Personal Insurance

Does Floridas AOB Statute Apply to My Assignment Agreement? | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

Just over a year ago Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 7065, which became Fla. Stat. §627.7152—better known as,.. Read More

AIR preliminarily pegs hurricane Laura industry loss at $4.8bn to $9.2bn

According to industry sources, catastrophe risk modeller AIR Worldwide’s preliminary estimate of insurance and reinsurance market losses from hurricane Laura,.. Read More

All perils, non-U.S. contracts & sidecars to see most trapping at year-end: A.M. Best

Of the insurance-linked securities (ILS) related contracts and structures that are most at-risk of having collateral pre-emptively or otherwise trapped,.. Read More

Hurricane Laura wind & surge insured loss $8bn to $12bn: CoreLogic

Hurricane Laura’s impacts wind and storm surge impacts in Texas and Louisiana are estimated to have caused insured losses of,.. Read More

California wildfire season could surpass 2017's $13bn of losses: A.M. Best

Given the significant start to the California wildfire season in 2020, as well as the fact some of the ongoing,.. Read More

StarStone U.S. hires Oliphant from Nephila's Velocity MGA

Starstone U.S. continued its plans for excess & surplus lines market expansion with the key hire of Alison Oliphant, previously,.. Read More

Arch seeks second mortgage ILS of 2020, a $363m Bellemeade Re 2020-2

Arch Capital Group Ltd., the Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance firm with a growing mortgage insurance arm, is returning to,.. Read More

Hurricane Laura assessment to take time, double-digit billion loss possible

Hurricane Laura has now been downgraded to a tropical depression as it moves over Arkansas but it has taken more,.. Read More

Disaster Relief: Is a Post-Loss Anti-Assignment Clause Prohibited in Louisiana? | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

In the aftermath of a devastating storm, when lives are upended and memories are scattered about, light and hope do,.. Read More

Is Life Insurance Through Work Enough?

Many people have life insurance policies through their work. Here is why you should consider adding on a third-party policy,.. Read More

Public Adjusting in Louisiana | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | Merlin Law Group

Note: This guest blog post is by Holly Soffer, Esq., a policyholder attorney and General Counsel to the American Association,.. Read More