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Justices uphold Katrina fraud verdict against State Farm

12/15/2016

"WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a jury verdict that State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. committed fraud against the federal government after 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. The justices on Tuesday rejected claims by State Farm that the whistleblower case...

Citizens Insurance Dissatisfied With Independent Adjusters After Hurricane Matthew

12/15/2016

Hurricanes

"The Citizens Property Insurance Company is regrouping after two hurricanes hit the state. The state-backed insurer is disappointed with the response of independent contractors handling claims adjustment."

CRAWFORD & COMPANY® ACQUIRES MAJORITY INTEREST IN WEGOLOOK®, LLC

12/6/2016

Vendors

Atlanta, GA – December 6, 2016 – Crawford & Company® (www.crawfordandcompany.com) (NYSE: CRD-A and CRD-B), one of the world's largest independent providers of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, today announced the acquisition of a...

Crawford & Company® Launches Australia’s First National Insurance Drone Service

7/26/2016

Vendors

SYDNEY (6 July, 2016) – Crawford & Company® has launched Crawford® Drone, designed to significantly improve catastrophe and operational claims management by providing real-time detail. Darren Trot, Crawford’s national business development manager, said, “Drone...

ICAT Partners with Neon to Provide Additional Catastrophe Capacity

7/26/2016

Vendors

Partnership will allow ICAT to write additional per-risk cat capacity in the U.S. E&S market Broomfield, CO: ICAT has teamed up with Neon, the specialist Lloyd’s insurer, to provide an additional $10 million of per-risk capacity to catastrophe-exposed commercial properties in the...

West Virginia Flooding

6/26/2016

Flood

President Declares Major Disaster for West Virginia WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the State of West Virginia to supplement state and local...

USAA scrambles to process 16,500 claims from hail storm

4/14/2016

Storms

Quote from Article "USAA received about 11,000 auto claims and 5,500 property claims as of about 11 a.m., but the company expects those numbers will climb. “This is one of the most impactful events we’ve seen in the San Antonio area in recent history, as far as hail goes,”...

TDI Bulletin B-0032-15

4/13/2016

DOI

NONRESIDENT PUBLIC INSURANCE ADJUSTER AFFIDAVIT The Texas Department of Insurance reminds all nonresident public insurance adjuster license holders that Insurance Code §4102.114 requires them to annually submit an affidavit on a form prescribed by TDI certifying that the licensee is...

Destructive Hail Storm Slams Northern Texas

4/13/2016

Storms

Quote from site;

"A destructive hail storm pummeled Northern Texas Monday evening.

The hail caused significant damage to homes and cars in the small town of Wylie, Texas, near Dallas."

San Antonio Slammed By Hail Larger Than Baseballs

4/13/2016

Storms

"For the second time in as many days, Texans were running for cover as large hail fell on the Lone Star State Tuesday night. This time, it was the San Antonio area in line for the damaging storm. Storm reports from the National Weather Service revealed hail as large as 3.5 inches in diameter...

All insurers should resist dubious claims

2/8/2016

Insurers

Shingles are something you never want to have, unless they're on the top of your house or on the outside of your law office. Joe Cantu is fortunate not to have shingles, at least not on his roof, but he does have cement tiles up there, and some of them apparently got damaged when the...

New Guidelines for NFIP Adjusters

1/29/2016

NFIP

A note about the use of the term “Authorized NFIP Adjuster” rather than “Certified NFIP Adjuster”: It is FEMA’s position that certification requires a more formal course of study and the successful passing of a series of examinations before certification is awarded,...

NFIP Training Available Online

1/13/2016

NFIP

The NFIP offers free online courses in basic and advanced flood insurance topics through the FEMA Emergency Management Institute. NFIP Training courses are free and open to anyone. Click on a link below to begin your self study course. (note: we first posted this in December...

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Justices uphold Katrina fraud verdict against State Farm

Citizens Insurance Dissatisfied With Independent Adjusters After Hurricane Matthew

CRAWFORD & COMPANY® ACQUIRES MAJORITY INTEREST IN WEGOLOOK®, LLC

Crawford & Company® Launches Australia’s First National Insurance Drone Service

ICAT Partners with Neon to Provide Additional Catastrophe Capacity

West Virginia Flooding

USAA scrambles to process 16,500 claims from hail storm

TDI Bulletin B-0032-15

Destructive Hail Storm Slams Northern Texas

San Antonio Slammed By Hail Larger Than Baseballs

All insurers should resist dubious claims

New Guidelines for NFIP Adjusters

NFIP Training Available Online

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