With Storms, Flooding and Potential FEMA Cuts, Parametric Flood Is on the Rise September 8, 2025 By William Rabb With inland flooding, storm surge losses and government cutbacks on the rise, parametric flood insurance may finally be having a...
California Wildfire Claims: Delay, Deny, Defend? September 2, 2025 By Dan Veroff and Derek Chaiken Eight months after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles, commercial and residential policyholders continue to report unreasonably long...
Allstate to Pay About $500K on Georgia Claim Highlighted in Hearing, Senator Says August 8, 2025 Three months after a U.S. senator chastized Allstate for its response to a Georgia woman’s storm claim, Allstate has paid...
Los Angeles Sues Airbnb for Alleged Price Gouging Following Wildfires July 18, 2025 By Jonathan Stempel Los Angeles sued Airbnb, accusing the home rental company of allowing price gouging affecting at least 2,000 properties during January’s...
Invoking ‘Our Option’ and Preferred Contractor Network Endorsements July 1, 2025 By Michael C. Upshaw and Kiri D. Deonarine Increasing abuses in the claims process have caused insurance companies to rethink the traditional model of sending out cash to...
Wall Street Backs LA Wildfire Lawsuits, Chasing Billions June 30, 2025 By Jef Feeley, Mark Chediak, Katherine Doherty and Emily Siegel The Los Angeles wildfires have generated potentially thousands of new clients for lawyers and prospects for billions in fees. Wall...
Judge Says California FAIR Plan Violating Law, Industry Also Fighting Consumer Group Suit June 26, 2025 A judge ruled that the California FAIR Plan’s smoke-damage policy violates state law, while in another matter a lawsuit from...
Homes With Toxic Smoke Damage Deepen Insurance Nightmare in LA June 25, 2025 By Michelle Ma Months after fire tore through Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood, homeowners are struggling to get reimbursed — not for houses...
Public Adjusters Decry Florida Citizens’ New Plan That Keeps Their Names Off Checks June 23, 2025 By William Rabb In the long conflict between insurance carriers and public claims adjusters, Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has unexpectedly altered the...
Perelman Says Fire Faded His Works at $410 Million Art Trial June 18, 2025 By Chris Dolmetsch and Anika Arora Seth Ron Perelman told a judge that five of his paintings totaling over $400 million in value lost their luster from...