USAA reports 8,000 claims from hailstorm in Colorado Springs; mobile claim center opening USAA received 8,000 claims for damage to homes and vehicles Tuesday, twice as many as from the June 13 hailstorm that hit Fountain, the insurance and financial services giant reported. Other top insurers, including State Farm, Farmers and Progressive, didn’t have claims numbers or... Read more
Proposed Senate bill calling for hailstorm litigation reform finds favor in insurance industry AUSTIN – Texas lawmakers have filed Senate Bill 10 in an effort to pass legislation that would decrease, or halt altogether, hailstorm litigation abuse. .... Hail litigation has spiraled out of control in Texas, mainly because of a small group of bad actors who abuse the... Read more
Strong storm drops damaging hail Brookshire, Texas - Residents in Brookshire were woken up in the middle of the night because quarter-sized hail was falling. The nearly 10-minute hail storm moved through about 2:15 a.m. on Wednesday, the first day of spring. Thousands of pieces of hail littered the Meadowood Apartments in... Read more