Litigation

It's a lonely place under the bus all by yourself. This saying sums up the concept of subrogation and our attempts to identify other potentially responsible parties. Subrogation describes both the legal and equitable right of an insurer to pursue a third party that caused an insurance loss to the...

Imagine you are the person accountable for subrogation within your organization. You believe you have a good subrogation program in place. The claims team is a mix of seasoned and new adjusters with varying degrees of subro awareness.

When a significant homeowner property loss occurs, the adjuster is keenly aware of the insureds desire to return to their home quickly after the reconstruction.

On Jan. 5, 2011, plaintiff Kenneth Shinedling and his wife, Amy, were sleeping in the master bedroom of their home, when a fire started in their room.

Insurance policies abound with the use of the phrase arising out of. Some policies provide coverage for injuries and damage that arise out of a certain event; other policies exclude coverage for injuries and damages that arise out of a certain event.

National forensic engineering firm, U.S. Forensic, recently undertook a large project to investigate a large number of braided stainless steel water heater connector failures for one of the largest property carriers in the country.