Written by Gail Oliver, SVP, sales and marketing The Property & Liability Resource Bureau (PLRB) will host the 2023 PLRB Claims Conference & Insurance Services Expo March 19-22 in Orlando, Florida. An array of stakeholders will come together to exchange ideas about restoration in business income (BI) losses, builder’s risk, earthquake claims handling, and more. Throughout the […]

By Lisa Dalbeth, loss adjuster On 15 January 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai submarine volcano erupted in the South Pacific. It produced one of the largest atmospheric explosions in recorded history, sending a plume of ash into the upper atmosphere. The eruption triggered a tsunami with waves up to 18 metres high washing over nearby […]

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Japan’s eastern Fukushima prefecture late Wednesday night. The quake cut off power to more than 2.2 million homes in 14 prefectures, derailed a bullet train near Fukushima, and closed at least one major highway for safety checks. Buildings in Tokyo shook for more than two minutes and […]

By Leon Briggs, Head of property & national executive adjuster, Sedgwick Australia The Mansfield earthquake in Victoria, Australia brought back a decade of memories dealing with hundreds of claims worth billions of dollars in Christchurch. While Mansfield is not a similar crisis to Christchurch (New Zealand) or Newcastle (Australia), and no loss of life or […]