Peggy Honoré paid her insurance premiums on-time, every month for more than a decade, but in the months after Hurricane Ida tore the roof off her Destrehan home, she’s struggled to get her insurer to call her back, answer her questions or respond to her claims. Twelve weeks out from […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – After a disaster, Louisianans are running into problems with their insurance companies sending dozens of adjusters to their case — leading to major delays in support. Some legislation is looking to tackle that problem despite insurance companies raising objections. SB13 by Sen. Joseph Bouie looks […]
Weeks after Hurricane Ida tore through her Terrytown condo, Linda Davis’ insurance company, USAA, sent an adjuster to inspect the damage. Wind-driven rain had penetrated the roof of her two-story unit, water-logging insulation in the walls and attic, causing the ceiling to collapse onto her bed upstairs. Much of the […]
Ruling on a certified question of law from the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the Colorado Supreme Court held this week that an individual claims adjuster cannot be held personally liable for statutory bad faith claims. The plaintiff, Alexis Skillet, was involved in a car accident in July 2020. […]
The Florida property insurance community was abuzz this week after word got out that a closely watched complaint about some public adjusters’ apparent conflicts of interest had been withdrawn. The head of investigations for Universal Property & Casualty Insurance, one of the largest homeowners’ carriers in Florida, in July filed […]
At a startup’s birth, an idea or a vision can be so well wrapped in a blanket of buzzwords that not even the smartest investors can stop themselves from throwing money at it. Let’s be honest: Most groundbreaking ideas deserve a sober share of criticism, but once a company gets […]
By Latisha Catchatoorian, WRAL Digital Solutions This article was written for our sponsor, Whitley Law Firm. Insurance agents and insurance adjusters aren’t one in the same and if you’ve been in an automobile accident, this is something you’d be wise to know. Agents versus Adjusters An insurance agent is someone […]