Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Eautoclaims Signs Up CSAA
Dec 10 2001 // EAutoclaims, a provider to the insurance industry with online claims management solutions, announced that California State Automobile Association (CSAA), the second-largest member organization of the national AAA...
Iowa Fire Damage Exceeds Original Estimate
Dec 7 2001 // A new estimate of damages from a fire in Iowa’s Old Capitol building exceeds $5 million, about $2 million more than previously estimated by Iowa City fire department officials. The University of Iowa owns the old...
Calif. Industry Said to Be Prepared for Future Disasters
Dec 6 2001 // Representatives of the insurance industry testified Wednesday before the California Assembly Insurance Committee concerning insurance and reinsurance after the attack on America. They noted that the Sept. 11 attack was...
ART Insurance Services Announces New TPA Offering for Workers’ Comp Claims
Dec 3 2001 // Advanced Risk Technologies (ART) Insurance Services, a leader in providing risk management services including loss control, first aid claims administration, and claims management services, announced a new third party...
Great American Specialy Division Offering Enhanced Claims Data Warehouse
Nov 30 2001 // The Specialty Division of Cincinnati-based Great American Insurance Company is now offering an enhanced Claims Data Warehouse over the Internet. Through secured access, insureds and agents can view summary and detailed...
ADP Claims Service Group Purchases Assets from Computer Logic
Nov 28 2001 // California-based ADP® Claims Services Group announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets of ComputerLogic’s® AutoVista ™ claims line of business. The AutoVista...
Disability Claims Were Teacher’s ‘Achilles Heel’
Nov 26 2001 // CDI investigators arrested a Los Angeles Unified School District teacher, Randolph Zane, on 36 counts of insurance fraud. Zane, 55, was booked on a $320,000 bail felony warrant. The San Bernardino County District...
Warrantech Corp. Enters Letter for Payment of Certain Reliance Claims
Nov 21 2001 // Warrantech Corporation, a provider for providing service contracts and aftermarket warranties has entered into a letter of intent with its current insurance company for a financial arrangement that will allow Warrantech...
NYSID, Insurers To Hold Forum on WTC Claims
Nov 19 2001 // The New York State Insurance Department and a number of leading insurance companies will hold an information forum for residents and business owners affected by the World Trade Center disaster at 6:00 PM today in The...
Silverstein Claims Pair of Losses in WTC Disaster
Nov 19 2001 // The man who held the master lease on the World Trade Center is standing by his claim that the loss of the Twin Towers on Sept. 11 was two losses, not one, despite the call by insurer Swiss Re that there was only one loss...
NAII Claims Utah Ruling Was Flawed
Nov 13 2001 // A Utah Supreme Court decision reinstating a $145-million punitive damages award against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. in a bad-faith case also upheld “irrelevant” admission of evidence that...
D&O Liability: Executives Bear the Weight of Success or Failure
Nov 12 2001 // Directors and Officers liability, commonly known as D&O, is a complicated type of risk. While it covers corporate activities, a corporation is a legal person, as are the directors and officers...
Employers Realize Proper EPL Coverage is Part of Successful Business Equation
Nov 12 2001 // Employers and employees have more to think about than production, hours and paychecks these days. The Employment Practices Liability scene continues to draw major attention both in and outside of the courtrooms. Carrie...
The View from Up There-Insurers Embrace Space Age Technologies
Nov 12 2001 // The key witness in a recent crop fraud case turned out to be a camera. In June 2001, a U.S. District judge in Arkansas ruled against several farmers accused of filing false crop insurance claims totaling approximately...
WTC PROPERTY CLAIMS RISING
Nov 12 2001 // Property insurance claims from the Sept. 11 attacks are worth $16.6 billion and rising, according to the first estimate from the Insurance Services Office Inc.’s Property Claim Services unit. That would make the...
Suspicious Claims are ‘Pain in the…Neck’
Nov 12 2001 // Debra Rodriguez, 48, was arrested on four felony counts of insurance fraud while attending a pre-trial hearing at the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board in Sacramento. Rodriguez was transported and booked into the...
Silverstein Claims Pair of Losses in WTC Disaster
Nov 12 2001 // The man who held the master lease on the World Trade Center is standing by his claim that the loss of the Twin Towers on Sept. 11 was two losses, not one, despite the call by insurer Swiss Re that there was only one loss...
Commentary: Purchasing Insurance for Mexico
Nov 12 2001 // Tourists, property owners and businesspersons who drive, own homes, or operate businesses or subsidiaries in Mexico need to properly protect their assets south of the border. It is ironic that most agents place insurance...
Are Your Files Defensible’ A Look at E&O Risks for Agents and Brokers
Nov 12 2001 // A short time ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an article on litigation, the caption of which read: “When all else fails, the American way is to file a lawsuit.” The article correctly pointed out that it has...
Ohio Director Sues New York-Based Company
Nov 8 2001 // Ohio Director of Insurance Lee Covington, acting in his capacity as liquidator of property and casualty insurer Credit General Insurance Company (CGIC), sued New York-based AmTrust Financial Group and its subsidiaries...
