PropertyCasualty360: Property & Casualty Insurance News & Tips

Claims of Summer

Christine G. Barlow

Finally the weather has warmed up, the grass is green, and coats are in the closet. It's been a difficult winter for a large part of the country with unusually cold temperatures and plenty of snow.

Consumer Demographics

Susanna Gotsch

Changes within the demographics of the U.S. population will impact all aspects of society ranging from where people choose to live, to what they do for a living or what they buy.
How to Add Business Interruption Coverage for Vehicles and Mobile Equipment

Arthur Flitner

Have you ever had an insured who wanted to buy business interruption coverage on a vehicle or mobile equipment operated away from the insured's premises? If you did not have access to an insurer with a proprietary form for this purpose, you might have lost the account.

Addressing Policy Limit Challenges and Avoiding Bad Faith Claims

Jennifer Kennedy-Coggins

Insurers facing policy limits demands must act cautiously under even the best of circumstances to avoid threats of bad faith. The situation becomes far more complicated when the insurer receives a policy limits demand and it insures multiple and/or additional insureds.
4 Ways to Protect Yourself Against CryptoLocker

Greg Bangs

Cybercrimes can cause significant financial harm. And just when companies think theyve considered all the ways to mitigate cyber exposure, savvy online criminals create new ways to hack into systems.
Size v. Substance

Sarah E. O'Leary, David M. Governo

Consumers today have high expectations about the content of the products they use. A natural or green label means so much to consumers that it is liberally used, subjecting companies to claims of green washing.
Walmart, AutoInsurance.com to Offer Insurance Quotes Online

staff Writer

Walmart is partnering with AutoInsurance.com to offer auto-insurance quotes from multiple insurers online.
Some Certificates are Hardly Authentic: The Case of the COA

Tom Kirkpatrick

A company recently received a call to consult regarding the contents in a home that had experienced a fire. The adjuster described the contents in the home as high end.
Insured Loss Estimate for April U.S. Storms in Hundreds of Millions

Tim Sprinkle

Now it's official. April's thunderstorms were big.
New Name, New Face

Patricia Harman

Editor's Note for the June 2014 issue
The Water Wars

Ken Brownlee, CPCU

When I was a kid there was a little song, probably left over from the Dust Bowl drought of the 1920s that went, Oh, it ain't gonna rain no more, no more, Oh, it ain't gonna rain no more.

Claims Magazine-June 2014

Trending Stories

PropertyCasualty360 Daily News

Sign Up Today and Never Miss Another Story.