Litigation

The Office of Insurance Regulation and three advocacy groups paint conflicting pictures of insurance affordability, coverage availability and claims handling.

Executives from Markel and CSAA spoke about applying the technology to analyze demand filings and the risks of settling or litigating.

Damage claims from the Eaton wildfire could wipe out the $21 billion fund created to protect utilities and their customers when an investor-owned utility's equipment is deemed responsible.

To use more outside affiliates to acquire customers, insurers draw on funds allocated for claims payments, according to a report by an independent analyst firm.

Insurance industry economic cycles match premium increases more than litigation judgments do, an advocate for civil justice for consumers says.

Academics with opposing views argued, in a U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing, whether inflation and litigation, rather than climate change, are causing home insurance non-renewals and rate hikes.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is considering suing former Silicon Valley Bank executives over risk management decisions, imprudent dividends and billions in losses that fueled a banking crisis in 2023.

Long and complicated cyber breach litigation can be prevented with proactive precautions and quick action against intrusions, say cybersecurity insurance experts.

A look at three trends that have affected the insurance industry and three more to watch in the future.

There was an increase in cases involving business liability, business interruptions and non-hurricane homeowners policies, according to LexisNexis company, Lex Machina

Trends in liability claims litigation, according to a Sedgwick report.

Triple-I defines legal system abuse as policyholder or plaintiff attorney practices that increase the cost and time to settle insurance claims.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases seeking to overturn the legal principle known as "Chevron deference," that could usher in a new era of litigation by corporations against government agencies.

Insurance carriers need more tools to combat social inflation and data sharing to create insights about the early litigation warning signals could help.

Risk mitigation service prevents costly litigation.

Carlyle Aviation leased 23 planes to Russian airlines, including Izhavia and NordStar, and tried to repossess and relocate the aircraft as soon as Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24, the company said.

The report from Australian mining tycoon Andrew Forrest's nonprofit Minderoo Foundation is the first time lawyers and data analysts have modeled how the cost of plastic-related pollution translates into the likely compensation payouts.

Nonprofits are experiencing higher costs and greater restrictions on coverage.

Insurers protecting Florida’s homeowners are going under and it’s not the state’s storms dragging the firms down -- it’s a deluge of lawsuits and fraud.

Digital Insurance spoke with Steve Prymas, the chief insurance officer of Embroker, a digital insurance platform, about new products, cybersecurity and digital transformation within the industry.