The PLRB/LIRB Large Loss Conference, scheduled to be held in Washington, D.C., October 29 to October 31, has been canceled because of Hurricane Sandy’s threat to the District of Columbia. “We made the decision to cancel the conference late on …
Discovering product failure trends in claims that can be used in mass tort actions can lead to increased subrogation recoveries, said Robert A. Stutman, a subrogation attorney who has handled thousands of property subrogation cases with values up to $300 …
“The head has been cut off the sinkhole monster,” said Curtis Hutchens, an in-house attorney for Florida’s Citizen’s Property Insurance Corp. According to Hutchens, the new sinkhole statute (627.706) that went into effect on May 17, 2011 continues to evolve. …
Evaluating additional insured and contractual indemnification tenders means asking what was promised by an insured to others and how the promise was made, according to Dan D. Kohane, an insurance coverage expert and senior member of the New York-based Hurwitz …
The Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) and the Liability Insurance Research Bureau (LIRB) announced the addition of two new staff members. Attorney Sonia Copeskey recently joined the Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB), a nonprofit organization serving the insurance industry, as …
An examination under oath is one of the most useful tools available to insurers and when done right, can also be a help to insureds. An examination under oath (EUO) is a formal proceeding during which an insured, under oath …
The cameras were rolling at the PLRB/LIRB 2011 Western Regional Adjusters Conference in Sacramento, Calif., last month. While presenters led continuing education classes attended by nearly 500 conference registrants, PLRB technical specialist, Tim Havlir, recorded footage of some of the …
Investigating and defending catastrophic injury claims involves careful navigation of the tripartite relationship that exists among the policyholder, the claimant, and legal counsel hired by the insurer to defend the insured. When evaluating catastrophic injury claims, adjusters need to keep …
Conducting a successful large loss fire investigation requires a combination of pre-planning and cooperation in dealings with public sector officials. It also means having previously identified a qualified expert familiar with large, not small, fire losses. That’s according to panelists …