Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Microsoft to Stop Requiring Arbitration for Employees’ Harassment, Bias Claims
Dec 20 2017 // Microsoft Corp. is eliminating a requirement that employees pursue sexual harassment and gender bias claims through arbitration instead of in court, after revelations this year of improper behavior across technology,...
Florida’s Citizens Expects Policy Count Increase in 2018, Plans Claims System Upgrade
Dec 20 2017 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the Florida state-run insurer of last resort, is anticipating its policyholder count will increase in 2018 for the first time since its efforts to shed policies through depopulation began...
California Wildfire Claims Top $9.4B, Department of Insurance Says
Dec 18 2017 // California Commissioner Dave Jones announced in early December that the total of insured losses from the wildfires in California in October had topped $9.4 billion in residential and commercial claims. That figure is near...
N.Y. Supreme Court Says Coverage Applies in World Trade Center Asbestos Injury Suit
Dec 18 2017 // The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that American Home Assurance Co. must defend contractors and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey against asbestos claims from construction workers who became...
Farmers Reports $1.2B in Claims from Northern California Wildfires
Dec 15 2017 // Farmers Insurance reported it has received more than 4,000 claims from the Northern California wildfires to date at an estimated gross cost of $1.2 billion. With reinsurance, the Los Angeles-based carrier estimates its...
Attorneys, Not Adjusters, Handle Claims at Texas Medical Malpractice Insurer, Capson
Dec 13 2017 // Austin, Texas-based Capson Physicians Insurance Co. announced it is providing in-house attorneys, rather than adjusters, to help facilitate claims for insureds. According to Capson Physicians Insurance President and...
Report: Nearly $60M in Texas Windstorm Insurer Hurricane Ike Claims Still Unpaid
Dec 13 2017 // The Houston Chronicle reports that several school districts, cities and other government agencies are still waiting for a Texas insurer to pay nearly $60 million in claims from Hurricane Ike, adding to more insurance...
Special Reuters Report: The High Cost of Building in High Flood Risk Areas
Dec 12 2017 // When Hurricane Harvey sent two feet of water rolling into this small community about 35 miles north of Houston, Alfredo Becerra had to flee his modest 1,500-square-foot house. Muddy floodwater submerged the furniture and...
Brentwood Services Administrators of Tennessee Adds Anderson to Claims Unit
Dec 12 2017 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has added Deanna Nicole Anderson as a claims assistant in its occupational injury unit in the Brentwood office, according to Jeff Pettus,...
Louisiana’s Fidelis Group Holdings Hires Kelly as Senior Claims Director
Dec 7 2017 // Covington, Louisiana-based Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), and subsidiaries Continental Underwriters Ltd. (CU) and Fidelis Claims Service LLC (FCS), hired Christian Kelly as senior director of its Claims Division. Kelly...
N.Y. Supreme Court Says Coverage Applies in World Trade Center Asbestos Injury Suit
Dec 7 2017 // The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that American Home Assurance Company must defend contractors and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey against asbestos claims from construction workers who...
California Wildfire Claims Now Top $9.4B, Department of Insurance Says
Dec 6 2017 // California Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Wednesday that total of insured losses from the wildfires in California in October now top $9.4 billion in residential and commercial claims. The latest figure is near the...
Coalition, a Cyber Insurer and Cybersecurity Firm, Makes Its Debut
Dec 6 2017 // Coalition is making its formal debut into the cyber insurance space, but with a twist. The San Francisco-based startup is also a cybersecurity firm. Founded in March 2017, Coalition is co-founded by technology...
Claims Firm Sedgwick to Acquire Competitor Cunningham Lindsey
Dec 6 2017 // Global claims firm Sedgwick Claims Management Services has agreed to acquire Cunningham Lindsey, another global loss adjusting and claims management firm. No terms were disclosed. CVC Capital Partners, a private investor...
U.S. Flood Program to Collect $1 Billion in Reinsurance for Hurricane Harvey Claims
Dec 6 2017 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking to recover the full $1.042 billion of its reinsurance coverage to help pay the federal flood insurance program’s losses from Hurricane Harvey. Those paid...
Man Claims He Caught Eye-Eating Parasite at Pennsylvania Amusement Park
Dec 4 2017 // A man has filed a lawsuit against a Pittsburgh amusement park claiming he contracted an eye-eating parasite after getting splashed on a water ride. Robert and Krystsina Trostle claim in their lawsuit filed Tuesday that he...
Miami Woman Arrested Over Fraudulent Insurance Claims, Attempt to Steal $178K
Dec 1 2017 // A Florida homeowner was arrested for insurance fraud and grand theft following her attempt to file a damage claim against a new insurance policy after already receiving a $60,000 insurance payout from her former insurance...
Woman Staying in Hotel During Tennessee Wildfires Claims PTSD in Lawsuit
Dec 1 2017 // A Tennessee woman who checked in to a hotel as deadly wildfires raged nearby says in a lawsuit that she was terrified she would die in the hotel and is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder because of the...
Florida’s Hurricane Irma Recovery: The Cost, The Challenges, The Lessons
Nov 30 2017 // The hurricane season is officially over, but it didn’t go by without leaving a major mark on Florida and its insurance industry. Hurricane Irma, a name most in the state won’t soon forget, first hit the Florida...
Lloyd’s Pays Claims of $1.7B for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma & Maria – So Far
Nov 29 2017 // The Lloyd’s market has paid claims worth US$1.7 billion, to date, in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. Earlier this year Lloyd’s estimated a total commitment of US$4.8 billion for the three...
