Latest Claims Headlines
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Homeowners Claims, Delays Top Louisiana 2020 Storm Complaints
Jan 22 2021 // The majority of complaint Louisiana insurance regulators have received in relation to the historic 2020 hurricane season concern homeowners insurance. The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) reports that nearly 80...
Travelers Insurance Profit Soared in Q4 on Fewer Claims, Investment Gains
Jan 21 2021 // Property and casualty insurer Travelers Cos. Inc. reported a jump in quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates on Thursday, helped by an increase in returns from investments and lower catastrophe...
Initial Reactions to UK Supreme Court’s Ruling on Business Interruption Claims
Jan 15 2021 // Insurers, policyholders and industry observers have issued comments on the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that insurers should pay small businesses for many business interruption claims from the COVID-19 lockdowns. The UK...
UK Supreme Court Rules Businesses Should Be Insured for COVID-19 Claims
Jan 15 2021 // Small businesses, from restaurants to nightclubs and wedding planners to beauty parlors, on Friday won the right to insurance payouts after Britain’s highest court ruled many policies should cover losses caused by...
How COVID Effect on Workers’ Compensation Claims Has Varied by State, Industry
Jan 14 2021 // The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers’ compensation paid claims has varied greatly among states and occupations, as has the decrease in non-COVID claims, new research shows. The percentage of COVID-19...
New Wave of Virus Claims Hit California Workers’ Comp
Jan 14 2021 // A California Workers’ Compensation Institute analysis of claims reported to the state Division of Workers’ Compensation as of Jan. 11 shows that the number of COVID-19 claims in the California workers’...
Maine Salmon Product Company Denies Claims in Lawsuit
Jan 12 2021 // A Maine-based smoked salmon producer is defending itself against claims that its products are not sustainably produced. A New York resident alleged in a lawsuit that Ducktrap River of Maine does not use sustainable...
Courts Allow COVID-19 Claims by Insureds With Policy Endorsements for Diseases
Jan 12 2021 // While insurers continue to win four out of five cases in early rounds, in the past month two property owners with policies that contained endorsements specifically providing coverage for diseases survived motions to...
Louisiana Woman Uses TikTok Videos in Storm Claims Fight
Jan 11 2021 // One Lake Charles, La., woman credits the power of social media in getting one step closer to having her hurricane-damaged home repaired after weeks of roadblocks with her insurance claim. Tara Parks recently posted several...
Safety Agency Dismisses Claims of Faulty Acceleration Against Tesla
Jan 11 2021 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it would not grant a petition seeking a formal review of 662,000 Tesla vehicles for claims of sudden unintended acceleration (SUA). The U.S. auto safety...
California Suspends 1.4M Virus Unemployment Claims
Jan 8 2021 // California has frozen 1.4 million unemployment claims as it battles fraud in its massive coronavirus unemployment relief program, it was reported this week. The state Employment Development Department said it had examined...
South African Insurer Santam Accepts Liability for Some Rejected COVID-19 Claims
Jan 4 2021 // JOHANNESBURG – South African insurer Santam will begin assessing payouts for some previously rejected coronavirus-related claims after recent court judgments on such cases but still intends to challenge one finding...
8th Circuit: Late Notice Bars Coverage Under Arkansas District’s ‘Claims-Made’ Policy
Dec 30 2020 // Ace American Insurance Co. is not liable for the approximately $250,000 that an Arkansas school district paid to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit because the district did not notify the insurer about a complaint against...
Judge Throws Out Apple Copyright Claims Against Security Software Startup Corellium
Dec 30 2020 // A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday dismissed Apple Inc.’s copyright infringement claims against a Florida startup whose software helps security researchers find vulnerabilities in Apple products including the...
How U.S. Government Will Handle COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Claims Is Largely a Secret
Dec 29 2020 // Lost in the U.S. launch of the coronavirus vaccine is a fact most don’t know when they roll up their sleeves: In rare cases of serious illness from the shots, the injured are blocked from suing and steered instead to...
New Group Launched for Senior Claims Managers in London Insurance Market
Dec 22 2020 // A new group for senior claims managers in the London insurance market has been established by the International Underwriting Association (IUA). The Claims Strategy Committee will oversee and coordinate all claims-related...
Thomas Miller Americas Appoints Arralde as Senior Claims Director in New Jersey
Dec 22 2020 // Thomas Miller Americas, a provider of insurance services, has appointed Noreen Arralde as senior claims director in its New Jersey office. Arralde rejoins Thomas Miller Americas from another protection and indemnity...
S. African Insurer Guardrisk Will Not Challenge Court Ruling on COVID-19 Claims
Dec 18 2020 // JOHANNESBURG – South African insurer Guardrisk will not further challenge a court process that has found it liable to pay clients’ rejected coronavirus-related claims, it said late on Thursday. Guardrisk, the...
Missouri Employers Mutual Names Smith VP, Claims; Expands Executive Team
Dec 17 2020 // Tim Smith has joined Missouri Employers Mutual (MEM) as vice president of Claims. He will provide executive-level leadership to claims outcomes, strategy and initiatives. Smith comes to MEM from NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co....
South Africa Court Dismisses Insurer Guardrisk’s Appeal in Coronavirus Claims Case
Dec 17 2020 // JOHANNESBURG – A South African court on Thursday dismissed insurer Guardrisk’s appeal against a previous ruling that found it was liable pay a Cape Town cafe’s rejected coronavirus claim. Like other insurers...
