Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
GSK Wins Latest Trial Over Zantac Cancer Claims
Aug 6 2024 // GSK won the latest trial over claims that discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, as a jury on Monday found that the drug was not responsible for an Illinois woman’s illness, a company spokesperson...
Travelers: Costliest Claims Driven by Most Common Workplace Accidents
Aug 6 2024 // Analysis of 1.2 million workers compensation claims reveals the costliest claims are driven by the most common workplace accidents, according to Travelers 2024 Injury Impact Report. The data also shows first-year employees...
CrowdStrike Rejects Delta Air Lines Claims Over Flight Woes
Aug 5 2024 // CrowdStrike on Sunday rejected a claim by Delta Air Lines that it should be blamed for flight disruptions following a July 19 global outage sparked by a faulty update, and suggested it had minimal potential...
How Iran Oil Link Could Complicate Insurance Claims After Tankers Collide Off Singapore
Aug 5 2024 // A collision between two tankers off Singapore in July raises questions over insurance claims, as one of the vessels previously shipped Iranian oil, potentially complicating payments due to Western sanctions, ship-trackers...
Medical Worker Wants Home Insurance to Cover Her Against Patients’ Data Claims
Aug 5 2024 // A Connecticut clinical social worker believes her homeowners insurer should defend and indemnify her against claims she violated patients’ privacy by accessing and sharing their private medical information. She says...
Hard Market Conditions Expected to Ease in 2025 as Claims Inflation Softens: Swiss Re
Aug 5 2024 // Hard market conditions in the global non-life insurance sector will continue this year, but will begin to ease in 2025, as general inflation and claims inflation conditions soften, according to Swiss Re in a report, which...
Progressive to Pay $48M to New York Drivers Over Underpaid Total Loss Claims
Aug 5 2024 // Progressive Insurance has agreed to a $48 million settlement with a class of 93,000 New York policyholders who claim the insurer underpaid their total loss claims on their vehicles. The $48 million represents approximately...
Hawaiian Electric Settles Fire Claims as Part of $4 Billion Deal
Aug 2 2024 // The parties involved in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against the state of Hawaii, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth a little over $4 billion, Gov. Josh Green told The...
Tennessee DCI Returns $9.5M to Policyholders in Mediated Claims Disputes
Aug 2 2024 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance so far this year has secured more than $9.5 million for policyholders whose insurance claims had been denied, the department announced this week. The payments, mostly from...
Court Must Decide If Child Victims Act Revives Old Workers’ Compensation Claims
Jul 31 2024 // Did New York lawmakers intend the Child Victims Act (CVA) that revived old claims of sexual abuse to apply to claims by employees that would previously have been handled by the workers’ compensation...
Minnesota Adds Stricter Guidelines for Rehabilitation Services in Work Comp Claims
Jul 30 2024 // Injured Minnesota employees who seek services from the Department of Labor and Industry’s Vocational Rehabilitation unit (VRU) while their disputed workers’ compensation claim goes through the litigation...
Morgan & Morgan Vows to Fight Proposed Class Action on ‘Botched’ Injury Claims
Jul 24 2024 // Morgan & Morgan calls itself the nation’s largest injury law firm, with offices in most states. But perhaps the Orlando-founded firm has grown too big, too quickly, suggests a proposed class-action lawsuit that...
People Moves: WTW’s Risk & Broking Unit Names Marsh’s Clarke as President, Garrard Appointed Chair; Everest Names McBride, Garcia for Key Claims Roles
Jul 22 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at insurance broker WTW and the re/insurer Everest Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW’s Risk & Broking Unit Names Marsh’s...
Insurers Face Business Interruption Claims After Global Tech Outage
Jul 22 2024 // Insurers could face a raft of business interruption claims after a worldwide tech outage crippled industries from travel to finance on Friday, insurance industry experts said. A software update by global cybersecurity firm...
Hard Market Conditions Expected to Ease in 2025 as Claims Inflation Softens: Swiss Re
Jul 18 2024 // Hard market conditions in the global non-life insurance sector will continue this year, but will begin to ease in 2025, as general inflation and claims inflation conditions soften, according to Swiss Re in a report, which...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Manufacturer’s COVID-19 Claims
Jul 16 2024 // A Connecticut-based manufacturer has been denied another opportunity to seek $100 million in insurance coverage for business losses it claims it sustained because of the COVID-19 virus. Amphenol Corp.– a manufacturer of...
6 Charged With Bogus Overseas Claims for Gun Shot Wounds, Stabbings, Auto Accidents
Jul 16 2024 // Five Massachusetts residents and one New York resident have been charged in connection with a health insurance fraud scheme that allegedly involved submitting claims for more than $1 million worth of bogus medical...
AI Chatbots, Gen AI Set to Revolutionize Insurance Claims Processing: Survey
Jul 15 2024 // A majority of global insurers are actively endorsing the application of AI chatbots and generative AI in claims resolution processes, underwriting and customer fulfilment, according to a survey conducted by Gallagher...
Farmers Adjusters Cry Foul Over Workloads, Claims Handling in Letter to Regulators
Jul 15 2024 // Farmers Insurance officials said in June that they have spoken with employees after receiving an anonymous letter, apparently from a group of in-house adjusters, accusing the insurer of understaffing and overworking claims...
The Problem(s) With Hail Claims – Part 3
Jul 15 2024 // My previous two columns (May and June 2024) addressed issues with hail and windstorm claims regarding the discovery and reporting of damage, actual cash value versus replacement cost valuation and 180-day reporting...
