Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CNA Opens Center to Process Claudette Claims
Jul 21 2003 // The Chicago-based CNA insurance companies have opened a catastrophe operations center within its Dallas, Texas, branch office for policyholders who would like to submit claims relating to Hurricane Claudette. The...
Florida RRG Hopes to Address LTC Liability Crisis
Jul 21 2003 // With national and state efforts at altering medical liability rules once again failing to hurdle the predictable political roadblocks and the commercial insurance marketplace struggling to provide the coverages so many...
Water Losses Flood Calif. Homeowners’ Market, Study Says
Jul 17 2003 // The cost of household water damage in California continues to grow at an alarming rate, while the volume of insurance claims being filed for water damage is climbing modestly, a new study has found. Remediation and...
Claudette, Now a Tropical Depression, Claims Two Lives
Jul 17 2003 // Claudette, now classified by the National Hurricane Center as a tropical depression, has killed at least two people in Texas, according to the Associated Press. It also left several mid-coast communities without power. The...
N.J. Father & Son Charged With Fraud
Jul 16 2003 // New Jersey’s Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a Bergen County father and son – the owner and office manager respectively of a Bergen County dental office – have been charged by the Division of...
Fla. WC Costs 18% Above Median in WCRI Study
Jul 15 2003 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Florida for all paid claims were higher than most states analyzed in a national study and growing at a double-digit rate, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation...
U.S. House Passage of OT Rules Reportedly Bodes Well for Insurers
Jul 14 2003 // Proposed Department of Labor regulations that were approved by the House of Representatives July 10 would reportedly clarify how employers determine who is exempt from overtime pay and should aid insurers, according to the...
WCRI Study Says Ga. Has Low WC Costs Per Claim but Higher Indemnity Costs
Jul 14 2003 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Georgia were low relative to costs in the other states analyzed in a national study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), although indemnity costs per claim...
Wooley: Bill’s Insured Damages Are Minimal
Jul 11 2003 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley said preliminary estimates show Tropical Storm Bill caused around $16 million in insured damages in Louisiana. Included in that figure are federal flood insurance...
N.Y. Woman Arrested for Prescription Claims Fraud
Jul 9 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that an investigation into a fraudulent prescription drug reimbursement claim has resulted in the arrest of Lynn Blake, 37, of Middletown, New York,...
NEW INDUSTRY STUDY CLAIMS CREDIT SCORING VALID
Jul 7 2003 // In the largest and reportedly most comprehensive study ever undertaken on the connection between credit history and insurance risk, a team of researchers has found that a consumer’s credit-based insurance score is...
Royal & SunAlliance Enhances ARMS Risk Reporting Tool
Jul 3 2003 // Royal & SunAlliance USA, based in Charlotte, N.C., announced improvements to its Advanced Risk Management System, known as ARMS, which now features a series of enhancements that will enable clients to make business...
Corporate Systems, Great American Form Partnership
Jul 3 2003 // Amarillo, Texas-based Corporate Systems Inc., a property/casualty claims lifecycle management and reporting solutions provider, announced that Great American Insurance Group successfully implemented CS TeleClaim and EDI...
David Morse & Associates Opens R.I. Office
Jul 2 2003 // L.A.-based David Morse & Associates, a national claims administration and independent adjusting company, announced that it has opened a new claims office in Providence, Rhode Island, which will facilitate claims...
Linda Bowen Joins Certus Claims as Managing Director
Jul 1 2003 // Ventura, Calif.-based Certus Claims Administration, LLC announced the appointment of Linda S. Bowen as the managing director of Certus Claims. Bowen comes to Certus Claims from Inswork Solutions where she served as...
Study: Ill. W/C Costs Higher Than Most
Jun 25 2003 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Illinois were among the highest of the states analyzed in a new study and continuing to rise, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study of 12...
Inside the Contractors Market
Jun 23 2003 // If you find placing contractors insurance these days almost as daunting as building the house, condo, apartment or other facility itself, you are not alone. A restrictive market, high minimum premiums and tighter...
Inside the Contractors Market
Jun 23 2003 // If you find placing contractors insurance these days almost as daunting as building the house, condo, apartment or other facility itself, you are not alone. A restrictive market, high minimum premiums and tighter...
CSAA Selects Iteration’s Real-Time Reporting Suite
Jun 18 2003 // Iteration Software announced that the California State Automobile Association (CSAA) has chosen the Iteration Real-time Reporting Suite(TM) as the standard information delivery solution for the CSAA Claims...
IBC Analysis Confirms Increased Auto Claims Costs
Jun 18 2003 //
