Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Study: Mass. Workers’ Comp Cost Trend Slows; Average Claim Typical
May 18 2006 // The costs per workers’ compensation claim in Massachusetts rose 8 percent for claims evaluated mid 2004 with an average of 12 months’ maturity, according to a new study by the Cambridge, Mass-based Workers...
Report Says Comp Costs per Claim in La. Higher Than in Median State
May 17 2006 // Louisiana’s average total cost per claim placed it among the group of states with higher average costs per claim when compared to the median study state, according to a new report by the Cambridge, Mass.-based...
Complaints Lead to Probe of La. Insurers’ Hurricane Claims Handling
May 17 2006 // Lousiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced the Department of Insurance is set to begin market conduct examinations on two insurers, Allstate and St. Paul/Travelers. Donelon said he ordered the exams in...
Tucker to Manage Crawford & Co.’s Atlanta Claims Services
May 17 2006 // Stu Tucker has been named branch manager of the Atlanta Claims Services Branch of Crawford & Co. Tucker began his career with Crawford & Co. in 1986 in Fort Wayne, Ind., and has served in a number of roles, most...
Tips for Filing Flood Insurance Claims
May 17 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided the following claim-filing tips for homeowners and businesses with flood coverage. Immediately: • Call your agent or insurance company. Have the following information...
Texas Best, Vermont Worst Tort Climate for Jobs, Capital Investment, Claims New Study
May 16 2006 // In the competition for jobs and capital investment among the states, those states that suffer from high tort costs will continue to lose jobs and businesses to states with superior tort systems, according to a new report...
Rogers Joins Crawford & Co. as Director of Casualty Services
May 16 2006 // Lester Rogers has joined Crawford & Co. in Atlanta as director of Casualty Services, according to Philip Porter, senior vice president of Claims Management Services. “Rogers adds a great depth of experience to...
Global Claims Opens San Diego Office
May 16 2006 // Specialist international marine claims firm, Global Claims Management Ltd., will be opening a San Diego office and claims portal service on June 1. The San Diego office will provide marine claims surveying and adjusting...
MiniCo Adds Clemmensen as Claims Manager
May 16 2006 // Phoenix-based MiniCo Inc. has announced the appointment of Jim Clemmensen as the company’s new claims manager. He will be responsible for the operation of the claims department and oversight of in-house claims staff....
Surgeons’ Costs Differ Widely within the Same Hospital, Study Claims
May 15 2006 // Two surgeons at the same hospital perform the same operations on patients with similar medical histories. Their costs to the hospital are similar, right? Not necessarily. The difference in cost could be as much as 45...
Scruggs Sues Allstate for Denying Katrina Claims
May 15 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co. has been sued for allegedly denying rightful claims of hurricane-damaged homes. Lawyer Richard Scruggs filed the lawsuit Friday in federal court on behalf of 310 Allstate policyholders allegedly...
Upstate N.Y. Stone Mason Under-Reported Workers’ Comp, Says Fund
May 14 2006 // An upstate New York employer’s alleged attempt to pay lower premium than required for his workers’ compensation policy with The New York State Insurance Fund began to unravel after he filed a claim for an...
Metro N.Y. Auto Claims Costlier Than Upstate, Industry Study Says
May 12 2006 // A recent Insurance Research Council (IRC) study of auto injury insurance claims in the state of New York finds that claimants from the New York City metropolitan area exhibit very different claiming behaviors than...
Study: Four Out of 10 Medical Malpractice Cases are Groundless
May 11 2006 // About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the...
Alaska Legislature Ends Session; Rejects Self-Insurance Bill
May 11 2006 // Alaska legislators concluded the 2006 regular session this week and in the final hours rejected a bill opposed by insurers that would have encouraged more employers to self-insure for workers’...
State Farm Sued by Gulf Coast Homeowners Over Katrina Claims
May 11 2006 // A lawsuit filed by more than 650 Gulf Coast homeowners accuses State Farm Insurance Co. of using a “one-size-fits-all” engineering report as the basis for refusing to cover damage to homes destroyed by...
N.H. Court: ‘Loss of Familial Relationship” Not Separate Claim
May 11 2006 // The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently ruled that a loss of “familial relationship” caused by the death of a child does not constitute a separate and additional bodily injury claim to trigger an insurance...
La. Senate Approves Bill Extending Hurricane Claims Deadline
May 10 2006 // The Louisiana Senate approved a bill that would extend the deadline for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to file claims with their insurance companies. Sen. Julie Quinn’s bill would give policyholders through...
California Commissioner Claims Insurance Industry Attempted Blackmail to Derail Auto Rate Regulations
May 9 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi is claiming that he has unveiled an attack campaign by the insurance industry against his efforts to reward good drivers and create a fairer system for the pricing of auto...
Gov. Baldacci signs Maine law in effort to curb uninsured motorist claims following court ruling
May 8 2006 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed into law legislation that promises to curtail the number of uninsured motorist claims. The new law will allow insurers to limit coverage for uninsured motorists to claims based on injuries...
