Archive for June 2017

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Detroit-area man who is seeking insurance benefits for injuries suffered when he got out of his pickup truck. On September 15, 2012, Daniel Kemp arrived home from work and while … Source: Claims Journal

Wind gusts of up to 72 miles per hour and hail as large as grapefruit struck the Midland/Odessa area last Wednesday. Thousands of West Texans were waking up to damaged roofs and automobiles with shattered windshields. Insurance company catastrophe teams … Source: Claims Journal

The number of reported fatal child drownings in swimming pools involving children younger than 5—the most vulnerable population—has decreased 17 percent nationwide since 2010, according to a report released last month by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Despite … Source: Claims Journal

The warming Atlantic Ocean has raised the risk of another Hurricane Sandy. And still, trillions of dollars of real estate and infrastructure near the shores of New York City and northern New Jersey remain vulnerable to devastation. A storm-surge barrier … Source: Claims Journal

North Carolina Deal Clears Way for Average 2% Auto Insurance Rate Hike North Carolina’s insurance regulator says he’s reached a deal with auto insurers for a premium increase of just over 2 percent instead of the nearly 14 percent average … Source: Claims Journal

The Hartford Names Paiano Executive Vice President And Chief Risk Officer The Hartford named Robert Paiano chief risk officer to lead the company’s Enterprise Risk Management operations, effective July 1. Paiano succeeds current Chief Risk Officer Robert Rupp, who is … Source: Claims Journal

Though a settlement in the deadly July 7, 2014, accident involving comedian Tracy Morgan was publicly announced two years ago, Walmart and its insurers continue to battle over its reimbursement. Morgan could be required to testify in the lawsuit between … Source: Claims Journal

A catastrophic blaze at a London apartment tower has brought new scrutiny to a long-accepted, counterintuitive rule for people in tall buildings: If the blaze breaks out elsewhere in the structure, don’t automatically run for the stairs. Stay put and … Source: Claims Journal

The British government Sunday scrambled to contain political fallout from the London high-rise inferno that has claimed at least 58 lives as officials focused on building materials that may have spread the fire quickly. The cause of Wednesday’s blaze is … Source: Claims Journal

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held in Anderson v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. Pittsburgh, PA 476 Mass. 377, 67 N.E. 3d 1232 (2017) that post-judgment interest on a judgment against a driver and owner were not part of the … Source: Claims Journal