennessee Supreme Court this week dealt a blow to businesses and insurance companies, finding that employers can no longer...
A New Approach: Florida Agents Association Makes Big Investment in Startup Insurer April 4, 2024 By William Rabb The Florida Association of Insurance Agents, the largest agent group in the state, has taken the unprecedented step of investing...
Georgia’s Latest Effort on Plaintiff Demands Aims to Deter Bad-Faith Claims April 3, 2024 By William Rabb Georgia lawmakers have approved two bills that could have a significant impact on windstorm and bad-faith claim losses for property...
Update: NC High Court Strikes Down Compensability of Weight-Loss Surgery March 27, 2024 By William Rabb The North Carolina Supreme Court has undone rulings by an appeals court and the state’s Industrial Commission that had granted...
Stacking Cracks: 30 Years of UIM Coverage Rules Are Wrong, NC Supreme Court Says March 26, 2024 By William Rabb North Carolinians can no longer stack underinsured motorist policies to compare to liability limits in order to boost the amount...
Alabama Bill Would Let Alfa Federation, Not Insurer, Sell Health Plans. BCBS Opposes March 22, 2024 By William Rabb Alfa, one of the largest property-casualty insurers in Alabama, is clarifying that it is not planning to move into the...