Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report Says Social Inflation Adds Up to 11% to Physician Malpractice Claims
Jan 25 2023 // Social inflation accounts for 8% to 11% of all medical malpractice losses for carriers that insure physicians, according to an actuarial analysis commissioned by The Doctors Co. TDC hired Moore Actuarial Consulting to...
A Class-Action Wave Is Coming for ESG Claims
Jan 25 2023 // Lawyers are bracing for an increase in ESG-related cases as corporate disclosure requirements stiffen around the world. A survey by the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright found that 28% of more than 430 general counsel and...
People Moves: Marshall & Sterling New Senior Leadership; Rock Hired as Trium Cyber Claims Chief; Nexus Nabs Product Recall Specialist Darlea
Jan 24 2023 // Marshall & Sterling Names New Senior Leadership Team Marshall & Sterling Enterprises, Inc., has appointed Eric Diamond as chief executive officer. Prior to joining Marshall & Sterling in 2009, Diamond was...
Virginia Jury Rejects Woman’s Claims Against Four Police Officers Over Sex Ring
Jan 24 2023 // ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury on Friday rejected a woman’s allegations that a former police chief in Virginia and three other officers protected a prostitution ring that she said trafficked her. The eight-person...
J&J Subsidiary to Pay $9.75M to Settle Claims of Free Products to Induce Surgeon
Jan 24 2023 // A subsidiary of health care company Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle allegations that it violated federal and state law by providing free products to a surgeon to induce him to use its...
California Lawsuit Claims Woman’s Death Stemmed from Disneyland Fall
Jan 24 2023 // A lawsuit claims Disneyland employees snickered at a disabled woman struggling to get off a Jungle Cruise boat before she fell and broke a leg, leading to her death from an infection five months later. The lawsuit was...
Settlement Reached Over Philadelphia-Area School Abuse Claims
Jan 23 2023 // A $3 million settlement will establish a fund for former students as part of a lawsuit alleging abuse and deprivation of education at a now-shuttered Pennsylvania juvenile justice facility. Former Glen Mills Schools...
Twitter’s Laid-Off Workers Cannot Pursue Claims Via Class-Action Lawsuit
Jan 17 2023 // Twitter Inc has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination to pursue their claims via individual arbitration than a class-action lawsuit. U.S. District...
W.R. Grace Offers $18.5M to Settle Montana Asbestos Claims
Jan 12 2023 // The owner of a former vermiculite mine in northwestern Montana that spread harmful asbestos in and around the town of Libby has offered $18.5 million to settle the last of the state’s claims for environmental...
Catholic Diocese Challenges Maine Law Allowing Older Sex Abuse Claims
Jan 10 2023 // PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is challenging a Maine law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, allowing a wave of new lawsuits. A motion in the first of the...
Insurers, Agents Spared in New Jersey Shooting Claims
Jan 5 2023 // A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that a New Jersey property owner is not entitled to insurance coverage for a shooting because it never disclosed it owned the banquet hall where the shooting took place on its two...
New Mexico Seeking Changes to U.S. Rules for Wildfire Claims
Jan 3 2023 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is asking that changes be made to rules proposed by the U.S. government as it processes damage claims from a historic wildfire sparked by forest managers. Balderas filed comments...
People Moves: SAIF Promotes Brigitte Hamilton Vice President of Claims
Dec 29 2022 // Brigitte Hamilton is SAIF’s new vice president of claims. Hamilton previously served as the director of business and software solutions on SAIF’s IT team. SAIF is Oregon’s not-for-profit workers’...
Buffalo Bus Driver Gets 5 Years Probation for Workers’ Compensation Claims Fraud
Dec 22 2022 // A former bus driver for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) has been sentenced to five years of probation for fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits by misrepresenting her injuries....
Suits Over Carolina Cheerleader Abuse Allegations Now Include Racketeering Claims
Dec 22 2022 // A series of lawsuits beginning in South Carolina have detailed the alleged sexual abuse of at least 20 cheerleaders across six states. The anonymous plaintiffs have accused coaches, choreographers and others of illicit...
Verisk to Acquire Swedish Claims Insurtech Mavera
Dec 22 2022 // Verisk, the global data analytics provider, has entered into an agreement to acquire Mavera, a Sweden-based insurtech firm that operates a personal injury claims management platform. Financial details of the transaction...
Hollywood Christmas Disaster Claims Mostly Covered: Insurance.com
Dec 22 2022 // The folks at Insurance.com decided to step into the roles of insurance claims adjusters to figure out whether some of the over-the-top holiday disasters that happened in the movies—ranging from Christmas tree fires to...
Customer Satisfaction With Digital Claims Declines Again: J.D. Power
Dec 21 2022 // Customer satisfaction with insurers’ digital claims systems declined for the second consecutive year, according to a J.D. Power survey of auto and home policyholders. Mark Garrett, director of P/C insurance...
Elon Musk Claims He Was Doxxed. But What Exactly Is That?
Dec 20 2022 // When Twitter abruptly suspended the accounts of several journalists with no explanation, the platform’s owner Elon Musk hinted at the possible reason: They allegedly doxxed him. “You dox, you get suspended. End...
UK MGA Pen Underwriting Launches Claims Hub Dedicated to Property, Liability
Dec 19 2022 // Pen Underwriting has launched a new regional claims hub in Chelmsford dedicated to managing commercial property and liability claims, which will complement its existing team of specialists in Manchester, England. As part...
