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Rogers School District, insurers at impasse over $6 million gap in tornado claim
Summary
Brian Bearden of Sedgwick told the Rogers School District Board that the district submitted a $25 million tornado claim and that insurers have paid or approved roughly $19 million; a disputed roughly $6 million "delta" remains tied to code-triggered upgrades and scope changes.
Representatives for the district's insurance adjuster told the Rogers School District Board of Education on Aug. 1 that a roughly $6 million difference remains unresolved in the district's tornado claim, tied to upgrades and code requirements that insurers say may not be covered.
Brian Bearden, identified as the designated adjuster with Sedgwick, said the district's total claim submitted to the participating Arkansas school entities and the insurer market is $25,000,000. "The total claim now submitted is 25,000,000," Bearden said. "We have paid out around $16,000,000, in total payments across the whole loss. I currently have in the works another 3,000,000 trying to be, get approved." He added that information and invoices are still being submitted and measured.
Bearden told the board the principal dispute—what he described as the "delta" of roughly…
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