Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CLAIMS, LICENSING BILLS MOVE
Jul 10 2000 // The Senate Insurance Committee approved AB 393, the agent licensing bill, and AB 481, the claims bill, at a hearing on June 28. AB 393 would prohibit employees of insurance companies who do not have agent licenses from...
Wokers Comp Claim Costs Higher in Texas
Jun 26 2000 // Workers’ compensation payments for medical care and indemnity (wage-replacement) benefits in Texas are higher than most states analyzed in a new study by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute. The study...
Agents in the Claims Process
Jun 26 2000 // In any service industry, speed in responding to customer requests, customer satisfaction with performance (both in the short run and in the long), and accuracy in statements made are all terribly important. The three are...
U.S. Attorney Cracks $1.3 Million Auto Body Repair Scam
Jun 22 2000 // A Worcester, Mass. man was charged Wednesday with operating an auto body shop that routinely inflicted damage on cars brought in for repair and defrauded insurance companies by submitting false claims for the extra...
SalvageSale.com, Crawford & Company Form Strategic Alliance for Claims Recovery
Jun 16 2000 // SalvageSale.com, an independent online marketplace for worldwide claims recovery and commercial salvage, and Crawford & Co. have formed a strategic alliance to handle claims recovery. SalvageSale.com will be Crawford...
Historic or Brand New -It’s a High-Valued Home Sweet Home
Jun 12 2000 // It’s spring home-buying season, and realtors throughout California are reporting that despite interest rate fluctuations and a seesawing stock market, the real estate market is hotter than ever. From Ventura to...
Quake Bills Could Create Shaky Ground for Insurers
Jun 12 2000 // On May 24, the California Senate passed SB 1899 despite opposition from industry groups. The bill, sponsored by Senator John Burton (D-San Francisco), has been referred to the Assembly Judiciary Committee for further...
New Officers Appointed to Help Lead Claims Dept. at Chubb Executive Risk
Jun 8 2000 // Gregory Barabas, vice president of claims and manager of specialty claims of Executive Risk Inc., announced three officer appointments in the company’s Claims Department. Diane Parker of Springfield, Mass., is now...
IRC Survey: Exaggerated Claims Are OK
Jun 7 2000 // These respondents agreed that it is acceptable to increase the amount of an insurance claim by a small amount to make up for a deductible. Nearly one in four respondents (24 percent) said that it is acceptable to increase...
Heavy Rains Cause Flood Loss in U.K.
Jun 6 2000 // Unseasonably heavy rains over the weekend caused extensive flood damage in northeast England. “Almost 30 hours of continuous rain caused the river Calder to burst its banks, flooding the town of Todmorden. Water was...
NetDetect Weighs Risk of Fraud at All Stages of Claims Lifecycle
Jun 5 2000 // Scheduled for release later this year, NetDetect scores claims for potential fraud — not just at first notice of loss — but throughout the claims lifecycle. The announcement was made at IASA 2000, the Insurance...
E-Commerce initiative Work to Steadily Transfirm the Industry
May 15 2000 // Insurers have been inundated by a flood of e-commerce initiatives and cataclysmic scenarios about the transformation which technology is set to bestow (or impose) on the industry. The reality becomes clearer every day....
Expert Witness For Lloyd’s Rejects “Names” Claims in Jaffray Suit
May 11 2000 // Keith Rayment, an expert witness called by Lloyd’s to testify on its behalf, strongly disagreed with one of the key allegations made by Names in the ongoing Jaffray case in London – that Lloyd’s concealed...
Holocaust Claims Rejected
May 9 2000 // Of the 909 claims presented to the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, 124 have been settled, 393 have been rejected and the remaining 392 are still pending, the L.A. Times reported...
DOCS FALSIFY CLAIMS
Apr 24 2000 // A recent study suggests that doctors manipulating reimbursement rules so that their patients can receive the care they need is on the rise as doctors feel more pressure to provide treatment not authorized under...
Questions & Answers
Apr 24 2000 // Q. We have a customer who was involved in a not-at-fault auto accident that included both bodily injury and extensive vehicle damage. An agreement on the amount of vehicle damage has been determined, but the adjuster said...
Allstate Profits Drop; Cat Claims to Blame
Apr 20 2000 // Allstate Corp.’s first-quarter operating profits fell 27 percent, due largely to higher than expected catastrophe claims. The country’s number two property-casualty insurer announced that operating profit,...
Doctors Admit Falsifying Insurance Claims com
Apr 12 2000 // A recent study suggests that doctors manipulating reimbursement rules so that their patients can receive the care they need is on the rise as doctors feel more pressure to provide treatment not authorized under...
WORKERS’ COMP MARKET OVERVIEW
Apr 3 2000 // CALIFORNIA STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS By Sky Barnhart “After five years of product being given away, it’s a crazy, crazy market, and it’s put a lot of people on the producers’ side out of...
Munich Re at Impasse with Regulators over Holocaust Claims
Apr 3 2000 // The dialogue between the California Department of Insurance (CDI) and Germany’s Munich Re came down to a legal standoff in March with respect to the reinsurer’s perceived delays in turning over documents...
