Latest Claims Headlines
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Hacker Claims to Open GM’s OnStar App, Start Engine Remotely
Jul 31 2015 // A researcher is advising drivers not to use a mobile app for General Motors Co.’s OnStar vehicle communications system, saying hackers can exploit a security flaw in the product to unlock cars and start engines...
Worley Claims Services to Acquire Indiana-Based NCA Group
Jul 30 2015 // Hammond, La.-based insurance claims services provider, Worley Claims Services (Worley), is acquiring NCA Group Inc. (NCA), which provides daily and catastrophe residential and commercial property claims services throughout...
Claims Services Provider Dimont Names New Executive Team in Dallas
Jul 30 2015 // Dallas-based hazard claims insurance processing service provider, Dimont, has added Denis Brosnan, Albert Strausser and Dick Volentine to the company’s executive leadership team, and promoted Fran Weichsel, Darcy...
Court Upholds Dismissal of Apartheid Claims Against Ford, IBM
Jul 29 2015 // Victims of apartheid in South Africa cannot pursue lawsuits seeking to hold Ford Motor Co. and IBM Corp. liable for conducting business that helped perpetuate the practice decades ago, a U.S. appeals court ruled on...
American Claims Management’s Technology Edge Wins McCormack Baron Management Contract
Jul 29 2015 // San Diego, CA, July 29 2015– Cutting edge technology was one of the primary drivers behind McCormack Baron Management Inc.’s decision to select national third party administrator (TPA), American Claims Management...
Mitsubishi Says Edison Claims $7.57B over California Nuclear Facility
Jul 28 2015 // Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said the operator of the San Onofre nuclear plant is claiming $7.57 billion in damages related to the shutdown of the California facility. The Tokyo-based company said in a filing that U.S....
ACE Names North America Management Team for New Chubb
Jul 28 2015 // ACE Limited, which announced plans to acquire Chubb for $28 billion earlier this month, has designated a post-merger leadership team for the North American Insurance operations of the combined company. The North America...
ACE Names Chubb’s Krump Exec. VP – Global Underwriting & Claims
Jul 28 2015 // ACE Limited announced that Paul Krump, currently President of Personal Lines and Claims for Chubb, will serve as Executive Vice President for Global Underwriting and Claims for the parent company, effective “upon the...
Latest New York Corruption Cases Highlight Patronage Claims
Jul 27 2015 // It’s a practice seemingly as old as politics itself: top elected officials finding jobs for their wayward sons. The criminal cases against men who used to be two of New York’s most powerful lawmakers both hinge...
ACE Creates New Head of Claims Role for Eurasia and Africa
Jul 24 2015 // ACE Group has created a new regional head of claims role for the Eurasia and Africa region and has promoted Stephen Crabb, currently political risk and energy claims manager for ACE European Group, to the position. ACE...
Crawford Names Daniel VP of U.S. Property & Casualty Client Development
Jul 23 2015 // Dan Daniel Crawford & Company has named Dan Daniel as vice president, U.S. Property & Casualty client development. He formerly served as vice president of Catastrophe Services for U.S. Property & Casualty for...
Judge in California Says Uber Must Face Taxi Suit over Safety Claims
Jul 20 2015 // Uber Technologies Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over its claims to being safer than taxis. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco on Friday allowed the case to proceed, finding that the app-based ridesharing...
Judge Finds Injuries ‘Part of Soccer’ in Dismissing Concussion Lawsuits
Jul 20 2015 // A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit by soccer players and parents seeking to force FIFA and other governing bodies to change the sport’s rules to limit the risk of concussions and other head injuries, especially for...
Citizens to Hold Off on 2016 Sinkhole Rate Increases, For Now
Jul 20 2015 // In Citizens’ 2016 rate proposal, approved last month by the Citizens Board of Directors and awaiting approval by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, the insurer of last resort did not recommend any sinkhole...
Midwest – People
Jul 20 2015 // Church Mutual Insurance Co., based in Merrill, Wis., added Laura J. Hughes as chief marketing officer. She has more than 20 years of experience and an emphasis on the financial services industry. Prior to joining Church...
Regulator to Lawmakers: Leave Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association Funds Alone
Jul 20 2015 // Michigan’s top insurance regulator has taken a stance against a bill that would allow lawmakers to appropriate money for road projects from the state-created mechanism to reinsure unlimited medical benefits for auto...
How the Insurance Industry Is Using Google Glass
Jul 20 2015 // Improved customer service may be just one benefit insurers could see by using Google Glass in their operations. Michael Clifton, vice president of Insurance for Cognizant, described some of the benefits in the...
Opioid Abuse Rises in Construction, Manufacturing Sectors: CNA
Jul 20 2015 // CNA recently issued two new reports that examine the growing prescription opioid abuse epidemic and its effect on the U.S. workforce, focusing on the construction and manufacturing industries, which are particularly at...
Minnesota Parishes Want Archdiocese to Pay Abuse Defense Costs
Jul 17 2015 // Dozens of parishes in the Twin Cities want the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to pay their costs for settling clergy abuse claims. About 120 parishes want the archdiocese to reimburse them for paying too much into...
U.S. Appeals Court Rules for Whistleblowers in State Farm Katrina Fraud Case
Jul 16 2015 // Whistleblowers who sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. can seek more evidence of fraud against the U.S. government after 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, a federal appeals court ruled July 13. In its decision, the New...
