Monthly Archives: <span>July 2021</span>

California Drivers Charged After Text Messages Detail Alleged Fraud Scheme

Maricela Pantjoa Vidrio, 31, of Fairfield, Calif., and Areshma Kiran, 35, of Sacramento, Calif., were charged on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly conspiring to misrepresent the facts following an auto collision to receive insurance payouts. An investigation …

California Insurance Company Pressing for its ‘Day in Court’

U.S. District Court Judge William B. Shubb granted the motion by the California Department of Insurance to dismiss the lawsuit filed by California Insurance Co. against the CDI. Shubb acted in a manner consistent with his previous decision in the …

South Carolina Bill Stopping COVID Suits Against Businesses Signed

Gov. Henry McMaster again said South Carolina is recovering better from the COVID-19 pandemic than just about any other state as he held a ceremonial signing of a bill preventing people from suing companies over the virus. The new law …

Condo Collapse: Everyone Will Point Fingers But Florida Laws Narrow Liability

The collapse of a condominium tower near Miami will set off years of litigation as victims and their families look to find fault among the building’s management as well as engineers, architects and others, according to legal experts. Disaster struck …

Texas Supreme Court Tosses Lawsuits Against Store Over 2017 Church Shooting

The Texas Supreme Court in late June ruled survivors and relatives of those killed in a 2017 mass killing at a church can’t sue a sporting goods chain for selling the gunman the rifle used in the attack. The court …

Louisiana to GeoVera: Cease Homeowners Policy Non-Renewals

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon in early July ordered GeoVera Specialty Insurance Co. to stop non-renewing Louisiana homeowners policies in violation of state law. In a cease and desist order, Donelon told the California surplus lines company that it was …

Louisiana ‘Good,’ Texas ‘Poor’ in IBHS Building Code Rankings

Texas has a long way to go but despite getting hit by four hurricanes and one tropical storm in 2020, Louisiana still ranks as one of the top 10 states for resilience based on its statewide building codes. The Rating …

The Safe Bet: Comparing the Admitted vs. Non-Admitted Insurance Markets

Why would anyone in their right mind choose an insurance market with no state guaranty fund protection? What makes the excess and surplus lines non-admitted insurance market a viable option? Well, I will tell you why I would choose the …

The Insurance Industry Needs a Customer Experience Overhaul

If the COVID-19 pandemic taught me anything, it’s that humanity and empathy need to be the most important part of what we do in insurance. I believe that always putting the customer first will be the not-so-secret to success for …

The Failure and Opportunities of Insurance Done Well

The three most important commercial insurance policies to write and to write with exacting quality are applicable liability policies such as general liability and employment practices liability insurance, cyber and perhaps most important, business income. A building can burn down, …