A major hurricane that makes landfall in the southeastern United States will may also serve as a COVID-19 super-spreader that will slow recovery and increase costs, catastrophe modeler Property Claims Services said Thursday. A combination of fast-rising case numbers, low …
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Changes in the cyber insurance market are expected to bring challenges to claims departments, according to Tom Johansmeyer, assistant vice president at PCS, a division of Verisk Insurance Solutions. In an interview with Claims Journal, he explained that as the …
Tornadoes, hailstorms and fires took their toll on the state last year with insured losses well over $3 billion. Texas had over three times as many claims and almost three times the dollar amount in losses as the next highest …
Major catastrophes frequently mean longer hours and extended periods away from home for claims staff on catastrophe duty. However, wide variations in logistical planning and catastrophe duty compensation have been revealed in a far-reaching study from Property Claim Services, a …
T&H Global Holdings, LLC (T&H), a specialized provider of insurance claims services to insurance carriers, insurance brokers, corporations and public entities, announced that its VeriClaim, Inc. (VeriClaim) subsidiary has acquired Property Claims Services, Inc. (PCS), a provider of loss adjusting …
Although demand surge was an issue for the property/casualty industry following a trio of hurricanes in 2005, for Superstorm Sandy the demand-surge impact is minimal so far, an expert said recently. There has only been a price impact of 2 …
An insurance industry service that tracks catastrophe losses has sharply raised its estimates for August’s Hurricane Irene, projecting insured property damage of $4.3 billion from the first hurricane to hit the United States in three years. Property Claim Services, which …