Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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Apr 8 2013 // Agents appear to be winning the race in home insurance — at least when it comes to claims. Home insurance claimants who file through agents show greater satisfaction levels — 50 points higher — than those who file...
Ruling Against BP Clears Way for Appeal of Spill Payouts
Apr 5 2013 // A U.S. judge’s ruling Friday against BP Plc means the company can proceed with its appeal of the way a court-appointed administrator apportions payments for claims related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, some...
The Never Ending Snoball Fight
Apr 4 2013 // Snowfall in Southern Louisiana is a rarity, but one doozy of a snowball fight has been ongoing since at least 2006 and has resulted in four separate lawsuits, now consolidated in the United States District Court for the...
Tennessee Senate Approves Governor’s Workers’ Compensation Claims Change
Apr 3 2013 // Legislation that seeks to change the way injured workers’ claims are considered passed the Senate despite opponents who say it would reduce benefits and remove impartiality from the judgment process. The measure,...
Kenyon Named Regional Vice President of Claims at Amerisure
Apr 2 2013 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based property/casualty insurance provider, Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co., has added Becky Kenyon as regional vice president of claims. Prior to joining Amerisure, Kenyon was vice president,...
North Dakota Wants Another Look at Worker’s Comp
Apr 2 2013 // Tim Lambertson has fought a long legal battle to keep from seeing the doctor. The North Dakota former truck driver, who was sidelined from work by an injury sustained while unloading potatoes, would welcome medical...
Gulf Oil Spill Claims Czar Seeks Dismissal of BP Suit
Apr 2 2013 // The administrator of BP Plc’s settlement with thousands of people and businesses who sued over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill urged a federal judge on Monday to end the company’s lawsuit over how he...
New Jersey Selects Administrator for Sandy Claims Mediation Program
Apr 1 2013 // Kenneth Kobylowski, commissioner for New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance, announced on March 28 that his department has selected the American Arbitration Association to administer a mediation program for...
Bars Often Roll Dice on Liquor Liability Coverage
Apr 1 2013 // Louisiana beer tavern owners Chuck Brechtel and Eddie Dyer are the first to admit that plenty can go wrong when your main line of work is serving alcohol to thirsty crowds all night. For that reason, they say they err...
Home Insurance Claimants Who Use Agents Happier Than Those Who Don’t
Apr 1 2013 // Satisfaction among home insurance claimants who file through agents is 50 points higher than it is for those who file claims directly. However, the percentage of customers filing through direct channels continues to...
Big Banks Win Dismissal of Most LIBOR Rate Rigging Claims
Mar 31 2013 // The world’s biggest banks won a major victory on Friday when a U.S. judge dismissed a “substantial portion” of the claims in private lawsuits accusing them of rigging global benchmark interest rates. The...
UC Irvine to Settle Federal Fraud Claims For $1.2M
Mar 29 2013 // UC Irvine has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle allegations that the Southern California university allowed residents at its medical center to give patients anesthesia without supervision, then billed Medicare as if...
Study Shows Medical Claims Cost Increasing in Delaware
Mar 28 2013 // A new study says medical claims costs in Delaware will increase by almost 30 percent for individual policies under President Obama’s health care reform plan. The report released Tuesday by the Society of Actuaries...
Report: Massachusetts to See Drop in Medical Claims Costs
Mar 28 2013 // Medical claims costs are expected to soar in many states under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Massachusetts is an exception. A new study by the nation’s leading group of financial risk analysts,...
WCRI Says Medical Care Costs for Injured Workers Low in Michigan
Mar 27 2013 // The costs of medical care for injured workers in Michigan is the lowest of any state in a 16-state study conducted by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). While medical payments in Michigan were lower than...
Record Crop Claims Fuel Debate Over Government Subsidies for Farmers
Mar 25 2013 // Farmers will be paid a record $16 billion in crop insurance claims for 2012 because of the widespread drought, a staggering amount that has critics calling for changes to what they say is an inefficient taxpayer subsidy...
Claims Against BP Contractors Dismissed at Trial
Mar 22 2013 // A federal judge conducting a trial to assign fault for the nation’s worst offshore oil spill dismissed claims against a BP contractor and the company that made a key safety device on the drilling rig that exploded in...
Insurers Handling Claims from Southeast Hail Storms
Mar 21 2013 // Several southern states are cleaning up after powerful winds and massive hail hammered the region. Hundreds of claims are pouring in to insurance companies in Mississippi, an early indication of the widespread damage left...
RSA in Agreement with NFU Mutual to Control Claims, Cut Costs
Mar 21 2013 // RSA announced that it has concluded a bilateral agreement with major UK rural insurer NFU Mutual to help control accident claims and remove unnecessary costs. David Pitt, RSA Claims Director, UK & Western Europe,...
Ex-Charter School Principal Claims Wrongful Firing in Idaho
Mar 18 2013 // The former co-principal of a southwestern Idaho charter school is suing the school and its board chairman for wrongful dismissal because she says she was fired after reporting that the school was violating admission...
