A Houston plaintiff’s attorney defeated State Farm Lloyd’s for the fourth time on the same issue, this time coming away with a federal appellate court ruling that policyholders don’t have to prove that their insurer acted in bad faith in …
ATLANTA — A public was charged with stealing more than $215,000 in insurance money from a Georgia business damaged by Hurricane Michael, authorities said. Steven Eric Chastain is accused of stealing insurance checks from a business in Albany, Georgia, and …
While the insurance industry has been ringing alarm bells about inflated claims pushed by overzealous public adjusters, an organization pushing to make independent claim adjusters more professional is winning support from both Republicans and Democrats in statehouses across the nation. …
TRENTON, New Jersey – Four Mercer County men and six of their associated businesses were charged Wednesday with first-degree conspiracy and money laundering in connection with a bank scheme involving the deposit of nearly $1.4 million in phony or forged …
A North Carolina man was arrested and charged with 108 charges of obtaining property by false pretense. After a year-long investigation, North Carolina Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that Ronald Leonard Pierce was acting as a public adjuster without …
The Florida Legislature has statutorily prohibited public adjusters from contacting loss victims within 48 hours following the loss. The state of Florida has been subjected to several devastating hurricanes resulting in catastrophic widespread property loss. As a result of these …
A North Jersey public adjuster has been indicted for allegedly defrauding clients and insurance companies, including a company that insured a church in Essex County, of more than $36,000 by billing for services that were never completed, according to the …
Jeffrey B. Gould CPA has been elected secretary of the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA). Gould is vice president of American Claims Management Services, a public adjustment and loss consulting firm headquartered in Towson, Maryland, that serves clients …