Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nevada Donor Network Sued by Family with Claims of Fraud
Apr 5 2016 // Three sisters have filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Donor Network claiming the nonprofit was misleading when a representative convinced them to allow tissue to be harvested from their mother. Kristine Fagone and her...
Florida’s Failure to Pass AOB Reforms Will Impact State Insurance Market
Apr 4 2016 // Following the 2016 Florida Legislative Session’s failure to pass essential assignment of benefit (AOB) reforms, the insurance industry and Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are working in tandem with the Florida...
Florida’s Citizens Pushes Policy Changes to Address Rising Water Loss Claims
Apr 4 2016 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s board of governors approved recommendations last month aimed at reducing the impact of what it calls skyrocketing water-loss claims that could reverse progress made in returning...
Violent Weather Pummels Texas in March; Regulators Call for Data on Claims, Lawsuits
Apr 4 2016 // Hail-packing thunderstorms pummeled North Texas twice in March causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to automobiles and property. Meanwhile, the Texas Department of Insurance is intent on gathering data on...
Growth in Cyber Coverage Expected as Underwriting Evolves
Apr 4 2016 // With cyber insurance premiums expected to grow from around $2 billion in 2015 to an estimated $20 billion or more by 2025, insurers and reinsurers are continuing to refine underwriting requirements, according to industry...
Amerisure Promotes Vaughn to AVP, Workers’ Comp Claims
Apr 1 2016 // Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co., based in Farmington Hills, Mich., has promoted Kimberly Vaughn to assistant vice president, workers’ compensation (WC) claims. In her new role, Vaughn oversees the day-to-day...
CNA Names Chubb’s Townsend as Senior Vice President for Claims
Mar 31 2016 // Commercial property/casualty insurance carrier CNA has appointed Joel Townsend as senior vice president, Claim, responsible for claims customer service for CNA’s global Management Liability, Financial Institutions...
Insurance Claims from China’s Tianjin Port Blasts Rise to $3.5B: Swiss Re’s ‘sigma’
Mar 30 2016 // Insurance payouts from the chemical blasts at the Chinese Port of Tianjin last year could total up to $3.5 billion, reinsurer Swiss Re said on Wednesday, in what would be the largest ever man-made loss in Asia. The...
Why Companies Won’t Be Opting Out of Opt-Out Anytime Soon
Mar 29 2016 // A recent ruling by the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court undercutting so-called “opt-out” systems has set off a flurry of speculation about such systems, including whether this ruling signals the...
Hedge Funds Settle Press Release Hacking Claims for $18M
Mar 29 2016 // A Moscow-based hedge fund manager, his investment firms and two Paris-based funds have agreed to pay nearly $18 million to resolve a U.S. regulator’s claims that they engaged in insider trading using hacked press...
Chicago Auto Insurance Fraud Ring Can Be Tried in Iowa: Court
Mar 28 2016 // Three people from Wisconsin or Illinois who are charged with operating a car insurance fraud ring can be prosecuted in Iowa, even though they never set foot in the state, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. Police say the trio...
Washington Man’s Suit Claims Medical Device Caused Brain Damage
Mar 28 2016 // A Washington man is suing a California company, claiming its medical device used to treat aneurysms malfunctioned and caused him to suffer brain damage. The Penumbra Coil 400 was used to treat an aneurysm Dennis Montgomery...
How Telematics Saves on Claims, Improves Customer Experience
Mar 24 2016 // Insurers that are not already using the data from their telematics programs for claims would be wise to do so early in their adoption of telematics as the task only becomes more difficult as more data is collected,...
Texas Seeks Data on Weather-Related Property Claims, Lawsuits
Mar 23 2016 // The Senate Business and Commerce and the House Insurance Committees of the Texas Legislature have requested data from the Texas Department of Insurance related to weather-related property claims, the incidence of lawsuits...
Update: With Property Claims Added, North Texas Hail Damage May Reach $600M
Mar 23 2016 // An insurer trade group says it estimates that damage caused by hailstorms that rolled through the Fort Worth area last week will reach $600 million in auto and property claims. Mark Hanna, a spokesman for the Insurance...
Worker Claims Retaliation over Asbestos Report at Wyoming’s Old Faithful Inn
Mar 23 2016 // A maintenance worker at Yellowstone National Park in Montana said a park concession company retaliated against him after he reported that he and five other employees were exposed to asbestos at a more than century-old...
Chubb Names Claims Management Team in Europe
Mar 22 2016 // Chubb announced a number of appointments within its claims management team in Europe, with immediate effect. All the following positions will report to Peter Murray, director of claims for Chubb in Europe and will be based...
South Carolina Paid $40M to Settle Road Claims Since 2010
Mar 22 2016 // A newspaper in South Carolina has reported the state has paid about $40 million since 2010 to settle road claims and lawsuits against the Transportation Department, with much of that money going to settle cases involving...
Oregon Woman’s $1M Suit Claims Massage Was Assault
Mar 21 2016 // An Oregon woman who claims a massage she received last month was sexual battery has filed a $1 million lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court. KOIN-TV reports the complaint was filed last week. It says the woman...
Supreme Court Lets NFL Players’ Image Rights Claims Proceed
Mar 21 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Electronic Arts Inc.’s bid to revive its free speech defense in a lawsuit filed by former NFL players who accused the videogame maker of using their likenesses in the popular...
