Texas / South Central News Lloyd’s May Proceed With Defect Claim Against Manufacturer for Oil Rig Blowout A federal appellate court revived products liability claims filed by an offshore oil rig operator and its insurer against the... Read More
West News Arizona: No. 14 in Population, but No. 1 in Auto Glass Claims More auto glass claims are filed in Arizona than any state in the nation. The National Insurance Crime Bureau says... Read More
Texas / South Central News 5th Circuit: Insurer May Have Duty to Defend Lawyer Who Missed Real Estate Scam A malpractice insurer should have defended a Dallas attorney in a lawsuit filed by investors who were scammed by a... Read More
News Court Rejects Deadline Asserted by Insurer in Secondary Payer Act Dispute Insurers cannot rely on an apparent three-year deadline within the Secondary Payer Act to protect themselves from litigation if they... Read More
News Litigation Funding Bills Crop Up in State Houses Across the Country Lawmakers in three states and in Congress have introduced bills to impose more controls on litigation funding companies, which insurers... Read More
News Metromile, an Early Usage-Based Auto Insurer, Offering its Technology as a Claims Tool Now that most major carriers are selling usage-based car insurance, one of the pioneers in that sector is selling its... Read More
News ‘Powerful Predictiveness’ May Be Key to Reversing Commercial Auto Losses The future cannot come too soon for commercial auto. Despite growing premiums, the commercial auto line hasn’t turned an underwriting... Read More
Southeast News Scammers Hope for Easy Money by Crashing U-Haul Trucks Would-be fraudsters in Georgia are increasingly turning to U-Haul trucks with hopes of making a quick buck by staging crashes,... Read More
Midwest News Worker Who Blames Carrier for Suicide Attempt Can’t Sue in Tort An injured worker may not pursue a tort claim against a workers’ compensation carrier that he accuses of negligence by... Read More
News Body Shop Owners Rank Carriers on Claims Auto body shop owners may know better than anybody how well insurance companies take care of their customers. A report... Read More