Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Washington Medical Malpractice Claims Decreasing
Nov 4 2007 // A medical malpractice report on closed claims data indicates that claims are down in Washington. This is the third medical malpractice closed claim report issued by state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. It analyzes...
Mapping out lawyers liability
Nov 4 2007 // Attorneys are singularly aware of liability exposures and the impact of litigation in modern society. Accordingly, attorneys are adroit and meticulous about the insurance coverage they purchase. Insurance must fulfill...
News Currents
Nov 4 2007 // Catastrophic wildfires sweep across Southern California Industry estimates insured losses at more than $1.5 billion and rising Insured losses are continuing to accumulate from Southern California wildfires that burned in...
Home Depot, Conn. Insulation Firm Settle R.I. Nightclub Fire Claims
Nov 2 2007 // Home Depot Inc. and a Connecticut insulation company have tentatively agreed to a $5 million settlement in lawsuits brought by survivors of a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire and relatives of the 100 people killed, a...
Fla. OKs 2 Percent Insurance Surcharge Due to 2004-05 Storms
Nov 1 2007 // Floridians with homeowner, commercial and liability insurance polices will pay a third 2 percent surcharge to help cover claims against four insurers that went belly up after a series of hurricanes in 2004 and...
Calif. Wildfire Claims Up To About 14,000
Oct 31 2007 // Roughly 14,000 insurance claims have been filed as a result of last week’s fire and wind storms, according to the Insurance Information Network of California. Working in partnership with the Insurance Information...
Declaratory judgment actions decide obligations under insurance contracts
Oct 27 2007 // A declaratory judgment action is essentially a request — typically by the insurer but often by the insured — that a court examine the relevant insurance policy provisions and declare the rights and obligations...
For small truckers, exceed the minimum
Oct 27 2007 // The past few years have not been easy for the U.S. trucking industry. Rising fuel prices, threats of terrorism, new regulations and the daily challenges of simply moving heavy freight from point A to point B, have combined...
Insurers Rebut Claims Policies Will Be Cancelled Due to Wildfires
Oct 26 2007 // Insurance industry associations in California are hoping to quell concerns stirred up they say by the media and politicians that indicate homeowners’ policies would be cancelled because of the wildfires. The...
Most Evacuees Returning Home, Industry Surveys Damage
Oct 26 2007 // Many evacuees from the Southern California wildfires are being allowed to return to their homes, even while nine fires remain burning. According to the National Interagency Coordination Center, 416,511 acres have burned...
ACE Insurance Pays $4.5 Million to Settle Multi-state Bid-rigging Claims
Oct 26 2007 // ACE Group Holdings has agreed to pay $4.5 million to end a bid-rigging and price-fixing case, according to state officials. The monies will be divided among eight states and the District of Columbia. Florida’s Chief...
U.S. Attorney Seeks Computer Hard Drive in Mississippi Katrina Probe
Oct 26 2007 // An engineering firm that helped adjust insurance claims on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina is seeking to block an employee’s computer hard drive from being turned over to a federal grand jury in...
Telephone Numbers for Southern California Insurance Claims
Oct 23 2007 // The Insurance Information Network of California is collecting and updating contact and claims information from insurance carriers for the wildfire and will be updating them on its Website at www.iinc.org throughout this...
Insurers Say Calif. Wildfire Claims May Reach $500 Million
Oct 23 2007 // Exclusive Video California Wildfires: Insurance Industry Assesses Impact California Wildfires: Insurers On Site at Evacuation Centers The insurance industry is estimating that the damage from the wildfires in southern...
Marsh Establishes Middle East Forensic Accounting, Claims Practice
Oct 19 2007 // Marsh announced from Dubai that it has established a Forensic Accounting and Claims Services (FACS) Practice for the Middle East and North Africa, which will be based in the city on the Persian Gulf. Ian Peters, formerly a...
Fla. Insurer Activates Mobile Claims Center in Pensacola
Oct 19 2007 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. opened a mobile claims center in Pensacola today to help policyholders with property damaged by tornadoes that ripped through the area, a Citizens official said. “We opened the...
Lloyd’s: Electronic Claims Processing Advances; Too Slow Says Langley
Oct 17 2007 // The Market Reform Group (MRG), which directs the efforts of Lloyd’s and the London insurance market to move from paper to electronic processing, has issued its latest bulletin. It focuses on the committee’s...
Mich. House Passes ‘Opt Out’ Option for State’s Helmet Law
Oct 12 2007 // The Michigan State House passed legislation on Thursday, Oct. 11th that would enable motorcyclists to ride without their helmets on Michigan roads. The newest proposal includes an “opt-out” solution. Michigan...
Property/Casualty Insurers to Pay $1.13 Billion in 3Q Cat Claims
Oct 11 2007 // U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $1.125 billion for third-quarter property losses resulting from a total of six catastrophes in 11 states, according to preliminary...
Ind. Benicorp in Liquidation; Guaranty Funds to Handle Leftover Claims
Oct 10 2007 // Indiana-based Benicorp Insurance Co. will liquidate under an order filed late last week by a circuit judge. The company’s remaining assets will be sold to generate money, and guaranty associations in several states...
