Latest Claims Headlines
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Federal Court Tosses Jury Award in Katrina Jail Lawsuit
Mar 16 2012 // A Louisiana federal appeals court on March 12 threw out a jury’s award of more than $650,000 to two Ohio tourists who were arrested in New Orleans on public drunkenness charges two days before Hurricane...
N.Y. Agents Tell Senate Panel of Flood Insurance Claims Hassles
Mar 16 2012 // A director of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York told lawmakers and regulators this week that New Yorkers are dealing with unnecessary hassles when they make flood insurance claims. William Oliver...
Ohio Court: Builders Must Construct Homes in ‘Workmanlike Manner’
Mar 16 2012 // Ohio’s high court has held that home builders have a duty imposed by law to construct a home “in a workmanlike manner using ordinary care,” despite the wording of any warranty document. The Supreme Court...
California Workers’ Comp Premium Grows But Claim Severity Continues to Rise
Mar 15 2012 // An annual report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California shows that for the second consecutive year statewide workers’ compensation premiums levels rose in 2011, but that...
Debt Ridden India Makes More Claims on Its Insurance Giant
Mar 13 2012 // An Indian government company with more than a quarter of a billion customers has once again dug into its pockets to prop up its financially-strapped owner. Policyholders in the Life Insurance Corporation of India, a...
Feds Claims Kentucky Mine Owes $1.6M in Safety Fines
Mar 13 2012 // Federal mining officials are suing a southeastern Kentucky mine for more than $1.6 million owed in delinquent fines for violations of safety laws. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration said it issued 1,244...
Report: Increasing Workers’ Comp Losses For California Public Self-Insureds
Mar 12 2012 // A analysis of more than 10 years’ worth of data shows for the fifth consecutive year increases in the average loss per claim, led by escalating medical losses, pushed up total workers’ compensation costs for...
Negligence Claims Bills Sent to Florida Governor’s Desk
Mar 12 2012 // A claims bill that would pay $2.4 million to the parents of murdered Tallahassee police informant Rachel Hoffman went to Gov. Rick Scott after a final vote Friday in the Florida Senate. The measure (HB 7131) will allow the...
American Claims Management Appointed Dalessandro Director of Business Development
Mar 12 2012 // San Diego, CA, 03/12/12 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM), a national third party administrator, has hired Jeffrey Dalessandro as director of business development. Effective February 27, 2012, Dalessandro...
Florida AG HIres Law Firms to Pursue Gulf Oil Spill Claims
Mar 12 2012 // Attorney General Pam Bondi has hired four law firms to help with Florida’s claims related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill two years ago. Bondi said the firms will work on a contingency basis, earning 2.5 percent of...
Gulf Oil Spill: Tales of 3 Plaintiffs
Mar 12 2012 // The phone at Joan Strohmeyer’s fishing lodge in Venice, Louisiana, has been ringing steadily since 2010, but not many of the calls are from customers who want to go fishing. Mainly, they are from lawyers who want her...
1 of 3 High-Profile Negligence Claims Bills Reaches Florida Gov. Scott’s Desk
Mar 9 2012 // Aaron Edwards squirmed in delight on his mother’s lap in the Florida Senate gallery Wednesday as the chamber passed a bill to compensate him for negligence during his birth at a public hospital 14 years ago that left...
Nebraska Medical Liability Insurer Adds Staff, Announces Promotions
Mar 9 2012 // Preferred Professional Insurance Company (PPIC), an Omaha, Neb.-based Catholic-owned medical liability insurance firm, has hired Patti Hiemer as the company’s accounting clerk and made a number of staff...
Lawyers in Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Prepare for Fight Over Fees
Mar 8 2012 // The estimated $7.8 billion settlement reached last week between BP Plc and attorneys for victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill left many details unresolved, but at least one thing looks like a sure bet. The lawyers are...
BP Settlement Relieves Feinberg of Duties; New Claims Process to Start
Mar 8 2012 // The man who has paid out billions of dollars to victims of the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been formally relieved of his duties, and a federal judge has set up a new process to let more people and businesses...
Portland Sues Former Insurance Company Over Claims
Mar 8 2012 // Portland is suing a former insurance carrier for $1.5 million in legal defense costs for claims involving nine employees. The city says the ICSP company refused to pay costs that exceeded the city’s $1 million limit....
Whistleblower Says BofA Defrauded Home Loan Remodification Program
Mar 7 2012 // Bank of America NA prevented homeowners from receiving mortgage-loan modifications under a federal program in order to avoid millions of dollars in losses while benefiting from financial incentives for participating in the...
Lawyer Claims Highest Known Workers’ Comp Settlement in California History
Mar 7 2012 // Attorney Christopher Asvar believes he has secured the highest known workers’ compensation insurance settlement in California history, totaling $8.9 million on behalf of a Antonio Enriquez, who suffered a traumatic...
Portland Sues Former Insurance Company Over Claims
Mar 7 2012 // Portland is suing a former insurance carrier for $1.5 million in legal defense costs for claims involving nine employees. The city says the ICSP company refused to pay costs that exceeded the city’s $1 million limit....
K&B Introduces Workers’ Compensation Program
Mar 7 2012 // K&B Underwriters has launched a new workers’ compensation product in collaboration with SeaBright Insurance Co. The carrier will bring a claims handling and loss control program to K&B’s senior living...
