Latest Claims Headlines
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Port Authority Cleared of Negligence Claims in ’93 WTC Bombing
Sep 28 2011 // Last week, New York State’s high court cleared Port Authority of New York and New Jersey of negligence claims in the 1993 World Trade Center parking garage bombing. The Sept. 22 ruling reverses lower courts’...
State Farm: Weather Claims This Year Reach $5 Billion
Sep 26 2011 // State Farm Insurance has paid $5 billion to its customers for weather-related catastrophes — damage to cars, homes and other property so far this year — the largest U.S. insurer of homes and cars said...
Indiana Expediting Claim Process for Victims of State Fair State Collapse
Sep 22 2011 // Families of those who died and victims who were injured in the Indiana State Fair incident on Aug. 13, 2011, are being asked to complete a new customized claim form, now available online and through a toll-free number, in...
Wells Publishing to Launch New Claims Journal Magazine
Sep 22 2011 // Wells Publishing Inc. announces the launch of Claims Journal magazine, a quarterly publication targeting claims professionals in the property/casualty insurance industry. The new magazine, scheduled to launch the first...
Consumers Not Required to Arbitrate Warranty Claims with Car Dealers: Court
Sep 21 2011 // A federal appeals court handed car owners a victory by striking down a requirement that they arbitrate warranty disputes with dealers. Reversing a lower court ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a...
Va. Supreme Court: Insurer Not Liable For Claims From Global Warming
Sep 19 2011 // The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of an insurance company in a closely watched legal case involving global warming. The high court ruled that Steadfast Insurance Co., which provided commercial general liability...
Insurance Payments in Joplin, Missouri Recovery Top $1B
Sep 19 2011 // Insurance payouts from the May 22 Joplin tornado have exceeded $1 billion, according to the Missouri Department of Insurance. Home, auto and commercial insurers have reported their preliminary claims and payment numbers as...
State Auto Introduces Claims Team at Austin Facility
Sep 19 2011 // State Auto Insurance’s previously announced Austin, Texas, claims facility is now operational, the company reported. The following individuals serve on the claims team at the Austin facility: Sandra Robinson, claims...
Founders Insurance Promotes 2 in Illinois
Sep 19 2011 // Sharon A. Poradzisz has been promoted to vice president of personal lines claims and Wade D. Rankin has been promoted to commercial claims manager at the Founders Insurance Co. of Des Plaines, Ill. Poradzisz has 16 years...
Punitive Damages Ruling May Be Pivotal in BP Case
Sep 19 2011 // A key court ruling in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill litigation could change the landscape in the massive case — encouraging more plaintiffs to sue, or spurring the parties to make a deal to resolve what could be a long...
Damages Ruling May Be Pivotal in BP Gulf Oil Case
Sep 19 2011 // A key court ruling in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill litigation could change the landscape in the massive case – encouraging more plaintiffs to sue, or spurring the parties to make a deal to resolve what could be a...
Methodology and Experience Important in Evaluating Fine Art & Collectible Claims
Sep 19 2011 // Adjusting claims involving damage to fine art and collectibles may seem like a daunting task. Not so, says Heather Becker, CEO of The Conservation Center in Chicago, Ill. Adjusters can use a decision methodology to make...
Investor’s Lawsuit Claims HP Executives Misled
Sep 16 2011 // Hewlett-Packard Co. and top executives misled investors for months before unveiling a series of major decisions, such as the demise of the TouchPad, that hammered its shares, a shareholder alleged in a proposed...
NFL’s Edwards Claims Slander by Michigan Restaurant Cost Him Contract
Sep 16 2011 // San Francisco 49ers receiver Braylon Edwards has filed a $14 million slander lawsuit, claiming allegations that he was directly involved in a fight at a suburban Detroit restaurant cost him a big guaranteed contract from...
Fire-weary Texas Residents Looking to Insurance
Sep 15 2011 // Brandon Bunker knew there would be nothing left. He knew from videos he had seen online that the home he and his wife shared with his father was a total loss and that his Jeep Grand Cherokee had been reduced to a...
Lloyd’s Syndicate Sues Saudi Arabia for $215M Over 9/11 Claims
Sep 15 2011 // Lloyd’s of London’s Syndicate 3500 filed a federal lawsuit against Saudi Arabia, several Saudi charity and financial organizations and prominent Saudi individuals over 9/11 terror attacks. The insurer said...
Schinnerer Adds Enhancements to Real Estate E&O Policy
Sep 12 2011 // Coverage for open houses, mold, network risks and privacy claims are now part of Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s real estate E&O policy. Schinnerer includes the three new coverages at no additional...
Swiss Re Report Estimates 2011 First 6 Months Cat Losses at $70 Billion
Sep 9 2011 // Preliminary estimates from Swiss Re’s newly released sigma report indicate that “total insured losses for the global insurance industry from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters reached an estimated $70...
BP Fund Administrator to Consult Indiana on State Fair Claims
Sep 7 2011 // Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has announced that Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of victim compensation funds after 9/11 and the BP Gulf oil spill, has agreed to consult with the Attorney General’s Office...
UK’s Justice Action Group Rebuts ABI’s Stance on Personal Injury Claims
Sep 6 2011 // The Access to Justice Action Group (AJAG) responded swiftly to the study and the bulletin published by the Association of British Insurers and a coalition of UK business groups, seeking to amend Britain’s personal...
