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The Impact of Prior Work Exclusions and Sunset Provisions in CGL Policies
Sep 8 2014 // The commercial general liability (CGL) occurrence form policy is like a row of briefcases each filled with $1 million. Inscribed on the front of each briefcase is a year representing a specific annual policy period. Each...
Over 1,300 Claims Filed After Revere Tornado
Sep 8 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) said that as of Aug. 27, the state’s insurers have received more than 1,300 claims from a rare tornado that ripped through the coastal city of Revere on July 28. The DOI...
Group Appeals to Michigan Supreme Court in Auto Claims Case
Sep 5 2014 // A group is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to force an insurance fund that charges drivers a fee to open its books to the public. The Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault won its case in Ingham County only to see the state...
Halliburton Agrees to $1.1 Billion Gulf Oil Claims Settlement
Sep 2 2014 // Halliburton Co. agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle a majority of lawsuits brought over its role in the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The agreement is subject to court approval and includes legal fees, the...
State Farm Enhances Claims Reporting App with Object Recognition Technology
Aug 28 2014 // State Farm has added object recognition technology to their Pocket Agent app to make submitting an auto claim via a mobile device easier and simplify the claims process. This new technology reduces the need for typing by...
Third-Party Bad Faith Claims Add $800M to Florida Auto Insurance Costs: IRC
Aug 28 2014 // Florida’s third-party bad-faith lawsuit environment may have resulted in more than $800 million in additional auto liability claim payments in 2013. The industry-supported Insurance Research Council (IRC) in a new...
Mass. DOI: Insurers Received Over 1,300 Claims From Revere Tornado
Aug 27 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) said the state’s insurers have so far received more than 1,300 claims from a rare tornado that ripped through the coastal city of Revere on July 28. The DOI said...
Missouri Regulators Assisting Ferguson Businesses with Property Claims
Aug 27 2014 // Representatives from the Missouri Department of Insurance headed to Ferguson on Aug. 27 to assist businesses that experienced damage during recent protests with filing insurance claims and to answer questions about the...
Court Asked to Dimiss Spill Claims Against West Virginia Airport, Chemical Producer
Aug 25 2014 // An airport and a chemical producer want claims dismissed in a lawsuit partly targeting them over a January chemical spill. In U.S. District Court in Charleston, Yeager Airport filed a motion last week to dismiss claims in...
Report: Injury Claims Against NYC Correction Dept. Doubled in 5 Years
Aug 21 2014 // A new analysis published by the New York City comptroller’s office shows there were 2,245 personal injury correctional facility claims filed against the city’s Department of Correction in fiscal year 2014 which...
Settlements Against Uninsured New Mexico Rail Service Reach Nearly $8M
Aug 20 2014 // New Mexico’s commuter rail service has received a free ride while taxpayers have shelled out nearly $8 million to settle damage claims against the Rail Runner Express, according to state records. The Rail Runner,...
Maine Woman Sues GM, Claims Burn From Heated Car Seat
Aug 19 2014 // A Maine woman who says she suffered a third-degree burn from a heated seat in Chevrolet Suburban has sued General Motors. Emma Verrill says in her suit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, that GM failed to...
Insureds Rarely Have Home Inventories Despite Benefits, Say Claims Pros
Aug 18 2014 // Despite big storms and wildfires highlighting the need, home inventories are rare, say insurance industry experts. A recent Allstate Insurance survey of Atlanta homeowners found that while than more than 90 percent of...
FEMA Chief Questioned Over Sandy Claims
Aug 18 2014 // The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency has asked an independent watchdog to examine whether the flood insurance program is shortchanging Superstorm Sandy victims. Administrator Craig Fugate testified before a...
West Virginia Chemical Spill Claims Mount
Aug 18 2014 // Charleston, West Virginia-based Freedom Industries can expect about 5,000 groups to ask for money in bankruptcy claims over the January chemical spill that seeped into West Virginia’s biggest water supply. The...
Mass. DOI Providing Claims Assistance to Revere Tornado Victims
Aug 14 2014 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) announced this week its staff will be providing ongoing assistance for Revere residents and business owners who have open claims or other concerns related to the July 28th...
Chemical Spill Claims Against West Virginia Company Top $160M
Aug 12 2014 // When coal-cleaning chemicals seeped into West Virginia’s biggest water supply in January, the city of Cincinnati had a decision to make 200 miles downstream. As the city feared, a sheet of contaminants cruised down...
Female Bank Robbery Conspirator Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 11 2014 // Aurora Barrera, 33, of Downey was arrested on charges related to her allegedly submitting a fraudulent workers’ compensation claim for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder associated with a robbery, she...
Alabama Judge Dismisses Circumcision Malpractice Case
Aug 11 2014 // An Alabama law passed to rein in health care costs nearly three decades ago was at the heart of a judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit over what a man claims was a botched circumcision. Circuit Judge Jim Hughey III...
Sexual Harassment Claims Against Oklahoma Group Settled
Aug 11 2014 // The Grand River Dam Authority in Oklahoma has reached settlements with two ex-employees over claims of sexual harassment and wrongful termination. The settlements follow a 10-month investigation into claims of sexual...
