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Insurers Investigate Fires at Flood-Damaged Homes in La.

Oct 31 2005 // Some of the New Orleans homes drowned by the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina have been damaged by a second calamity – fire, according to the Associated Press. Louisiana investigators and insurance companies...

After Hurricane Wilma: Claims Piling Up As Cleanup Begins in Naples; In Some Areas Power Could Be Out for Weeks

Oct 28 2005 // Southwest and South Florida are recovering, very slowly, from the after-effects of Hurricane Wilma, which crossed over Naples on Monday and then speedily traveled due east to Miami and South Florida. Margaret M. Weems,...

PartnerRe Estimates Wilma Claims

Oct 26 2005 // Bermuda’s PartnerRe Ltd. has given the first estimations of its expected claims relating to Hurricane Wilma, following the hurricane’s passage through Mexico and south Florida over the last week. The estimates...

Adjusters Dispatched to Southeast Florida: Face Uncertain Conditions After Hurricane Wilma

Oct 26 2005 // Insurance adjusters are converging on Orlando this morning to regroup and then after short meetings, be assigned to Florida’s southwest and southeast coasts, where they begin to access the damage caused by Hurricane...

La. DOL Says Nearly $250 Million Paid to Hurricane Victims

Oct 25 2005 // Jobless benefits for victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita now stand at $242.8 million, with Katrina-related claims totaling $233.8 million and Rita claims totaling $8.9 million, according to the Louisiana Department of...

Nationwide Claims Reps Provide Hurricane Relief to Victims in Naples

Oct 25 2005 // Nationwide claims representatives and humanitarian relief teams stood by on Tuesday in the Lowe’s parking lot on 6415 Naples Blvd. in Naples, Fla. to provide aid to Hurricane Wilma victims. Nationwide teams brought...

Texas Judge Extends Allstate Injunction

Oct 24 2005 // Travis County, Texas, District Judge Stephen Yelenosky has extended until Dec. 12 an injunction prohibiting Allstate Insurance Company from denying claims related to Hurricane Rita, the Austin American-Statesman...

Crawford & Co. Reports Third Quarter Results; Hurricanes Reduced Income

Oct 24 2005 // Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, an independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30,...

Citizens Activates Claims Hotline, Deploying Mobile Response Teams

Oct 24 2005 // With thousands of Floridians impacted by Hurricane Wilma, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has activated its toll-free claims reporting hotline for policyholders to report property damage, according to Bob Ricker,...

St. Paul Travelers Readies Catastrophe Response Team in Florida for Wilma

Oct 21 2005 // St. Paul Travelers and its member company First Floridian have mobilized their Catastrophe Response Team to assist policyholders that may be affected by Hurricane Wilma. The company has deployed team members to Tampa and...

Hurricane-Related Insurance Claims Paid Top $1.2B in Miss.

Oct 19 2005 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance George Dale reported that insurance companies have paid out approximately $1,266,828,689 billion in claims related to hurricanes in Mississippi so far. Approximately 319,959 claims...

Harleysville Taps Sarnese for Mid-Atlantic Claims Center in N.J.

Oct 19 2005 // Thomas A. Sarnese has been named assistant vice president of Harleysville Insurance’s Mid-Atlantic claims service center. In this new role, he is responsible for directing all activities of the claims center, which...

Hicks to Direct Harleysville’s Nashville Claims Service Center

Oct 19 2005 // Anna M. Hicks has been named assistant vice president of Harleysville Insurance’s Southeast claims service center. In this new role, she is responsible for directing all activities of the claims center, which is...

Study Finds Fewer Med-Mal Claims Against Hospitals and Physicians

Oct 18 2005 // While the severity of malpractice claims continues to rise – growing at a rate of 7.5 percent annually – the frequency of malpractice claims has decreased by 1 percent over the past year, according to the 2005...

Starr Claims It’s Independent from AIG

Oct 17 2005 // Starr International Co., a company headed by former American International Group CEO Maurice Greenberg, is disputing claims that it is affiliated with AIG and therefore should return the 12 percent or $19 billion of AIG...

Case Law Watch

Oct 17 2005 // USAA Casualty Insurance Co. v. Anglum, et al. (Colorado, Sept. 12, 2005) Ruling: The court held that an USAA auto policy unambiguously permitted the insurer to charge an adjusted premium for a newly acquired vehicle from...

People

Oct 17 2005 // Westfield Insurance of Westfield Center, Ohio, named Scott Jurek senior executive, claims field operations, Western division. In this capacity, Jurek helps set and execute the claims strategy for Westfield while working...

News Briefs

Oct 17 2005 // ALABAMA AIIA Conference, Educational Sessions The Alabama Independent Insurance Agents has scheduled five upcoming seminars in Mobile, Birming-ham and Huntsville. Oct. 19, Small and Rural Agents Conference, two topics,...

Managing Co-Owner Dismissed

Oct 17 2005 // Man Fined For Workers’ Comp Fraud A San Diego County Superior Court judge has sentenced Kevin Vint, 50, of Del Mar, Calif., to three years formal probation for conspiracy to commit workers’ compensation...

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