Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Crisis in Medical Professional Liability Diminished, PLUS Panelists Say
May 23 2005 // States with meaningful tort reform are seeing stabilization in the medical professional liability arena from three years ago. Despite the decrease in claims frequency, however, severity persists and insurers must maintain...
South Bend Employers Sue Company Over Unpaid Health Claims
May 23 2005 // SOUTH BEND, Ind.–Some of the South Bend area’s largest employers have filed lawsuits against a company hired to process health insurance claims for their employees. The employers allege that they paid millions...
Former Claims Adjuster Arraigned on Grand Theft, Forgery Charges
May 23 2005 // Former American Financial Group claims adjuster/litigation specialist Stephen Glenn Pirkey was arrested April 27 and charged with embezzling his employer out of more than $490,000 during his employment in the Los Angeles...
N.J. Ruling Clears Way for Loss of Consortium Claims by Gay Couples
May 23 2005 // A judge’s ruling that a same-sex couple can sue for a loss of consortium could expand rights for gays in New Jersey. Superior Court Judge James S. Rothschild Jr. ruled that Judith Peterson and Linda Henry of Fair...
South Bend Employers Sue Company Over Unpaid Health Claims
May 23 2005 // Amid Scrutiny, Aon Tops Earnings Estimates With Q1 Profits Up 18% CHICAGO-Aon Corp. saw its shares leap 15 percent after the world’s second-largest insurance brokerage reported quarterly profits that far exceeded...
FEMA Director Promises to Keep Recovery Funds Flowing
May 23 2005 // The hurricanes of 2004 taxed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to its limits, Michael Brown, FEMA director and undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told more than 1,500 state emergency managers...
South Bend Employers Sue Company Over Unpaid Health Claims
May 23 2005 // SOUTH BEND, Ind.-Some of the South Bend area’s largest employers have filed lawsuits against a company hired to process health insurance claims for their employees. The employers allege that they paid millions to...
Crisis in Medical Professional Liability Diminished, PLUS Panelists Say
May 23 2005 // States with meaningful tort reform are seeing stabilization in the medical professional liability arena from three years ago. Despite the decrease in claims frequency, however, severity persists and insurers must maintain...
Rand Study: More than 730,000 People File U.S. Asbestos Injury Claims
May 23 2005 // More than 730,000 people in the United States filed compensation claims for asbestos-related injuries from the early 1970s through the end of 2002, costing businesses and insurance companies more than $70 billion, the RAND...
Rand Study: More than 730,000 People File U.S. Asbestos Injury Claims
May 23 2005 // More than 730,000 people in the United States filed compensation claims for asbestos-related injuries from the early 1970s through the end of 2002, costing businesses and insurance companies more than $70 billion, the RAND...
Independent Banks Partner to Save on Calif. Workers’ Comp Costs
May 19 2005 // Facing ever-increasing workers’ compensation costs, a group of California banks received approval from the FDIC and filed an application with the State of California to form a self-insurance group (SIG) and is...
Citizens Property Considering Direct Reporting of Claims
May 18 2005 // New policies soon to be implemented by Citizens Property Insurance Corp., were presented last week to representatives from major insurance companies in Florida and Florida Association of Insurance Agents representatives...
Tort Crisis Overblown, Tillinghast Studies Faulty, Claims Think Tank
May 17 2005 // There is no credible evidence to link the tort system either to the economic ills its critics claim or to the benefits they argue would be produced by altering it, according to a new study by the Economic Policy...
S&P Analysis of Australia P/C Insurers
May 17 2005 // Standard & Poor’s has published an analysis of the current state of the Australian P/C industry. The rating agency noted: “The softening insurance cycle has entrenched itself in commercial lines in...
N.J. Ruling Clears Way for Loss of Consortium Claims by Gay Couples
May 16 2005 // A judge’s ruling that a same-sex couple can sue for a loss of consortium could expand rights for gays in New Jersey. Superior Court Judge James S. Rothschild Jr. ruled last week that Judith Peterson and Linda Henry...
DOI Investigating: Did Citizens Pay Bogus Hurricane Claims?
May 13 2005 // Florida Office of Insurance Regulation officials are investigating 42 cases of suspected fraud in hurricane-related damage claims filed last year with Citizens Property Insurance Co., the state-run insurer of last...
AIA: LOSS HISTORY BILL GOES TOO FAR
May 9 2005 // The American Insurance Association said that North Dakota’s Senate Bill 2186 goes too far in regulating the use of loss history reports for homeowners insurance and plans to ask Republican Gov. John Hoeven to veto...
AIA Applauds Fla. Asbestos Reform Legislation’s Passage
May 5 2005 // The American Insurance Association has applauded the Florida Legislature’s passage of landmark legislation to help truly sick victims of asbestos exposure receive compensation quickly and fairly. The bill now will go...
Former Claims Adjuster Arraigned on Grand Theft, Forgery Charges
May 4 2005 // A former American Financial Group claims adjuster/litigation specialist was arrested April 27 and charged with embezzling his employer out of more than $490,000 during his employment in the Los Angeles area office between...
Guy Carpenter Publishes Specialty Program Survey
May 3 2005 // Guy Carpenter & Company Inc., a global risk and reinsurance specialist and a part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has announced the results of its premier survey of domestic insurance companies that write a...
