It is quite common in certain insurance or reinsurance contracts for the parties to include an arbitration clause so as to identify the chosen means of dispute resolution. For those threatened with the prospect of litigation, the ability to avoid …
Retired National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Project Director Dr. Waylon “Ben” Livingston recently confirmed in an article published on PrisonPlanet.com what Peter Cordani, founder of Dyn-O-Mat, has reportedly been saying for seven years: Seeding clouds, thunderstorms, hurricanes and fires …
In 2005, there was an 18 percent rise in disasters that killed 91,900 people according to official figures issued by the Belgian Université Catholique de Louvain’s Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) and the United Nations International …
ProcessClaims, a provider of software connectivity and business process solutions for the Property and Casualty claims industry, has been chosen by Amica Mutual Insurance to streamline claims processing and provide vendor integration for all lines of auto physical damage. Amica …
The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reported that federal disaster funds have been made available for Kansas to help local governments recover from the effects of a severe winter storm that struck …
Tuesday (Jan. 31) is the deadline to apply for federal and state disaster assistance in the wake of Hurricane Wilma, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State Emergency Response Team (SERT). There …
MedAvant Healthcare Solutions, a provider in healthcare technology and transaction services, reported the expansion of its relationship with Health Net Inc., one of the nation’s publicly traded managed health care companies, to reduce out-of-network medical claims costs via MedAvant’s National …
As Louisiana continues to recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, officials are offering a reminder that all property owners living and doing business in areas designated as flood zones by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) should purchase flood insurance. …
Property insurance rates increased sharply in the fourth quarter of 2005, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey by the Risk and Inurance Management Society Inc. Reversing a two-year trend of steadily falling property insurance premiums, some commercial insurance buyers saw …
Florida officials didn’t confirm the legitimacy of some hurricane claims before it paid out more than $150 million as part of an agreement to share the cost with Washington, a state audit has found. As part of a deal in …