Insurers made increasingly higher payouts for hail damage to vehicles in three of the four years ending with 2014 than in the earlier three years of a seven-year study completed by the Highway Loss Data Institute.
Improving Hailstorm Forecasting
Researchers from the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety recently paid a visit to Lubbock, Texas, as part of a project aimed at improving hailstorm forecasting. Here's a news report from Fox 34 News. For the fleet safety tip on driving in hailstorms, click here.