Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pa. JUA Offers Med-Mal Discount to Physicians with No Claims
Nov 4 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced that at the request of Gov. Mark Schweiker, the state insurance department has approved a filing by the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting...
Indiana Cases Focus on ‘Diminished Value’ Claims
Oct 22 2002 // An Indiana resident has filed suit in Federal Court in Indianapolis against his insurance company, alleging that, although his car was repaired after an accident, he was unable to obtain a reasonable price for it, and...
ACE Announces Executive Appointments at AOG Division
Oct 17 2002 // Bermuda’s ACE Limited announced a series of executive appointments at ACE Overseas General (AOG). Roger Giddings has been named Sr. VP and Head of Offshore Energy Underwriting for the newly created ACE Global Energy...
New Mexico Judge Upholds Lloyd’s Claims Against “Names”
Oct 15 2002 // Judge Lorenzo Garcia of the U.S. District Court in Albuquerque New Mexico has upheld the ruling of a U.K. court in favor of Lloyd’s claims for a total of $2.8 million from six American investors, or...
Mo. Insurance Director to Hold Hearing on Increase in Med-Mal Costs
Oct 9 2002 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director Scott B. Lakin announced that he will hold a public hearing on Oct. 30 to examine why medical malpractice insurance rates for the state’s doctors are rising sharply despite...
I.I.I. Estimates $600M in Claims from Hurricane Lili
Oct 7 2002 // Estimates from the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) say that U.S. insurers could pay $600 million in claims as a result of Hurricane Lili, which began its attack on the Gulf Coast last week, and has continued with...
NAII Calls Kansas Proposal on Third-Party Claims “Unnecessary, Illogical”
Oct 4 2002 // The NAII, in a letter to Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius, stated that proposed Kansas regulations requiring insurers to treat third-party property damage claims the same as first-party claims is...
First Report is Key to Workers’ Comp Claims
Oct 3 2002 // The key to managing workers’ compensation claims is getting a detailed and accurate first report of the accident and sticking with it. “The first report is the best report,” said Dan Schwartz, an attorney...
eAutoclaims’ Launches “Red Flag” Claims Tool
Oct 1 2002 // eAutoclaims Inc., based in Oldsmar, Fla., a provider of online claims management solutions through both an Application Service Provider (ASP) and outsourcing solutions services, unveiled a new claims auditing application,...
Travelers Unveils Electronic Claim Notification for Personal, Small Business Agencies
Oct 1 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty is now providing its independent agents with online, real-time information on the opening and closing of small business and personal claims. Electronic Claim Notification, or ECN, allows agents...
Insurance Journal Acquires Claims Guides Directories
Sep 30 2002 // Wells Publishing Inc., which has been publishing Insurance Journal for the past 79 years, has added Claims Guides to its list of publications. Claims Guides, which will be published in 37 different regions across the...
Employers, Insurers Slow To Report Claims Says Missouri Audit Report
Sep 30 2002 // A report from Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill has found that a “vast majority of injuries” are reported late or not at all. The audit evaluated the management of the state’s workers’...
Why Insurance Costs Go Up and What Customers Can Do To Save Money
Sep 30 2002 // As renewal notices go out in the mail, insurance agents across Texas are answering calls from their policyholders, some of whom are facing rising homeowners and auto insurance rates. Texas law requires proof of financial...
CAP-MPT Awarded Claims Administration Contract
Sep 27 2002 // Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) has awarded a multi-year contract to the Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc.-Mutual Protection Trust (CAP-MPT) to resolve legal claims remaining after CHW’s recent divestiture of...
Court Rejects Generali, Zurich Life Contentions in Holocaust Claims Lawsuit
Sep 26 2002 // A federal court in New York has ruled that a lawsuit brought by Holocaust victims and their families against Italian insurer Generali and Switzerland’s Zurich Life Insurance Co. can go forward in the U.S. court. The...
Chicago Dr. Who Made Claims for Dead Patients Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
Sep 23 2002 // Dr. Krishnaswami Sriram, 44, a cardiologist from Lake Forest pleaded guilty on Thursday to what prosecutors called a massive fraud scheme, admitting he claimed to have provided care for patients after they had died. The...
SalvageSale Announces Management Changes
Sep 19 2002 // SalvageSale Inc., the Houston-based online salvage marketplace and salvor services provider for the claims recovery and commercial salvage markets, announced that Thomas DiSarlo has joined its subsidiary, SalvageSale...
N.Y. Superintendent Extends Filing Deadline for Holocaust-Era Claims
Sep 18 2002 // New York Superintendent Gregory Serio announced an extension of the deadline for Holocaust survivors and their heirs to file insurance claims with the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC) to...
Insurance Journal Acquires Claims Guides Directories
Sep 17 2002 // Wells Publishing Inc., which has published Insurance Journal for 79 years, has added Claims Guides to its list of publications. Claims Guides, which will be published in 37 different regions across the country, will...
Campbell vs. State Farm: U.S. Supreme Court May Resolve Issue
Sep 16 2002 // Outrageous! A travesty of Justice! Should be reversed! Both sides have probably said that at one time or another as the case of Campbell vs. State Farm worked it’s way through Utah’s court system, culminating...
