Latest Claims Headlines
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MARSH UK: POSSIBLE LIABILITIES FROM SUBPRIME DEFAULTS
Sep 3 2007 // Marsh UK recently issued a warning to European financial services sectors, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater Directors’ and...
Case Watch
Sep 3 2007 // Bad Faith Pickett v. Texas Mut. Ins. Co. Tex.App., Austin, July 26, 2007 Requirement that insured exhaust workers” compensation administrative procedures prior to bad faith suit sustains constitutional...
Ohio court ruling could impact auto damage claims
Sep 3 2007 // An Ohio couple whose vehicle was wrecked are entitled to more than just the money it will cost to repair it, according to a state appeals court ruling that found the couple also should be compensated because the accident...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Report: insurers did not shift wind claims A preliminary report from the federal government has found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina...
Marsh cautions Europeans on U.S. subprime crisis
Sep 3 2007 // Insurance broker Marsh UK issued a warning to the European financial services sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater D&O and E&O...
Case Watch
Sep 3 2007 // Bad Faith Pickett v. Texas Mut. Ins. Co. Tex.App., Austin, July 26, 2007 Requirement that insured exhaust workers” compensation administrative procedures prior to bad faith suit sustains constitutional...
Trial Bar Report: Insurers Still Denying Claims 2 Years After Katrina
Aug 30 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the homes of thousands of Gulf Coast residents insurance companies are still systematically denying policyholders fair and just claims payments following this and other natural...
NCCI: Workers’ Compensation Claims Frequency Continues to Fall
Aug 27 2007 // The decline in claim frequency for workers’ compensation injuries has continued into 2006, and the decline continues to be widespread, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. NCCI’s latest...
Ohio Court Ruling Could Impact Auto Damage Claims
Aug 27 2007 // An Ohio couple whose vehicle was wrecked are entitled to more than just the money it will cost to repair it, according to a state appeals court ruling that found the couple also should be compensated because the accident...
Colo. Hail Damage Tops $19 Million
Aug 27 2007 // A storm that brought hail the size of half dollars caused at least $19.4 million in damages in the Pueblo, Colo., area, based on claims made to one insurance company. May Hendershot of State Farm Insurance said almost...
Surgeons Got Off on Wrong Foot, Claims Pa. Patient
Aug 26 2007 // Doctors performed surgery on the wrong foot of a Pennsylvania man who wanted to have a bunion and hammer toe corrected, according to a lawsuit. Terry Fortson, 60, of McKeesport, said doctors at the Veterans Affairs...
Alaska Court Decision Could Open Door to Millions of Disability Claims, Nonprofit Says
Aug 23 2007 // The Alaska Supreme Court has decided a case that could open the door to disability claims from millions of wireless industry or maintenance workers who experience occupational exposures to operating antenna arrays,...
Marsh UK Warns of Possible E&O, D&O Liabilities from Subprime Defaults
Aug 21 2007 // Marsh UK issued a warning to the European financial services sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater Directors’ and Officers’...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // $40.6 billion paid on 1.7 million insurance claims Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been...
FORE! Golf club risk moves off course
Aug 20 2007 // In June 2007, a California woman was awarded $4.3 million for injuries she received in a golf car crash that left her too disabled to continue her successful photography and jewelry design careers. A wheel of the car she...
FORE! Golf club risk moves off course
Aug 20 2007 // In June 2007, a California woman was awarded $4.3 million for injuries she received in a golf car crash that left her too disabled to continue her successful photography and jewelry design careers. A wheel of the car she...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been the single largest loss — $40.6 billion —...
Interim Report: No Proof Insurers Labeled Katrina Wind Claims as Flood
Aug 16 2007 // A preliminary report from the federal government has found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina onto the federal government’s flood...
U.S. May Join Lawsuit Claiming Insurers Defrauded Government Over Katrina Claims
Aug 8 2007 // The U.S. Department of Justice is weighing whether to intervene in a lawsuit that accuses insurance companies of overbilling the federal government for flood damage from Hurricane Katrina, a judge who unsealed the case on...
R&SA Posts $482 Million H1 Profit Despite UK Flood Claims
Aug 8 2007 // The UK’s Royal & SunAlliance enjoyed a prosperous first half of 2007, despite the costly flood losses that hit the UK in June and July. After tax profits for the period were £237 million ($482 million) only...
