Amica Insurance and Understory, Inc., a weather data and analytics company, recently announced the development of a new weather sensor and data analysis network to test hyper accurate ground level weather detection. According to the insurer, the new weather sensor, …
Thousands of Texas homeowners victimized by severe weather may also be victims of a wide-ranging conspiracy involving door-to-door solicitors, public insurance adjusters and attorneys, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in Dallas. The lawsuit claims that individuals, companies and law …
Andrew J. Heymsfield has an affinity for thunderstorms, particularly those nasty spring-born storms that darken the plains and drop hailstones similar to millions of tiny ice bombs, leaving crushed crops, car hood dings and dimples, and billions of dollars of …
Almost two years ago I wrote an article for Claims Journal entitled “The Emerging Hail Risk: What the Hail is Going on?” The response was overwhelming. It was Claims Journal‘s most read article for several weeks and the second most …
The start of spring means it’s the season for wet and often wicked weather, which can be unpredictable and may include sudden, severe and damaging hail storms that homeowners must endure, according to the Farmers Insurance Seasonal Smarts Digest. Farmers …
The unusually large hail that recently pounded Las Cruces, N.M., has residents scrambling to call insurance agents over damaged roofs and dented vehicles. Saturday’s storm dropped golf ball-sized hail left Sonoma Ranch Golf Course unplayable, reported Las Cruces Sun-News reports, …
The vestiges of twin hailstorms that ravaged the south Texas coast in 2012 are now blowing through the halls of the Capitol in Austin. Two of the state’s most-powerful lobbies, the insurance industry and trial lawyers, are gearing up for …
Alejandro Stolarski is a United States citizen who emigrated from Mexico. Stolarski resides in Dallas County. Like hundreds of other Dallas County residents each week, Stolarski received a notice in the mail for jury duty. But unlike most Dallas County …
McComb, Miss., officials have hired a consultant to review its damage claims from a 2013 hail storm. City Administrator Quordiniah Lockley and City Clerk Jeannette Butler tell The Enterprise-Journal the $154,000 offered by EMC Insurance to settle the claim won’t …
Insurance claims for crop damage due to hail in Montana exceeded $14 million in 2013. The Montana Department of Agriculture tells the Great Falls Tribune that’s the most expensive year in the 98-year-history of the state’s crop-hail insurance program. The …