The Santa Clara County District Attorney's office charged a San Jose, Calif. contractor with committing insurance fraud amounting to $460,000 three years after a fatal accident involving company trucks, where one employee died. 

IBHS has ranked nine shingle brands on how they endure dents and ridges, tears, and granule loss in relation to hailstorm damage.

The new roofing platform will focus on residential reroofing, predominantly on insurance-claim demand.

After fits and starts, the Louisiana legislature passed a series of reforms that will soon provide homeowners with grant money to help reroof homes affected by weather-related events to comply with new “Fortified” standards that exceed current building codes.

Homeowner insurance laws vary from state to state regarding environmental impact regulations and what exclusions from coverage a homeowner's insurance policy may delineate. Florida has recently passed some of the most sweeping changes protecting insurance companies' interests in the nation.

A new roof endorsement approved by Florida insurance officials may make it more difficult to file claims for repairing or replacing damaged roofs.

Time will tell if the law’s provisions actually reduce insurance rates or not. But it is probably safe to say that we will see fewer lawsuits.

Following major insurance reforms enacted in Florida, Louisiana officials are proposing similar policies that could affect how roofing contractors do business in the state.

The new vice presidents will further grow and develop BluSky's infrastructure through insurance services and sales operations.