Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Makers of 2,4-D Deny Ark. Cotton Growers Crop-damage Claims
Jul 19 2007 // Five manufacturers of the herbicide 2,4-D have denied claims made in a suit by a group of 82 cotton growers in northeast Arkansas who say the companies’ products harmed last year’s crop. The lawsuit filed June...
Sonic Claims Sylvania Signs Caused Fires at Restaurants
Jul 19 2007 // Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Sonic Restaurants Inc. is seeking more than $750,000 in a lawsuit against Osram Sylvania Inc. claiming that lighted signs at some of the company’s drive-in restaurants have been damaged by...
Hylant Group Names Vice President, Claims Counsel in Cleveland Office
Jul 18 2007 // Michelle Lafferty recently joined Hylant Group as vice president in the Cleveland, Ohio, office serving as the Corporate Claims Practice leader and Claims counsel., the company announced. Lafferty is responsible for...
Okla. Woman Accused of Committing Fraud with Cattle Loss Claims
Jul 16 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland recently announced that department anti-fraud investigators presented an Affidavit of Probable Cause in Pontotoc County alleging Holly Timmons Campbell committed insurance fraud...
L.A. archdiocese to pay $600 million to settle abuse claims
Jul 16 2007 // The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, by far the largest payout in the church’s sexual abuse scandal, the Associated Press learned...
LWCC Appoints Breard as Claims Operations Manager
Jul 13 2007 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced that Jill Breard has joined the company as operations manager in the risk management services (RMS) division. In this position, Breard will be responsible...
Trial Set in Calif. for Latin American Banana Workers
Jul 11 2007 // The pesticide was designed to kill worms infesting the roots of banana trees on Latin American plantations. But at least 5,000 agricultural workers from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama have filed five...
Insurance Group Urges Defeat of Wis. Auto Repair Shop Legislation
Jul 11 2007 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) today urged Wisconsin legislators to reject two bills that would make it illegal for insurers to provide their customers valuable information after a car accident. “These...
Weatherson Named Claims Processing Center Manager for Calif. SCIF
Jul 10 2007 // Michelle Weatherson has been promoted to program manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Claims Processing Center. Weatherson was hired as a sales representative for the...
Travelers Settles ACandS Asbestos Claims for $365 Million Net
Jul 6 2007 // The Travelers Companies, Inc. said it has settled all current and future asbestos-related coverage claims relating to ACandS, Inc. Under the settlement agreement, Travelers will contribute $449 million to a trust to be...
Engle Martin & Associates’ Texas Offices Relocating
Jul 6 2007 // Engle Martin & Associates Inc., a national claims service provider, is moving its Dallas and Houston, Texas, offices, the company announced The Dallas office is moving to 17304 Preston Road, Suite 740, Dallas, Texas...
Oregon Fines Nine AIG Companies $5 Million
Jul 6 2007 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has imposed a $5 million fine on nine insurers in the American International Group (AIG) for numerous violations of Oregon insurance and workers’...
Lawsuit claims insurer denied firefighter’s benefits, caused death
Jul 2 2007 // The family of a Puyallup, Wash., firefighter has filed a lawsuit claiming the city of Puyallup and its insurer illegally denied health benefits after the worker contracted a disease on the job that eventually led to his...
Coverage interpretation and claims litigation at odds
Jul 2 2007 // But overall, construction market looks ‘optimistic,’ Willis exec says Today’s construction underwriters and their claim departments may not be following the same blueprint on issues of coverage...
Contracts count when dealing with subcontractors
Jul 2 2007 // Language, legislative knowledge, and right insurance partner keys to wrapping up volatile market One of the many challenges general contractors — both commercial and residential — have faced over the past five...
Contracts count when dealing with subcontractors
Jul 2 2007 // One of the many challenges general contractors — both commercial and residential — have faced over the past five years involves subcontractor insurance. The subcontractor marketplace has always been volatile....
Coverage interpretation and claims litigation at odds
Jul 2 2007 // Today’s construction underwriters and their claim departments may not be following the same blueprint on issues of coverage interpretation for losses involving general liability and property damage claims, says Paul...
Nationwide Adds $25 Million to Miss. Slab Claim Reevaluations
Jun 28 2007 // The Nationwide Insurance Companies, who agreed to voluntarily reevaluate Hurricane Katrina slab cases in April, have paid an additional $25 million in claims payments since the reevaluation process began, according to...
Allstate Agrees to Mass Settlement of Mississippi Katrina Claims
Jun 28 2007 // Allstate Insurance Co. has agreed to a mass settlement of claims by a group of Mississippi policyholders who sued the insurer over damage to their homes from Hurricane Katrina, a company spokesman and a lawyer for the...
Sims Named Claims Manager for Calif. State Fund
Jun 22 2007 // Karen Sims has been promoted to claims manager for the California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Fresno Claims Processing Center. Sims was hired as an office assistant in the organization’s Fresno District...
