Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
A Quick First Look at Florida’s New AOB Bill
May 1 2019 // I have a new hobby. It compliments one of my other hobbies, reading insurance policies. What is it? I’ve started reading legislation. What a thrill to print (yes, print) 16 pages of legislation. The numbered lines,...
Hartford InsurTech Hub Holds Demo Day, Completes Second Accelerator Program
Apr 30 2019 // Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, hosted its second Demo Day at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford, Conn., on April 26. The InsurTech Accelerator is the first component of Hartford InsurTech...
Hiscox Appoints Hill from Blackboard Insurance Co. as Head of Claims in the U.S.
Apr 30 2019 // Hiscox, the Bermuda-headquartered specialist insurer, announced the appointment of Melissa Hill as head of Claims in the United States. Hill, who has more than a decade of experience in claims operations, will oversee the...
California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Chief’s Message to Comp Community
Apr 29 2019 // The California workers’ compensation marketplace today remains generally healthy for insurers, employers and injured workers, the chief of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California said in...
Supreme Court Gives Business Another Victory on Arbitration, Class Actions
Apr 25 2019 // In a decision that could further help companies limit damages in disputes with workers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a California man who was the victim of an online scam and sought to bring claims...
Workplace Injuries Continue to Decline But Could Rise with Low Unemployment
Apr 25 2019 // The number of workplace injury claims continues to decline year after year despite significant changes in workforce demographics that experts thought would increase claims frequency, according to a report by the National...
Workers’ Comp Claims in Colorado’s Cannabis Industry Not as High as You Think
Apr 24 2019 // It’s a safe bet that there are a number of those among us who envision workers in the marijuana industry as mostly a bunch of mellow bud-blazers haphazardly performing the daily tasks of trimming, potting,...
California Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau Issues Report on Opioids
Apr 24 2019 // The use of opioids has significantly and continuously declined in the California workers’ compensation system since 2012, a trend that may be leading to a shift in the patterns of medical treatments for...
Weinstein’s Companies, Directors, Officers Off the Hook for Sexual Misconduct Claims
Apr 23 2019 // Harvey Weinstein’s former companies and their officers and directors were dismissed from a federal lawsuit filed by 10 women, who claim the firms and executives aided the alleged sexual misconduct that led to the...
California Lawsuit Claims Dispensary Sold Pesticide-Tainted Pot
Apr 22 2019 // An unlicensed marijuana dispensary sold cannabis sprayed with a dangerous pesticide, the city of Los Angeles said in a lawsuit that’s part of a wide-ranging crackdown on illegal pot sales. Marijuana sold at Kush Club...
FDA Halts Sales of Surgical Mesh by 2 Firms Over Injury Claims
Apr 17 2019 // U.S. health regulators ordered two medical device companies to stop selling a surgical mesh used in pelvic repair surgeries, after thousands of claims by women that they were injured by the products. The Food and Drug...
Argo Urges Shareholders to Reject Voce’s Claims at Annual Meeting
Apr 16 2019 // Argo Group is urging shareholders to reject allegations of “reckless behavior” and “poorly researched claims” from activist stockholder Voce Capital Management when the company’s annual...
Renewable Energy Industry Sees Uptick in Claims
Apr 15 2019 // The frequency and severity of insurance claims in the U.S. renewable energy market have significantly increased over the last five years, meaning insurers and asset owners must reset their benchmark for renewable energy...
What Companies May Not Know About an Exclusion
Apr 15 2019 // Hiding in Their D&O Policies Many private companies believe that procuring a directors and officers liability (D&O) policy ensures that their executives are covered. But, does the D&O policy really protect...
Insurers Are Curious, Cautious When It Comes to Chatbots for Claims
Apr 15 2019 // The insurance industry is slowly recognizing the potential of chatbots to free up resources and improve customer service, even as it recognizes the potential of the technology to sour relationships with customers,...
Report Ranks California Top of Nation’s in Dog-Related Injury Claims
Apr 9 2019 // A report from carrier State Farm shows it paid $123 million dollars for 3,280 dog bite and injury claims, last year, a decrease of 9 percent compared with the number of dog bite claims in 2017 and a decrease of 7 percent...
Bedbugs Join Dogs, Deer, Birds, Cats in Keeping Insurance Claims Folks Up at Night
Apr 9 2019 // Dogs remain the undisputed champions at generating insurance claims, while deer, birds and cats are contributing their share of mayhem as well. But according to a review of 470,000 insurance claims over five years by...
Hoppe Joins BevCap Management in Texas as Claims, Risk Management Director
Apr 9 2019 // BevCap Management in McKinney, Texas, has added Curtis Hoppe as director of Claims and Risk Management. Hoppe brings over 24 years of professional experience in auto liability, general liability and workers’...
North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: March
Apr 9 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of March 2019. Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...
AIG Offers to Settle 7 Defamation Claims Against Cosby; Comedian Asserts Innocence
Apr 8 2019 // American International Group, acting under a homeowner’s insurance policy it issued for comedian Bill Cosby, has settled defamation claims filed by seven women against the entertainer. Terms of the settlements were...
