Resurrecting a settlement that was reached back in January 2007 and a subsequent breach of contract suit, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has officially ended the state's battle with State Farm
In an effort to speed the claim process after several devastating tornadoes last week, New Hampshire's Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny will begin authorizing emergency licenses to
As you open this issue, Richard Scruggs' cell door is closing. He is getting acquainted inside a federal prison that will be his new home for the next five years.
Bad weather across the U.S has been widely reported all year and has included hail storms, tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and wildfires. Some of the impacts of these storms are coming to fruition
Liberty Mutual, the eighth largest insurer in the U.S., has become the first insurer to offer vehicle identification numbers (VINS) to Carfax of every car that is declared a total loss and sold for
For its annual report, The Ward Group, which provides consulting, industry benchmarking, and best practices services for the insurance industry, analyzed the financial performance of more than 3,000
CIC, a volunteer group consists of insurers, repairers, and industry partners, are trying to standardize expectations during the repair process in order to decrease tensions and misunderstandings
At this year's Claims-sponsored 12th Annual ACE conference, I overheard some discussions about dumbbells while making my way around some of the breakout sessions.
Allstate has been implementing what it calls an "open-platform" concept for repair facilities with its Priority Repair Option (PRO) program. The company said the concept is designed to create
The index works by combining actual wind speeds at multiple locations with proprietary industry exposure data. RMS said that this will allow for timely, objective, and reliable insured loss estimates