Claims News Service, Jan.27, 9:25 a.m. EST -- The final tally is in: U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses a record $56.8 billion for 2005 insured property
According to the California Department of Insurance, around 600,000 vehicles were swamped with flood and storm waters from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Many of the vehicles, now dried out and
The readers of this magazine are well aware of the financial toll that insurance crime exacts upon insurance companies and policyholders. You also are aware of the efforts by individual insurers, the
Barely a month after Hurricane Charley battered Florida, the state has felt two more hurricanes reach landfall. As this issue of Claims went to press, Ivan had just crashed ashore in the Florida
The insurance industry's reaction to Hurricane Katrina was insufficient and, in some cases, only made the situation worse for policyholders, according to a report issued yesterday by the group America
Ms. McMahon in a paper analyzing legal reform efforts said legislation this year in legislatures rather than targeting broad reform will focus on individual litigation issues such as medical malpracti
The fund has collected over $400,000 from more than 470 contributors, IIABA said. The grants are aimed at helping many individuals and businesses within the insurance community devastated by Hurricane
That assessment came from Neal Alldredge, state advocacy director for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, in the wake of a call by Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch for the ban
In line to win the Dynetech/Crummer Entrepreneur of the Year Award is John Ritenour, founder of Insurance Office of America in Longwood. Ritenour is one of 12 nominees for the award. The Rollins