October 16, 2026
Oklahoma Sued Two Carriers Over Hail Claims. The Bigger Change Is in Your Contract.
Oklahoma's attorney general has sued State Farm and Allstate over wind and hail roof claims.…
October 15, 2026
Disputed Property Claims Settled 43% Above the Insurer’s Number. The Bigger Story Is Why.
A Q3 2026 claims report found carrier underpricing outweighed missed repairs about 9 to 1.…
October 14, 2026
Commercial Roof Claims in 2026: Membrane Prices, Roof-Surfacing Exclusions, and the Line Items Carrier Estimates Miss
Membrane and polyiso prices went up again in July, and more commercial policies carry the…
October 5, 2026
Virginia’s New Roof Law and the September Storms: What Changes for Roofers Before January 1
Virginia's HB 677 limits roof-age nonrenewals and rewrites the rules for roofing contracts on January…
October 2, 2026
Symbility (Cotality) Roof Supplements: What Changes When the Carrier Isn’t on Xactimate
When the carrier's estimate comes out of Symbility (now Cotality) instead of Xactimate, a supplement…
September 30, 2026
Six Policy Endorsements That Quietly Kill a Roof Supplement (and How to Spot Them Before You File)
Every roofer has had this one. The photos are perfect, the test squares are chalked,…
September 23, 2026
Tradesmen, Not Salesmen: Where Supplementing Ends and Public Adjusting Begins, State by State
Roofing Contractor's August cover story had a title that deserves to be printed on a…
September 21, 2026
Colorado SB26-155: Hail-Resistant Roof Grants and What They Mean for Your Xactimate Specs
The Colorado Division of Insurance says hail drives 26 to 54 percent of a typical…
September 16, 2026
XactGen Roofing: Verisk Is About to Auto-Generate the Adjuster’s Roof Estimate. Here’s What It Will Get Right, and What It Can’t See.
If you have written more than a handful of Xactimate roof estimates, you know the…
September 14, 2026
Georgia HB 1344: What the Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act Changes on Roof Claims
Georgia passed a large insurance bill this spring, and most of the coverage went to…