Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Okla. Claims Manager Pleads Guilty
Nov 18 2007 // The former claims manager for an Oklahoma insurance company has pleaded guilty to five felony counts of grand larceny by fraud. The alleged violations took place between the beginning of January 2005 and the end of July...
New Players Enter the E&O Market … But Some Agents May Not See Rates Decline
Nov 18 2007 // Despite a rosier outlook in the agents’ errors and omissions (E&O) insurance market compared with years past, many insurance agents still faced rate increases in their E&O coverage in 2007 and anticipate...
N.C. Engineering Firm to be Dropped from Miss. Katrina Insurance Suits
Nov 15 2007 // North Carolina-based Forensic Analysis and Engineering Corp., has reached a settlement with lawyers who have filed hundreds of lawsuits against State Farm Insurance Cos. on behalf of policyholders whose claims were denied...
New Information Could Aid Pa. Nuclear Workers’ Claims
Nov 14 2007 // Cold War-era nuclear weapons workers hope new documentation about their exposure to radiation at Bethlehem Steel will bolster their efforts to receive compensation from the government. Former steel worker Edwin Walker said...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Board Okays Consultant to Review Personnel, Claims
Nov 14 2007 // The board of North Dakota’s troubled workers compensation agency has voted to hire an outside consultant to review its operations. After meeting for about an hour behind closed doors, the board decided that a...
Former Okla. Claims Manager Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
Nov 13 2007 // The former claims manager for an Oklahoma insurance company has pleaded guilty to five felony counts of grand larceny by fraud, according to state Attorney General Drew Edmondson. The charges against Rhonda K. Bonnewell...
La. AG Sues Insurers, Alleges Price-Fixing and Conspiracy
Nov 9 2007 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti is suing the state’s largest property insurance companies, accusing insurers of conspiring to limit payments to policyholders after hurricanes Katrina and Rita and engaging in...
Mercury General Net Premiums Down in Q3, But Up in Calif.
Nov 7 2007 // Mercury General Corp., reported net income of $63.3 million in the third quarter of 2007, compared with $68.2 million for the same period in 2006. For the first nine months of 2007, net income was $193.2 million compared...
Defeat for Insurance Industry; Wash. Voters Approve Referendum 67
Nov 7 2007 // Much to many insurance companies’ dismay, Washington voters approved Referendum 67 yesterday, with 520,667 or 57 percent of voters in favor of the initiative to allow insureds to collect triple damages if their...
China Claims Some Progress in Improving Industrial Safety
Nov 6 2007 // A five-year campaign to improve China’s notoriously deadly industrial safety record is gaining steam, with accidental deaths falling by nearly 14 percent in the first ten months of this year, the country’s top...
Insurers Used Variety of Resources to Reach Out to Fire Victims
Nov 4 2007 // In the midst of the blazing wildfires that overwhelmed seven Southern California counties in October, insurance companies sprung into action. Most said they had learned from past catastrophes and that preparation was key...
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...
