Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Valley Authority Settles Environmental Claims
Apr 15 2011 // The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will invest as much as $5 billion to reduce coal-plant emissions to settle allegations of Clean Air Act violations at 11 coal-fired power plants in three states, the U.S. Environmental...
Murdoch News Corp. Hacking Scandal Claims Mount
Apr 15 2011 // public apology from Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper arm, designed to contain an escalating phone-hacking scandal, looked to have failed after a judge said civil cases against the firm could run into next year at...
Texas Wind Insurance Pool Selects Polak as Interim General Manager
Apr 14 2011 // The board of the insurer of last resort for property along the Texas coast has selected John Polak as the association’s interim general manager. Polak succeeds Randy Wipf, who was named acting general manager of the...
Insurance Fraud Claims on Rise in New York
Apr 13 2011 // Suspicious insurance claims in New York were up about 4.5 percent in 2010, an industry report shows. In 2010, insurers reported a total of 7,026 questionable claims in the state, compared with 6,726 in 2009, according to...
Workers’ Comp Costs per Claim Rise in Minnesota
Apr 8 2011 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim for injured workers in Minnesota have grown, but at a slower pace than other study states, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute...
O’Hare Joins Texas-based Medicus as Claims Director
Apr 8 2011 // Medical professional liability insurance carrier, Austin, Texas-based Medicus Insurance, announced that James O’Hare as has joined the company as Claims director. Prior to joining Medicus, O’Hare was vice...
Westside Rapist, Former California Claims Adjuster, Gets Life Sentences
Apr 5 2011 // A former state insurance adjuster dubbed the “Westside Rapist” by police has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven women in sexual attacks that terrified Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1980s. John...
U.S. Judge Dismisses Non-U.S. Car Buyers’ Claims Against Toyota
Apr 5 2011 // A U.S. judge said he would dismiss claims against Toyota Motor Corp. by non-U.S. car buyers who say their vehicles lost value because of manufacturing defects. Toyota has recalled 19 million vehicles globally since 2009...
Amlin Estimates Claims from Q1 Catastrophes
Apr 5 2011 // Specialist insurer Amlin plc has released initial estimates of the impact of the 2011 New Zealand earthquake, the Japanese earthquake and the 2011 Queensland floods. The bulletin described the 2011 New Zealand earthquake...
‘Old GM’ Carved into 4 Trusts for Claims
Apr 4 2011 // The company known as “Old GM” exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week and was carved into four trusts, marking the close of one of the most complex Chapter 11 cases in U.S. history. GM filed for bankruptcy in...
Japan Nuclear Crisis to Trigger Huge Civil Damage Claims
Apr 4 2011 // Japan’s nuclear crisis is likely to lead to one of the country’s largest and most complex ever set of claims for civil damages, handing a huge bill to the fiscally strained government and debt-laden plant...
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011, in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
Vermont Lawmakers Ask for Study on Medical Malpractice Claims
Apr 4 2011 // Vermont lawmakers may ask the Shumlin administration to produce recommendations for reforming the medical malpractice system in the state with an eye toward lowering health care costs. The issue of medical malpractice...
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011 in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011, in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
How Extensive Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Failed Banks’ Outside Professionals Be?
Apr 4 2011 // If a lawsuit filed on Feb. 7, 2011, in the Northern District of Georgia is any indication, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s (FDIC) efforts to pursue liability claims will not only include suits against the...
Why Community Associations Need Proper D&O Coverage
Apr 4 2011 // Board Members Today Face Common Claims from Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, Discrimination and Others It’s called “sleep insurance” for a reason. Directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance helps...
Plans to Reform Texas Wind Pool Taking Shape
Apr 4 2011 // Two Texas lawmakers have introduced separate but similar bills aimed at reforming the troubled state-backed wind risk insurer for property along the Texas coast. At a packed hearing on Mar. 15, Texas House of...
Montana Workers’ Comp Claims Decrease 5%
Apr 1 2011 // Montana workers’ compensation claims have decreased by more than 5 percent in the past year, state Insurance Commissioner Monica J. Lindeen announced. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently...
Whistleblower Sues California Nuclear Plant, Claims Firing Retaliatory
Mar 31 2011 // A former manager at one of California’s two nuclear power stations sued the facility’s operators Wednesday, claiming he was fired in retaliation for reporting safety concerns at the plant. The suit against...
