Articles by Jim Sams

A judge in Durham County, North Carolina has handed down what may be the nation’s first dispositive ruling in favor... Read More

A property insurer is off the hook for a $200,000 claim against a policy that it canceled, leaving a lawsuit... Read More

Even though the number of opioid prescriptions in the United States had dropped by more than a third, the number... Read More

Can insurers resolve claims more efficiently by dispatching specialist vendors instead of claims adjusters to determine the cause of loss... Read More

If COVID-19 behaves like other workers’ compensation lung and disease claims, about two out of 100 cases may result in... Read More

Hurricane Delta caused from $700 million $1.2 billion in insured losses from wind damage and storm surge, and an additional... Read More

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Allstate must pay $25,000 in uninsured motorist benefits to the estranged husband of... Read More

A California law enacted last month that eases the path to workers’ compensation benefits for employees who contract COVID-19 will... Read More

Claims errors continue to be the most frequent reason that property and casualty insurers are cited by regulators when responding... Read More

Insurers have succeeded in dismissing COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuits in 17 out of 23 cases heard so far, with a growing... Read More