Latest Claims Headlines
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When Dogs Bite: Dog-Related Losses Account for One-Third of Homeowners Liability Claims Costs
Apr 16 2018 // Dog bites and other dog-related injuries accounted for more than one third of all homeowners liability claim dollars paid out in 2017, costing almost $700 million. That’s according to the Insurance Information...
Pennsylvania Man Charged With Filing Fraudulent Insurance Claims in New Jersey
Apr 16 2018 // A Pennsylvania man has been charged with filing nearly $50,000 in fraudulent insurance claims for items allegedly lost or stolen while he was traveling around the country. Robert Cirino of Reading, Penn., was indicted on...
J&J $80 Million Damages Award Could Signal More Talcum Cancer Claims
Apr 12 2018 // Johnson & Johnson and a talc-mining company were ordered by jurors to pay $80 million in punitive damages for hiding that their products, including J&J’s iconic baby powder, had been tainted by asbestos and...
Everest Re Expects Q1 Catastrophe Losses of $100M on Rising California Wildfire Claims
Apr 12 2018 // Everest Re Group Ltd. estimates it will incur $100 million of catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance recoverables and reinstatement premiums, in the first quarter of 2018, largely arising from the California wildfires and...
Uber Wants Pay Inequality Accord to Also Settle Sex Harassment Claims
Apr 10 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s $10 million settlement with women engineers who complained they were underpaid compared with men would also rid the ride-hailing giant of liability for potentially hundreds of sexual...
Pennsylvania Man Charged with Filing Fraudulent Insurance Claims in New Jersey
Apr 6 2018 // A Pennsylvania man has been charged with filing nearly $50,000 in fraudulent insurance claims for items allegedly lost or stolen while he was traveling around the country. Robert Cirino of Reading, Penn., was indicted on...
J&J Loses Trial in New Jersey Over Claims Linking Cancer to Asbestos in Talc
Apr 6 2018 // Johnson & Johnson suffered its first trial loss in a lawsuit claiming its talc-based products including Johnson’s Baby Powder contain cancer-causing asbestos, with a New Jersey jury on Thursday ordering J&J...
Dog Bite Claims Cost Insurers $700 Million
Apr 6 2018 // Dog bites and other dog-related injuries accounted for more than one third of all homeowners liability claim dollars paid out in 2017, costing almost $700 million. That’s according to the Insurance Information...
J&J Jury in New Jersey Set to Weigh Banker’s Claims Baby Powder Caused Cancer
Apr 5 2018 // Jurors are set to weigh an investment banker’s claims that using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder for more than 30 years caused him to develop a deadly cancer linked to asbestos. A New Jersey jury will begin...
California Mudslide Claims Top $421M
Apr 3 2018 // Insurers have received more than 2,000 insurance claims totaling more than $421 million in losses from the deadly Montecito, Calif. mudslide that destroyed or damaged more than 400 homes and businesses and killed 21...
Michigan Auto Insurance Assessment Rising to $192 per Vehicle in July
Apr 2 2018 // Michigan drivers with auto insurance will pay more money than ever — $192 annually per vehicle — to cover unlimited medical benefits for severely injured motorists. The fee was announced Thursday by the Michigan...
Top 10 States for Hail Claims: State Farm
Apr 2 2018 // State Farm recently started a spring storm campaign to educate consumers on hail damage. The insurer collected its homeowners’ claims data for hail damage based on total paid losses for 2017. That number totaled more...
Liquidation Order Issued for Auto Insurer with More Than 42K Policies in Pennsylvania
Apr 2 2018 // A Texas court has issued an order of liquidation for Access Insurance Company, an auto insurer that has 42,785 policies in Pennsylvania. This means Pennsylvanians that currently have auto insurance through Access Insurance...
Agency E&O: To Win a Lawsuit or Prevent One?
Apr 2 2018 // Insurance agents and brokers have long been targets of error and omission lawsuits. It’s also true that most of them have sought advice of counsel as to how to win a lawsuit. They will often be told that the duty of...
Non-Catastrophe Losses, Natural Disasters Take Toll on Lloyd’s Market in 2017
Apr 2 2018 // The Lloyd’s market’s pre-tax loss of £2 billion (US$2.8 billion) in 2017 was partly due to hurricanes and wildfires in the third and fourth quarters. But these losses were exacerbated by the continued...
Louisiana Bill Banning Forced Arbitration in Workplace Harassment Claims Fails
Mar 28 2018 // Louisiana lawmakers have jettisoned a measure that would have banned employers from requiring their workers to sign contracts that keep them from filing sexual harassment lawsuits in civil court. The House voted 50-42...
Supplier Claims Uber Disabled Its Safety Tech in Volvo That Caused Pedestrian Fatality
Mar 27 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. disabled the standard collision-avoidance technology in the Volvo SUV that struck and killed a woman in Arizona last week, according to the auto-parts maker that supplied the vehicle’s radar...
Endeavour Expands Capability of Claims Platform Used by Canadian Coverholders
Mar 26 2018 // Delegated authority specialist and Lloyd’s broker Endeavour Insurance Services has added new functionality, including Lineage compatibility, to its Advantage claims platform, further improving claims handling for...
How Trump Policies Contribute to Dire Scenario for Workers’ Compensation
Mar 26 2018 // At a time when the nation’s workers’ compensation system is facing an aging workforce and a pending widespread labor shortage, federal policies on immigration and health insurance promise to exacerbate these...
Waymo Claims Its Driverless Car Would Have Avoided Uber’s Fatal Accident
Mar 26 2018 // The head of Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, Waymo, said on Saturday that the company’s technology would have safely handled the situation confronting an Uber self-driving vehicle last week when it...
