Honda App Links Feedback on Drivers to Insurance Carriers via Verisk August 11, 2020 By Jim Sams Honda Motor Co. is offering an app that scores the safety of car owners’ driving habits and links with insurance...
Workers’ Compensation Rates Won’t Be Adjusted for Coronavirus Experience This Year August 10, 2020 By Jim Sams The workers’ compensation line is unlikely to generate a profit this year and may not recover in 2021, an insurance...
5th Circuit: Texas Carrier Must Defend Against Claim Despite Policy Exclusion August 3, 2020 By Jim Sams Texas law requires an insurer to defend the grandparents of a 10-year-old boy who was killed while driving their all-terrain...
Workers’ Compensation Rates Won’t Be Adjusted for Coronavirus Experience This Year July 27, 2020 By Jim Sams The workers’ compensation line is unlikely to generate a profit this year and may not recover in 2021, an insurance...
Court Affirms Class Action Suit Against State Farm in Kentucky Claim Underpayment Case July 27, 2020 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court has cleared the way for a class-action lawsuit to proceed against State Farm Fire and Casualty...
Liberty Mutual Loses Bid to Charge Employer for Claims Paid from Exempt Workers July 22, 2020 By Jim Sams A workers’ compensation insurer cannot charge an employer an extra $1.7 million in premiums for the risk presented by employees...
Michigan Restaurants’ COVID-19 Business Interruption Claim Rejected by State Judge July 20, 2020 By Jim Sams A trial court judge in Lansing, Michigan, handed a victory to insurers in what may be the nation’s first final...
Georgia Court: No Coverage Owed for Shooting Due to Criminal Act Exclusion July 20, 2020 By Jim Sams An insurer is not liable for injuries caused by a policyholder who shot a 15-year-old boy in the head because...
Losses From Civil Protests May Cause Insurers to Rethink Property Coverage July 8, 2020 By Jim Sams The civil disturbance that started in Minneapolis after the killing by police of George Floyd spread to 20 other states,...
Insurance Fraud Investigators Ramp Up During Reopening, Even as Claims Volumes Drop July 7, 2020 By Jim Sams Fraud inevitably rises after natural disasters and during economic downturns. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought both conditions to the entire...