Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawsuit Against State Farm Alleges Racial Discrimination in Claims Handling
Dec 16 2022 // State Farm’s claims handling process is the subject of a new lawsuit alleging disparities between the insurer’s treatment of claims from Black policyholders versus claims from white policyholders. The suit...
WCIRB Report on Medical Characteristics of Cumulative Trauma Claims
Dec 12 2022 // A report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California shows indemnity claims are the key driver of cumulative trauma claim costs. Highlights of the WCIRB report, Medical Characteristics of...
Maine Catholic Church Hit With More Sex Abuse Claims Under Revised Law
Dec 12 2022 // Four people in Maine have filed lawsuits with claims that they were sexually abused by Catholic priests as children. Three men sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland on Thursday in Cumberland County Superior Court....
Lindberg Claims Buyer for Carolina Insurance Companies, But Liquidation Has Begun
Dec 9 2022 // North Carolina insurance executive and reported billionaire Greg Lindberg, now awaiting a second trial on bribery charges, says he has a buyer for his troubled insurance companies. But state regulators point out that...
Pawtucket Settles Candidates’ Free Speech Claims Over Political Sign Restriction
Dec 8 2022 // The city of Pawtucket is lifting restrictions on political campaign signs under a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, officials said Tuesday. The ACLU filed suit in July on behalf of two...
Judge Dismisses 1,000 Shingles Vaccine Claims Against Merck for Lack of Evidence
Dec 8 2022 // After four years of multidistrict litigation, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed 1,189 lawsuits claiming the Zostavax shingles vaccine by drugmaker Merck did not do what it was supposed to do and instead caused...
Florida Session Agenda Calls for Claims Process Changes, More Oversight of Insurers
Dec 6 2022 // Florida legislative leaders posted a proclamation Tuesday painting the broad outlines of the special session scheduled to begin Monday, Dec. 12. And it quickly had tongues wagging around the industry. As expected, the...
Hertz to Settle Most False-Arrest Claims for $168 Million
Dec 6 2022 // Hertz Global Holdings Inc. will spend $168 million to settle hundreds of claims that it falsely reported rental customers to the police for car theft when a vehicle was not returned on time. The company had been fighting...
Employee Claims Google Fired Him Over Refusing Sex Advance, Failure to Be ‘Inclusive’
Dec 2 2022 // A former Google employee is suing the technology company claiming he was fired in retaliation for refusing another employee’s sexual advances and for not being “inclusive” in his team hiring. Ryan Olohan,...
Yale Discriminates Against Students With Mental Health Issues, Lawsuit Claims
Dec 1 2022 // Yale University was sued for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by unfairly penalizing students who are dealing with mental-health issues. For decades, Yale has “treated unequally and failed to...
Florida Supreme Court Approves Suspension of Mobile Claims Center Attorney
Nov 30 2022 // The Florida Supreme Court has approved the emergency suspended the law license of North Fort Myers attorney Jennifer Perez, who was in charge of a “mobile claim center” that was set up in a trailer in North...
Judges Appear Skeptical of Fired Amazon Organizer’s Race Bias Claims
Nov 30 2022 // A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday seemed unlikely to revive claims that Amazon.com Inc. fired New York warehouse worker Christian Smalls, a pivotal figure in a campaign to unionize the company’s workforce, because of...
Report: It Takes 7 Years to Close Most California Workers’ Comp Claims
Nov 30 2022 // It takes seven years to close the vast majority of workers’ compensation claims in California, more than double the time in the median state. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California...
New York Expects Lifting of Deadline to Bring Wave of Claims by Adult Sex Abuse Survivors
Nov 23 2022 // Sexual assault victims in New York will get a one-time opportunity to sue over their abuse starting Thursday, under a new law expected to bring a wave of allegations against prison guards, middle managers, doctors and a...
New York Permitting Out-of-State Adjusters to Expedite Snowstorm Claims
Nov 22 2022 // The New York Department of Financial Services announced it will issue temporary permits to qualified out-of-state independent insurance adjusters in order to expedite insurance claims in light of the winter storm that hit...
Washington Commanders Settle Season Ticket Claims With Maryland
Nov 22 2022 // The Washington Commanders have agreed to return security deposits to former season ticket holders and pay a $250,000 penalty in a settlement with the state of Maryland. The team has 30 days to return fans’ deposits...
Lloyd’s of London Estimates Claims From Hurricane Ian of US$2.3B-US$3B
Nov 21 2022 // Lloyd’s announced that the market’s claims from Hurricane Ian are estimated to be in the range of US$2.3 billion – US$3 billion, net of reinsurance, based on Q3 data provided by Lloyd’s...
Insurers Say ‘Bazooka’ of Bogus Boys Scouts Claims Is Abuse of Bankruptcy System
Nov 21 2022 // A group of insurers — including subsidiaries of AIG, Liberty Mutual, Allianz, Sompo International, and Travelers — are challenging an approval of the Boy Scouts of America’s $2.46 billion bankruptcy...
New SEC Disclosure Rules May Drive Up D&O Claims
Nov 21 2022 // New rules proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on cybersecurity and climate impact disclosures may generate more lawsuits that will generate claims against directors and officers (D&O) policies,...
Florida Citizens Expects 5,000 claims and $63 Million in Losses from Nicole
Nov 17 2022 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has released its first estimate on losses from Hurricane Nicole, a category 1 storm that hit Florida’s east coast Nov. 10. Modeled losses plus loss adjustment expenses – but not...
