Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
24 Indicted in Staged Crash Case in Vegas Involving $500K in Claims
Sep 20 2017 // Nevada’s top state prosecutor says 24 people have been indicted in a scheme alleging they staged car crashes and filed about $500,000 worth of fraudulent insurance claims in Las Vegas. Attorney General Adam Laxalt...
Expert’s Advice to Florida Agents: Report Claims That Fall Below Hurricane Deductible
Sep 19 2017 // With many agents currently assisting clients in determining if they have claims and the insurance claim filing process in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, one most common question received by the Florida Association of...
Some Insurance Adjusters Camping Out in Texas after Harvey
Sep 18 2017 // To process tens of thousands of auto and property claims with losses already well into the billions of dollars, insurance companies have adjusters camping out across Texas. The Houston Chronicle reports in one case, the...
Mixed Messages Sent Over Texas’s New Cat Claims Statute
Sep 18 2017 // Ambiguity surrounding a Texas law that went into effect on Sept. 1 had insurance industry representatives and attorneys who represent insurance policyholders issuing conflicting messages to insureds who may have suffered...
Study: Opioids in California Comp Claims Involving Mental Health
Sep 18 2017 // A new study shows the prevalence of opioids in workers’ compensation claims involving mental health. The study by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute tracks changes in the prevalence, volume and...
Colorado Police Officer Arrested for Alleged Fraudulent Insurance Claims
Sep 18 2017 // A Colorado police officer indicted by a state grand jury was arrested on multiple felony counts for allegedly lying about his home and car being burglarized and collecting nearly $60,000 in fraudulent insurance...
Why the Federal Flood Program Is Sinking Deeper into Debt: CBO Report
Sep 18 2017 // The federal flood insurance program is on a course to continue falling deeper in debt, even when there is no catastrophic storm like Katrina or Harvey. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is currently on a path...
Waiting Period Suspended for Harvey-Related Claim Payouts for Totaled Vehicles
Sep 13 2017 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has suspended a state statute in ordered to help facilitate the payment of insurance claims for vehicles that were totaled by Hurricane Harvey, the governor’s office said. Abbott temporarily...
Florida on Alert for AOB Abuse as Irma Recovery Begins
Sep 13 2017 // As Florida residents return home after being evacuated by Hurricane Irma, the pressure is on the insurance industry to keep a bad situation regarding assignment of benefits abuse in the state from getting worse. Florida...
Insurers Rush to Find, Deploy Adjusters for Harvey, Irma Claims
Sep 11 2017 // Insurers are scrambling to find inspectors in Texas and Florida after fierce hurricanes battered the states one after the other, causing tens of billions of dollars’ worth of property damage in less than two...
Charles Taylor Acquires Workers’ Comp Claims Admin Metro Risk in California
Sep 7 2017 // Charles Taylor plc has agreed to acquire Metro Risk Management LLC, a Southern California-based third-party claims administrator, from Nautilus International Holding Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. MRM provides...
No Duty to Defend in Ohio Molestation Claim Unless ‘Scope of the Allegations’ Test Met
Sep 6 2017 // Jodee Edwards had a home and auto insurance policy issued by insurer Encompass that excluded coverage for loss “arising out of sexual molestation, corporal punishment, or physical or mental abuse.” Edwards was...
First Harvey Lawsuit Filed to Beat New Texas Tort Reform Law
Sep 6 2017 // Late in the afternoon on Aug. 31, a Dallas law firm filed a lawsuit to circumvent a new Texas law that went into effect on Friday, Sept. 1. The newly passed law, HB1774, was meant to curb hail lawsuit abuse, but after...
Why Federal Flood Program Is Sinking Deeper Into Debt: CBO Report
Sep 5 2017 // The federal flood insurance program is on a course to continue falling deeper in debt, even when there is no catastrophic storm like Katrina or Harvey. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is currently on a path...
New York Bus Firms Seek Damages Over Handling of Workers’ Comp Claim
Sep 4 2017 // New York Bus Operators Compensation Trust (NYBOCT), a Bay Shore, N.Y.-based group self-insured trust created by a number of New York passenger bus companies, has filed a complaint against Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.,...
Update: Claims Teams Begin Handling Onslaught of Harvey Claims
Aug 31 2017 // Hurricane Harvey has set a U.S record, according to the National Weather Service, dumping 51.88 inches of rain in parts of Texas. As the tropical storm moves over southern Louisiana, claims catastrophe teams are moving in...
Law’s Ambiguity a Source of Mixed Messages Over Texas Cat Claims Statute
Aug 30 2017 // Ambiguity surrounding a Texas law that goes into effect on Sept. 1 has insurance industry representatives and attorneys who represent insurance policyholders sending conflicting messages to insureds who may have suffered...
35K Harvey Flood Insurance Claims Filed by Noon on Aug. 30
Aug 30 2017 // The government-run U.S. flood insurance program had already received 35,000 claims as of noon on Wednesday as a result of catastrophic flooding in Texas, according to the program’s director. “This is a very...
Colorado Police Officer Arrested for Alleged Fraudulent Insurance Claims
Aug 30 2017 // A Colorado police officer indicted by a state grand jury was arrested on multiple felony counts for allegedly lying about his home and car being burglarized and collecting nearly $60,000 in fraudulent insurance claims. The...
A Response to Some Insurtech Claims, Part 3
Aug 30 2017 // So far, we’ve dealt with two statements: We do good! It’ll just take a few seconds! This last statement is part of the premise of many in the insurtech space, but it’s also something that we’ve been...
