Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Bipartisan Bill Targets Pregnancy Discrimination in Workplace
Jun 8 2015 // A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation last Thursday to boost protections for pregnant workers in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that revived discrimination claims by a former United...
State Farm: Georgia Files Most Lightning Strike Claims
Jun 8 2015 // State Farm says Georgia residents file the most claims for lightning strikes in the country. The insurer’s officials told WSB-TV that it paid more than $16 million for lightning-related claims in 2014. The owner of...
May U.S. Storm, Tornado Claims over $1Bn: Aon Benfield/Impact Forecasting
Jun 4 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has released its latest Global Catastrophe Recap report for the month of May. The report highlights the “powerful thunderstorms” that...
Exec’s Parting Shot: Flood Insurance Program Is a ‘Melting Iceberg’
Jun 3 2015 // The outgoing director of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) says the program is a “melting iceberg” that is incapable of properly managing its various players including the private insurance carriers...
Australia’s April-May Storm Loss Claims Reach US$1.208 Billion
Jun 3 2015 // The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) announced that insurance losses from claims following from storms in April and May at A$1.551 billion [US$1.208 billion], as a series of severe storms hit eastern Australia. The ICA...
Chinese Insurers Send Claims Teams to Site of Yangtze Ship Disaster
Jun 3 2015 // PICC Property and Casualty Co. Ltd., the insurer of a ship that capsized in China’s Yangtze River on Monday, and other insurers have sent teams to the site to settle claims in connection with what could be the...
President Signs Disaster Declaration for Texas Counties as Claims Mount
Jun 1 2015 // A disaster declaration signed by Pres. Barak Obama will help citizens in Harris, Hays and Van Zandt counties in Texas as they begin to recover from violent storm systems that brought tornadoes, high winds and massive...
California Bill Would Intercept Insurance Claims to Fund Child Support
Jun 1 2015 // California lawmakers are advancing a bill that would intercept more insurance payments and use them to pay beneficiaries’ overdue child support. About a quarter of insurance companies now voluntarily participate in...
FEMA Sends Out Letters Offering to Review Sandy Claims
Jun 1 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency on May 18 mailed out its first round of letters to the National Flood Insurance Program policyholders who filed Superstorm Sandy-related claims, asking whether they want their claims...
Slow Growth in Texas Workers’ Comp Claims: WCRI
Jun 1 2015 // Workers’ compensation claims costs in Texas have grown relatively slowly over a five-year period, according to a recent Workers Compensation Research Institute study of 17 states. The total average cost per claim for...
Florida Will Not Appeal Decision Favoring Deloitte in Poe Financial Collapse
Jun 1 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS) will not appeal the recent jury decision that found Deloitte & Touche not liable in the insolvency of Tampa-based Poe Financial Group following the unprecedented...
When Dogs Bite, Home Insurers Pay Average $32,000
Jun 1 2015 // Max, Bella and their canine comrades cause more than one-third of all home insurance claims, adding $530 million a year to insurance costs. And while the number of claims is down, the cost of the average claim from dog...
FEMA: Nearly 1,000 Sandy Claimants Signed Up for Claims Review So Far
May 29 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last week sent out its first round of letters to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders who filed Superstorm Sandy-related claims, offering them a chance to...
PMA in Pennsylvania Names DiCello as VP of Field Claims Operations
May 29 2015 // PMA Insurance Group in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, named Ray DiCello as vice president of field claims operations. DiCello reports to Kurt Schuhl, senior vice president and chief claims officer, PMA Insurance Group. In this...
Hail Claim Litigation Bill Dies in Texas House
May 28 2015 // With the legislative session winding down in Texas, a measure sought by the insurance industry that its proponents say would help rein in litigation related to property insurance claims has died in the House of...
Banks Scuttle MasterCard Settlement with Target Over Data Breach
May 26 2015 // A proposed $19 million settlement between MasterCard Inc. and Target Corp. over the retailer’s 2013 data breach fell through after not enough banks accepted the deal, the credit card company said on Thursday. The...
UK’s Regulator Criticizes Insurers for Failures in Handling Claims for SMEs
May 22 2015 // The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority criticized the insurance industry for “poor practices” and “significant” failures in handling claims for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The...
The Scoop on Recall Insurance and Listeria-Linked Ice Cream
May 22 2015 // While peanut butter and cantaloupe made big news in recent years, ice cream is now the latest item to be pulled off grocery store shelves due to foodborne-illness. Brenham, Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries’...
Texas Workers’ Comp Claims See Slow Growth: WCRI
May 21 2015 // Workers’ compensation claims in Texas grew more slowly than in most of the other states, according to a Workers Compensation Research Institute report out Thursday that studied 17 states. The total average cost per...
BP Settles Gulf Oil Spill Cross Claims with Halliburton, Transocean
May 21 2015 // BP Plc has settled with oilfield services provider Halliburton Co. and contract driller Transocean Ltd. cross claims related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the worst offshore disaster in U.S. history. BP still faces...
