Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
More Civil Claims ‘Possible’ Against AIG’s Former Boss, But No Criminal Charges Expected
Nov 28 2005 // Additional civil charges against former American International Group Inc. Chairman and CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg are possible, but no state criminal charges are expected, a spokesman for New York Attorney...
Shell Handles 4,000 Damage Claims from Oil Refinery Leak
Nov 28 2005 // A Martinez, Calif., Shell oil refinery leak that sprayed 150 gallons of oil over the downtown area could cost the company more than $1 million to clean buildings and vehicles. As of Nov. 22, more than 3,500 claims had been...
Calif. Crash for Cash Ringleader Arrested
Nov 25 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi on Wednesday announced the arrest of the suspected ringleader of a major operation that has allegedly staged more than 60 auto collisions over the past 18 months, bilking...
Texas Recovering from Hurricane Rita
Nov 25 2005 // Most insurance agents in Texas have never faced the damage caused by a catastrophic storm. Thankfully, massive hailstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes have been few and far between in our state. But, Hurricane Rita changed...
Disaster Recovery Officials on the Prowl for Fraudulent Claims After Hurricanes
Nov 24 2005 // Numerous federal agencies have dispatched teams of special agents to investigate fraudulent claims from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency...
Three Residents Charged With Making False Hurricane Katrina Claims
Nov 21 2005 // Three Mississippi residents have been accused of making false claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Hur-ricane Katrina relief funds. Dunn Lampton, U.S. Attorney for the southern district of Mississippi,...
Hurricane Rita Claims Expected to Hit $4.7 Billion
Nov 21 2005 // Majority of losses sustained in Louisiana, Texas. The Insurances Services Office expects property and casualty losses from Hurricane Rita to hit $4.7 billion, with the majority of losses occurring in Texas and Louisiana....
Barbecues, Mobile Centers Encourage Auto Owners to Turn in Wilma Claims
Nov 20 2005 // South Florida insurance agents encouraged the thousands of automobile owners who had vehicle damage during Hurricane Wilma to report them as soon as possible so they could be repaired, some agencies even held weekend...
Carriers Flooded With Auto Damage Claims
Nov 20 2005 // Plantation, Fla., ‘Insurance Village’ The “Insurance Village” established by Florida’s Depart-ment of Financial Services in Plantation, Fla. west of Fort Lauderdale, had a lot of damaged...
News Currents
Nov 20 2005 // Hurricane Rita Claims Expected to Hit $4.7 Billion Majority of losses sustained in Louisiana, Texas. The Insurances Services Office expects property and casualty losses from Hurricane Rita to hit $4.7 billion, with the...
News Briefs
Nov 20 2005 // Arkansas Mobile Home Lawsuit Dismissed The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nationwide Mutu-al Fire Insurance Co. over payment of a claim after a mobile home caught fire in Beebe, Ark. The Associated...
Calif. Fraud Ring Lands Three in Jail
Nov 20 2005 // Three suspects have been arrested following an 11-month investigation by the California Department of Insurance of an auto insurance fraud ring that targeted car rental and insurance companies for fraudulent automobile...
Federal Court Dismisses Remaining Claims in Safelite Suit
Nov 17 2005 // A federal court judge dismissed the final three claims yesterday in an Independent Glass Association (IGA)-backed lawsuit against Safelite Group, Inc., parent company of Safelite Solutions LLC and Safelite Fulfillment,...
CORRECTION: Brit Estimates Wilma Claims at $65 Million; Total Hurricane Losses at $316.5 Million
Nov 16 2005 // The original article contained a significant mathematical error. U.K.-based international insurer and reinsurer, Brit Insurance Holdings PLC, announced that claims arising from Hurricane Wilma, net of reinsurance...
Crawford & Co.’s Claims Advantage Reduces Cost, Severity of Workers’ Compensation Claims
Nov 15 2005 // A new proprietary web-based application that incorporates structured interviews into the workers’ compensation claims process has been introduced by Crawford & Company of Atlanta. Crawford Claims Advantage...
French Insurers Plan Rapid Processing of Riot Related Claims
Nov 11 2005 // Spokesmen for France’s insurance industry have indicated that it will speed up claims processing in order to pay for damages to vehicles and property resulting from the urban violence that has rocked France for over...
Agents Group Sets Flood Insurance Reform Agenda
Nov 11 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) released a set of 22 recommendations for needed improvements to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The recommendations, if...
Alabama DOI Predicts Price Increases; Expects 50,000 Hurricane Claims
Nov 10 2005 // More than 50,000 claims are expected in Alabama from hurricane damage according to Ragan Ingram, assistant insurance commissioner for the Alabama Department of Insurance. He said, however, that complete cost estimates...
Study Blames Bad Regulatory System, Not Bad Drivers, for Mass. Auto Woes
Nov 9 2005 // A new study suggests that the high cost of auto insurance in Massachusetts should be blamed on bad government, not bad drivers. The state’s rate setting system encourages drivers to file too many minor accident...
Disaster Claims and the Ripple Effect
Nov 7 2005 // Hurricane Katrina has long gone, but the aftereffects of the mighty storm are likely to linger for a very long time. Rita and Wilma have compounded the mess. The direct losses are staggering. The latest preliminary figures...
