Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arkansas Sues YouTube Over Claims That Site is Fueling Youth Mental Health Crisis
Oct 2 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas sued YouTube and parent company Alphabet on Monday, saying the video-sharing platform is made deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth in the state. Attorney...
Viewpoint: Elevating Claims Management by Taking Collaborative Approach With Clients
Oct 2 2024 // Over the last 20 years, the role of the claims handler has evolved significantly, from a largely back-office function to one centred around partnership and mutual benefit. In today’s market, claims is now at the...
Delaware’s Workers’ Compensation Claims Cost Grew 3% a Year: WCRI
Oct 1 2024 // The average cost of workers’ compensation claims in Delaware, for cases with more than seven days of lost work, went up by 3% per year between 2019 and 2022, according to a new study from the Workers Compensation...
Rockville Diocese Reaches Bankruptcy Agreement With $323M for Sex Abuse Claims
Sep 27 2024 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York reports that it has reached an agreement with survivors, insurers, parishes and other parties on a settlement of its bankruptcy case that includes a $323 million...
Court Upholds Finding That Montana Clinic Submitted False Asbestos Claims
Sep 27 2024 // A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court determination that a Montana health clinic submitted hundreds of false asbestos claims on behalf of patients. A jury decided last year that the clinic in a town where...
Penn State to Pay $703K to Resolve Gender Pay Discrimination Claims
Sep 27 2024 // Pennsylvania State University will pay $703,742 in back wages and interest and enter into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve alleged gender pay discrimination against female...
Tallahassee, Atlanta Dodge a Bullet, But Thousands of Claims Are Expected
Sep 27 2024 // Hundreds of claims adjusters were set to move out across Florida, Georgia and western parts of the Carolinas Friday morning as Hurricane Helene brought high storm surge and 140 mph winds to a region that has faced three...
Newsmax Settles Smartmatic Defamation Suit Over False Election Claims
Sep 26 2024 // Newsmax Media reached a confidential settlement of a lawsuit by Smartmatic, the voting machine maker that had alleged it was defamed by the news outlet’s false claims that its machines were rigged to help steal the...
People Moves: Price Forbes Re Taps Howden’s Waterhouse as Head of Property Fac; AXA XL Appoints Underwriters and Claims Adjusters for UK Cyber Team
Sep 25 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Price Forbes Re and AXA XL. A summary of these new hires follows here. Price Forbes Re Taps Howden’s Waterhouse as Head of Property Fac Price Forbes...
Should Citizens Do More to Assist With Coming Flood Claims in Florida? Can it?
Sep 25 2024 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s largest insurer, has suspended policy binding ahead of predicted Hurricane Helene, and a board member asked if the carrier could do more to help policyholders manage flood...
Lawyers Say Other Victims Could Sue Mississippi Sheriff Over Brutality Claims
Sep 25 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers said Monday that they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of other people who say they were brutalized by...
Vanguard Investments Fined for Greenwashing as Australia Eyes ESG Claims
Sep 25 2024 // Australia’s federal court has fined Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd. A$12.9 million ($8.9 million) for making misleading claims about a fund, the highest penalty issued in the country so far over greenwashing. In...
Report: Over 250,000 US Properties Have Repeated NFIP Claims
Sep 19 2024 // More than a quarter million U.S. properties have repeated claims for federal flood insurance, costing the National Flood Insurance Program billions of dollars in claims, according to new federal data compiled by the...
Environmental Group Sues Tyson Foods for Alleged False Climate Claims
Sep 19 2024 // An environmental group is suing Tyson Foods for allegedly misleading consumers by saying it will reach net-zero emissions by 2050 and marketing climate-friendly beef without meaningful plans to achieve those goals. The...
Insurers Say Dark Fleet Oil Tankers Pose a Major Claims Risk
Sep 18 2024 // Marine insurance markets face significant risk from the growth of a shadow fleet of ships hauling oil from sanctioned producers like Russian and Iran, an industry group said. The opaque nature of the ownership of those...
Civil Trial Begins Into Sexual Abuse Claims by Ex-Patients at Virginia Children’s Hospital
Sep 17 2024 // Testimony has begun in a civil trial against a Virginia hospital that treats vulnerable children, its owner and its former medical director in a lawsuit filed by three former patients who allege they were touched...
Plumbing Water Damage Claims Revisited
Sep 16 2024 // Looking back at my Insurance Journal columns over the past 5 years, I found that I wrote at least one column a year about water damage claims. So, before this year runs out, I guess it’s time for another, especially...
How Big Was the Cat? Investigator Warns About Claims of Clogged Toilets
Sep 13 2024 // Did you hear the one about cat poop clogging a toilet, resulting in thousands of gallons of sewage water in the home and a big insurance claim? Lin Werkheiser, an insurance fraud investigator, has heard that one and many...
How Social Media Complicates Defamation Claims and How to Handle Them
Sep 12 2024 // Five professional models who sued long after a state’s three year statute of limitations expired may pursue their defamation claims against an adult entertainment nightclub for posting their images to the giant...
Hurricane Debby Florida Losses Top $121M; 60% of Claims Closed
Sep 11 2024 // A month after Hurricane Debby made landfall in northern Florida, the number of property insurance claims has reached almost 20,000, and total estimated insured losses are more than $121.5 million, the Florida Office of...
