Insurtech Launches Usage-Based Drone Coverage
Insurtech company REIN has launched DroneInsurance.com, with underwriting by Liberty Specialty Markets, providing usage-based insurance for commercial drone operators and simplifying the process of obtaining both base and liability coverage.
August 2, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Technology
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Suspicious Fire Torches 20 Cars On Hertz Lot In Salt Lake City
Firefighters are investigating an overnight fire in a rental car lot at Salt Lake City International Airport as arson. It happened around 12:30 a.m. in a small auto lot Hertz uses to maintain its vehicles.
July 10, 2018
Auto
Utah
Crews Make Progress Containing Destructive Wildfires In California, Colorado And Utah
Firefighters continued to build containment around several destructive wildfires in California amid a somewhat promising forecast. But one stubborn blaze in the northern part of the state grew significantly and crossed the border into Oregon.
July 9, 2018
Property
California
Colorado
Oregon
Utah
Brushfire Destroys 8 Homes In Moab, Utah
A fast-moving brush fire destroyed eight homes in the Utah tourist town of Moab, while more than 3,000 people in Colorado and Wyoming fled multiple wildfires scorching the drought-stricken U.S. West on Wednesday.
June 14, 2018
Property
Utah
Truck Crash Into Starbucks Patrons Injures 5, Kills One
Police believe a medical issue caused the driver of a truck to jump a curb Friday and crash into patrons outside a Starbucks in Millcreek, killing a woman and injuring several others.
June 13, 2018
Auto
Liability
Utah
NTSB Advocates For Seat Belts On School Buses In Wake Of Fatal Wrecks
For the first time, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending all new school buses be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts, after the agency released findings from a special investigation report prompted by two deadly 2016 crashes.
May 24, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Legislation & Regulation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Insurance’s Flawed Business Model
At its core, the industry is plagued by an inherent conflict of interest. Our customers don’t have an industry expert advocating solely on their behalf; the experts have financial incentives coming from the insurance industry.
May 24, 2018
Risk Management
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Animal-Related Insurance Claims Top 1.7M In Four Years
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released a study on the number of animal-related insurance losses for the years 2014—2017. The data is gleaned from insurance claims for losses that occurred in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
May 23, 2018
Auto
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Americans Survive Private Jet Crash In Honduras
A private jet carrying a group of Americans from Texas crashed off the end of the runway at Tegucigalpa’s airport Tuesday, but the crew and passengers were rescued, according to Honduras emergency management agency.
May 23, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Texas
Utah
Tesla Data Affirms Autopilot In Use Before Utah Crash
Police said the driver who crashed her Tesla into the back of a stopped fire truck in Utah last week had her hands off the steering wheel at the time, confirming the woman’s claim that vehicle’s Autopilot feature was engaged.
May 17, 2018
Auto
Liability
Technology
Utah
Tesla Rear-Ends Truck At 60 MPH
A woman is in the hospital after her Tesla Model S collided with the back of a Unified Fire Authority mechanic truck Friday night on Bangerter Highway.
May 14, 2018
Auto
Liability
Utah
Insurers Expected To Pay $1.5B For April’s Severe Weather
A catastrophe report has found that the US re/insurance sector is on the hook for more than half of the total economic loss in April resulting from severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and tornados.
May 10, 2018
Auto
Catastrophe
Property
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Utah Trooper Responding To Slide-offs Struck By Skidding Car
A Utah police officer who was seen in his own dashcam video flying through the air after being struck by a motorist over the weekend said he forgives the driver who injured him.
March 28, 2018
Auto
Liability
Workers' Compensation
Utah
23 Vehicles Involved In Crashes On Icy Stretch Of Utah Interstate
One person died Monday morning in a series of crashes on an icy stretch of Interstate 80 in Summit County involving 23 vehicles — most of them semi trucks — which closed both the eastbound and westbound lanes of the freeway.
March 27, 2018
Auto
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Subrogation
Utah
Leaping Elk Crashes Low-Flying Research Helicopter In Utah
An elk leaped into a research helicopter that was trying to capture it and brought down the helicopter in a collision that also killed the elk, authorities said Tuesday.
February 14, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Utah
