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#1 Sotheby’s, Russians, Theft: Insurer Must Defend in High-End Miami Realty Suit

Feb 23 2024 // In the glittering world of high-end south Florida real estate, One Sotheby’s International Realty is known as one of the biggest players in the market. This month, the firm is handling the rental of NBA superstar...

#2 The Problem(s) With Hail Claims, Part 1: A Cautionary Tale for Insureds and Insurers

May 20 2024 // Last year while I was out of town, a roofing company showed up at my home and told my wife there had been a hailstorm recently, so they were visiting impacted neighborhoods and providing free inspection services. She let...

#3 Insurers Settle With Hotel in Case of Woman Videotaped in the Shower

Jul 19 2024 // Four insurance companies, unable to escape a duty to defend a New York hotel where a young woman was secretly videotaped in the shower in 2015, have reached a settlement in the case that made headlines around the...

#4 Mixed Bag: What Trump 2.0 Tariffs, DOGE Activities Mean For Insurers

Jan 2 2025 // Setting aside the populist flavor of his campaign rhetoric, Donald J. Trump’s previous service as the nation’s 45th president presents a remarkable opportunity to make educated guesses about the impact of his...

#5 Citizens’ Cerio Pushes Back Against Senator’s Questions About Insurer’s ‘Solvency’

Mar 20 2024 // The CEO of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has denied that corporation representatives have been unresponsive to Congressional requests for financial information, in the wake of unsettling comments from Gov. Ron DeSantis...

#6 Experts Predict Impacts of $25B+ Milton Hit to Insurers, Reinsurers

Oct 9 2024 // A wide cone of uncertainty surrounds insurance experts’ pre-landfall predictions about the state of the industry that will prevail in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, with most viewing it as a $20 billion-plus loss...

#7 US Court Declines to Dismiss Mandarin Hotel COVID-19 Claim Against Insurers

Sep 25 2024 // Insurers have failed to win dismissal of a federal COVID-19 business interruption lawsuit against them by the luxury hotel chain Mandarin Oriental.Judge John P. Cronan of U.S District Court in New York found that...

#8 Fla. Regulators’ Effort to Remove Insurer Execs May Not Pass Constitutional Muster

Apr 30 2024 // Current and former leaders with Florida property insurers have had some strong reactions to state regulators’ recent efforts to oust company executives who previously helmed now-insolvent carriers. Some have called...

#9 Insurance Companies Feeling the Pressure in Iowa and the Midwest

May 15 2024 // A New York Times article this week reported troubles in Iowa and insurers pulling up stakes from the Hawkeye State, leaving the homeowners’ insurance market. The exits were prompted by horrendous financial results...

#10 Do Regulators, Insureds and Agents Understand How Reciprocal Carriers and Some New MGAs Work?

Jan 22 2024 // I recently read an article regarding how the U.S. Senate wants to investigate how well reserved Florida Citizens is because of their expressed concern that if a large hurricane destroys enough property insured by Florida...

#11 Social Inflation Fix: Insurers Can’t Be Out Front, Chubb’s Greenberg Says

Jun 6 2024 // Although insurers can help to stop the growth of social inflation, they can’t lead the effort, an industry executive said during an insurance conference this week.Evan Greenberg, chair and chief executive officer of...

#12 Hack That Paralyzed US Health Care Turns Up Scrutiny on Insurer

Apr 30 2024 // When a cyberattack on Change Healthcare paralyzed much of the US health-care system, some lawmakers saw it as proof its parent company, UnitedHealth Group Inc., was too big.UnitedHealth Chief Executive Andrew Witty saw it...

#13 Cannabis Firm Fights Insurer’s Denial of Business Income Loss Claim Following Fire

Jul 29 2024 // A Berkshire Hathaway insurer is insisting it does not owe $1.3 million in claimed business income losses to a cannabis growing company after a building fire shuttered one of its “flowering” rooms for 68...

#14 Insurer Blocked From Rescinding Policy After Fire Claim Due to ‘Extra’ Apartment

Jan 18 2024 // New York City housing is often jammed into tight spaces. Old houses are carved into several apartments. Not all of them are legal.Alexi Home Design’s property in the Bronx had two official residences on the main...

#15 Should Judge Recuse Himself From Case Involving His Own Insurer?

Jun 6 2024 // Liberty Mutual Insurance is pushing for a federal judge in New Jersey to recuse himself from a construction insurance case because he did not disclose that he has been a long-time Liberty insured, a significant claimant,...

#16 Why New York’s Attorney General Objects to Trump’s Bond Insurer

Apr 22 2024 // New York’s attorney general has urged the state judge overseeing the state’s civil fraud case against Donald Trump to reject the former president’s $175 million appeal bond.Attorney General Letitia James...

#17 The U.S. Property & Casualty Crisis: How It’s Going for Insurers and the States They’ve Left

Aug 20 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.By now, if you haven’t heard about insurance companies (large and small) and their max exodus from the most risky states, you may have been living under a rock....

#18 Mission Possible: Top 3 Carrier Innovations in P&C to Restabilize Homeowners Insurance

Apr 16 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.As the property and casualty market struggles to find its equilibrium, carriers and reinsurers are retooling their approach to risk and the market. As a Floridian...

#19 Viewpoint: Insurers Face Added Role in Curbing Workplace Violence With California Law

Apr 25 2024 // New legislation aimed at reducing workplace violence in California vastly increases employers’ responsibilities and hands workers’ compensation insurers an unprecedented oversight role that is likely to trigger...

#20 A Gas Carrier Faking Its Location Helps Russia Avoid Sanctions

Aug 5 2024 // A liquefied natural gas tanker that’s docked at a sanctioned Russian gas facility has no known insurer, is managed by a little-known Indian company and is pretending to be somewhere else.Samir Madani, co-founder of...