Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ADP Claims Services Group Launches First Full-Featured Web-Based Estimating Solution
Jun 8 2004 // ADP Claims Services Group, a provider of integrated business solutions for the property and casualty, collision repair and automotive recycling industries, announced the availability of ADP Estimating, the first...
Castek Licenses Claims Software to CGI
Jun 8 2004 // Castek Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of a licensing agreement with CGI Group Inc. (CGI). for Castek’s ClaimsPath claims management software as part of CGI’s claims loss adjustment business services...
FORT LAUDERDALE CLAIMS ASSOCIATION HOLDS JULY SEMINAR:
Jun 7 2004 // The Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Claims Association will be conducting an all-day seminar on Wednesday, July 21, at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott North, 6650 North Andrews Avenue. The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m....
The Broker–The Policyholder’s Advocate
Jun 7 2004 // Some large brokerage firms are under siege by New York Attorney General Eliott Spitzer as his investigation scrutinizes the legality of the longstanding practice of Placement Service Agreements (PSAs). This is really about...
Claims and Loss History Now Part of MI Rater
Jun 2 2004 // Eleva, Wis.-based MI-Assistant announced the incorporation of loss-history information from previous auto claims into the company’s rating program for agents to properly evaluate and rate auto insurance policies with...
Michigan Senate Takes Up Bill to Keep Insurers From Steering Claims
Jun 1 2004 // Auto insurers could not restrict policyholders from using the repair shop of their choice under legislation to be considered by the Michigan state Senate. Critics say some insurers currently send or direct claim holders to...
AIG Introduces “iClaims” — New Imaging Technology
May 28 2004 // The AIG Companies announced the implementation of “iClaims,” described as “a document management imaging technology that electronically scans and routes all claim documents to the appropriate specialist,...
AIA Hails Ohio’s ‘Landmark’ Asbestos and Silica Reforms
May 28 2004 // The Washington, D.C.-based insurer lobbyist American Insurance Association (AIA) praised the Ohio General Assembly’s passage of the first asbestos reform legislation in the country that helps “truly sick victim...
Allstate Study Warns on Coastal Floods
May 26 2004 // Allstate Insurance Company announced that a study it conducted in 2003 identified more than 750,000 homes in coastal hurricane states that may not have flood insurance. The study looked at current Allstate homeowners...
Mass. TPA Proposal Could Put Injured Workers at Risk
May 24 2004 // A Massachusetts budget amendment to explore the designation of a third party administrator (TPA) to manage part of the state’s workers’ compensation assigned risk pool could compromise the services received by...
Progressive Offers Real-Time Claims Info to Independent Agents, Brokers Using Applied Systems
May 24 2004 // The Progressive group of insurance companies announced that it is expanding its partnership with Applied Systems to help independent agencies provide faster, more accurate customer service. Now, agents and brokers who sell...
W. Va. WCBM Passes Pair of Rules
May 20 2004 // The Workers’ Compensation Board of Managers has approved two “historic” rules to regulate how self-insured companies will conduct business in West Virginia. Under Rule 18, the 127 active self-insured...
Ky. Gov. Reappoints Judge to Dept. of Workers Claims
May 19 2004 // Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher announced the reappointment of Madisonville Judge Richard Joiner as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers Claims. An administrative law judge conducts conferences and...
U.K. Survey Finds Compensation Culture Concerns
May 19 2004 // A recent survey commissioned by Norwich Union, a division of the Aviva group, and the U.K.’s largest b general insurer, has concluded that the “compensation culture,” i.e. the unbridled tendency to file a...
GAINSCO Unveils Q1 Numbers
May 17 2004 // Dallas-based GAINSCO INC. reported net income for the first quarter 2004 of approximately $1.1 million. After the accretion of the discount on the redeemable preferred stock of approximately $0.8 million and the accrual of...
CHI-CHI’S CLAIMS MEDIATED:
May 17 2004 // Court-approved mediators have settled 14 of the first 15 claims they have heard stemming from a hepatitis A outbreak at a western Pennsylvania Mexican restaurant last fall. The settlements have been relatively small...
MONTANA MAY HAVE TO PAY PRE-1990 WORKERS’ COMP CLAIMS:
May 17 2004 // The state of Montana may have to pay up to $584,000 in workers’ comp claims because the 2003 Legislature, in an effort to balance the 2004-2005 state budget, diverted $18 million from Montana State Fund. When the...
Insurers Face Class Action Over Isabel Claims
May 12 2004 // Today a class action lawsuit against various insurance companies was filed in United States District Court, Baltimore, Maryland alleging that the insurance companies failed to deliver the promised benefits to thousands of...
New IRC Study Reveals Regional Auto Claim Cost Differences in California
May 12 2004 // According to a new Insurance Research Council (IRC) report, Californians in major cities are more likely than non-metropolitan residents to 1) be involved in auto accidents, 2) have auto insurance losses per insured...
Physician Group’s Study Claims Cost to Society of Lack of Health Insurance in U.S. Tops $100 Billion
May 11 2004 // The cost to society of Americans living without health insurance could run into hundreds of billions of dollars, according to a new report released by the American College of Physicians (ACP). ACP’s The Cost of Lack...
