California Wildfire Grows to 575 Square Miles, Destroying at Least 100 Structures July 29, 2024 At least 100 structures have been destroyed and roughly 4,200 more are being threatened by the Park Fire, near Chico,...
Bridging the Flood Insurance Gap – A Call to Action July 29, 2024 By Trevor Burgess Hurricane Beryl caused destruction and loss across Texas and throughout the middle of the country, reminding us, once again, of...
California Wildfire Continues to Spread Rapidly to 164K Acres July 26, 2024 A massive wildfire in Northern California has destroyed an undetermined number of buildings and is threatening thousands or properties, prompting...
Northern California Fire Becomes State’s Biggest in a Day, Evacuations Ordered July 25, 2024 A wildfire that started Wednesday near Chico, California grew quickly to 45,549 acres overnight to become the state’s largest active...
‘Surface Waters’ on Roof Are Not ‘Flood’ Waters, Massachusetts High Court Rules July 24, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute “surface waters” within...
With American Mobile Cancellations, Florida Mobile Home Market Has ‘Fallen Apart’ July 23, 2024 By William Rabb Reinsurance in Florida’s long-stressed property insurance market was supposed to have stabilized this year – with moderate rate increases and...
Buffett’s PacifiCorp Suspected of Collusion by Wildfire Victims’ Law Firms July 22, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel The law firms leading class-action litigation against PacifiCorp over the 2020 Labor Day weekend wildfires in Oregon want to examine...
Hawaiian Electric Among Firms Eyeing $4B Maui Fire Deal July 19, 2024 By Jef Feeley and Mark Chediak Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. is among the companies that have tentatively agreed to pay more than $4 billion to resolve...
The Problem(s) With Hail Claims – Part 3 July 18, 2024 By Bill Wilson Read the first part in this series, The Problem(s) With Hail Claims, Part 1: A Cautionary Tale for Insureds and...
Record Flooding and Tornadoes This Spring in Iowa Caused $130M in Damage July 18, 2024 By Hannah Fingerhut and Todd Richmond DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Record flooding and powerful tornadoes ravaged parts of Iowa for weeks this spring, destroying or...