Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies Appoints Claims Manager
Jun 4 2013 // Union Mutual of Vermont Companies promoted Peter Heitmann to the position of claims manager.Peter HeitmannHeitmann joined Union Mutual in 1983 as a telephone adjuster, and moved to a regional general adjuster position...
22K Insurance Claims Filed After May 19, 20 Oklahoma Tornadoes
Jun 3 2013 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department says more than 22,000 claims have been filed for property and vehicles damaged by tornadoes that struck the state on May 19 and 20. The agency says claims filed so far represent insured...
New York City Tops List of Cities With Most Questionable Claims
Jun 3 2013 // New York City tops the list of U.S. cities with the highest number of questionable insurance claims, according to the latest analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). The NICB’s annual look at...
Mass. DOI to Issue Report on Boston Bombings
Jun 3 2013 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance said it is examining insurance claims arising from the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings to better understand the claims filed and paid. The division spokesperson Jayda Leder-Luis...
BP Oil Spill Claims Chief Bracing for Surge in Claims
Jun 3 2013 // The deadline for claims against BP Plc in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims says he is already bracing for a late surge in filings. Patrick...
Florida Fines Universal P/C $1.3M for Claims Delays, Notice Failures
May 31 2013 // Florida’s second largest property insurer is being hit with a fine of nearly $1.3 million. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced that his office was assessing a fine against Universal Property &...
N.Y.-Based Navigators Management Taps AIG Exec as New Chief Claims Officer
May 30 2013 // Rye Brook, N.Y.-based specialty insurer The Navigators Group appointed Glen Bronstein as chief claims officer of Navigators Management Company, the Group’s principal U.S. underwriting agency subsidiary. Prior to...
N.Y. Liquidation Bureau Distributed $346M in 2012; Over 6,000 Claims Resolved
May 29 2013 // New York State’s Financial Services Superintendent Ben Lawsky announced the publication of the New York Liquidation Bureau’s 2012 annual report. The report said that last year the Bureau distributed a record...
Greenberg Should Face Trial as ‘Deterrent,’ Says New York State
May 29 2013 // Hank Greenberg should still face trial over sham transactions he is accused of orchestrating while he was head of American International Group, even though New York has dropped most of its claims against him, a lawyer for...
Greenberg Seeks Dismissal of Spitzer Reinsurance Lawsuit
May 28 2013 // New York’s highest court will hear arguments on Tuesday on whether to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Hank Greenberg of orchestrating sham transactions when he was head of insurance company American International Group...
Hawaii Woman Sues Salvation Army, Claims Sex Abuse
May 28 2013 // A woman is suing the Salvation Army, claiming the organization moved a minister from Oahu to Maui after she reported he sexually abused her in the 1950s. Nancy Spencer’s lawsuit filed on Maui this week claims she was...
Four Major Universities Facing Sexual Assault Claims by Students
May 28 2013 // Students from four universities said they filed federal complaints alleging that their schools failed to address campus sexual assault and harassment. The college students filed actions with the U.S. Education Department...
U.S. Accountants Group Backs BP on Curbing Oil Spill Payouts
May 23 2013 // A group of U.S. accounting professors is backing BP’s fight to rein in compensation it has to pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which is threatening to add billions of dollars to its growing bill for the...
Oklahoma Commissioner: 4K Home, Auto Claims from Twisters So Far
May 22 2013 // More than 4,000 home and auto claims have been filed as a result of the recent spate of tornadoes in Oklahoma. That number is expected to rise, according to Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak. Doak has previously...
Miami-Dade School Officers Settle Sex Abuse Claims Against Police Chief
May 22 2013 // Two female police officers with the Miami-Dade County school system have settled lawsuits accusing the former police chief of sexually harassing them. Cmdr. Deanna Fox-Williams and Officer Yewande Gibson claimed in the...
Wage and Hour Claims Among Top Threats to U.S. Employers
May 21 2013 // Federal wage and hour lawsuits have reached a surprise record high, according to a report by law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Cases filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in have continued to skyrocket in 2013, despite...
NYC Tops List of Cities With Most Questionable Claims: NICB
May 20 2013 // New York City tops the list of U.S. cities with the highest number of questionable insurance claims, according to the latest analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). The NICB’s annual look at...
Homeowners not the Only Line of Insurance Affected by Texas Weather
May 20 2013 // Nature’s Perils Drive Cost of Agent E&O Coverage, Too It’s well known that Texas has some of the highest homeowners premiums in the nation – in large part due to the state’s vulnerability to...
Medical Malpractice Payouts Not Driving Up Health Costs: Study
May 20 2013 // Efforts to lower health care costs in the United States have focused at times on demands to reform the medical malpractice system, with some researchers asserting that large, headline-grabbing and “frivolous”...
Bill Limits California Workers’ Comp for Pro Athletes
May 20 2013 // Professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states would no longer be able to file workers’ compensation claims in California under a bill that has passed the state Assembly. Supporters...
