Homeowners' insurers have settled nearly 70 percent of claims from Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). About 90 percent of
Claims News Service, Feb. 2, 2:35 p.m. EST -- Robert Wooley, commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance since 1999, has resigned his position, effective Feb. 15. He will be succeeded by
Claims News Service, Feb. 2, 2:35 p.m. EST -- Robert Wooley, commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance since 1999, has resigned his position, effective Feb. 15. He will be succeeded by
Mr. Wooley was first named acting commissioner in October of 2000 following the conviction of his predecessor, Jim Brown, on charges of lying to the FBI. He assumed the full duties of the office in Ap
AS THE third-generation to own my family's insurance agency, I've lived in hurricane country since birth and have placed wind and flood risks for nearly as long. I used to believe I was a hurricane expert. Last fall, Hurricane Rita taught me
It is difficult to begin evaluating trends in reconstruction and restoration without focusing immediately on the progress in New Orleans and the Gulf States.
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
Users of the IntegriClaim property claim estimator can download seven additional databases from Marshall and Swift/Boeckh to get recent storm-surge data.
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