Latest Claims Headlines
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Workers’ Comp Commissioner Says Claims on Decline in Texas
Apr 23 2014 // Declining workplace injuries and fewer claims for workers’ compensation benefits are leading to lower costs for employers, Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon told lawmakers in testimony...
Mass. Regulator on Boston Bombing Claims, TRIA Reauthorization Effort
Apr 23 2014 // Massachusetts Division of Insurance’s last data call showed that the vast majority of insurance claims stemming from the Boston marathon bombing tragedy have been resolved. The data also revealed that among the 160...
Claims, Oil and Resentments Linger Four Years After BP Oil Spill
Apr 21 2014 // Four years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, oil is still washing up on the long sandy beaches of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and some islanders are fed up with hearing from BP that the crisis is over. Jules Melancon, the last...
The Rising Score of Youth Sports Head Injury Claims
Apr 21 2014 // Last year, the NFL agreed to settle a concussion lawsuit filed by former players for $914 million. As concussion-related lawsuits continue to be filed against professional sports teams, equivalent claims and litigation...
Farmers Insurance Expects $75M in Claims from Midwest Storms
Apr 17 2014 // A system of severe weather moving through multiple Midwest states in early April brought tornadoes, hail, severe winds and flooding in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Texas. Farmers Insurance estimates that its expected...
GM Bankruptcy Shield from Claims May Cut Payouts by Billions
Apr 17 2014 // General Motors Co.’s move to freeze ignition-defect lawsuits in California and Texas has solid legal precedent behind it and could help slash customer demands for compensation by billions of dollars. GM asked federal...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Opens 24-Hour Claims Call Center
Apr 15 2014 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast, reported it has established a Claims Call Center that is open 24 hours, seven days a week. TWIA is encouraging...
Widows of Arizona Firefighters File Additional Claims
Apr 13 2014 // Two Granite Mountain Hotshots’ families are seeking to obtain additional death benefits from a state retirement system for public safety workers. The widows of Andrew Ashcraft and William Warneke filed claims last...
N.J. Gov. Asks FEMA to Give Sandy Victims More Time to File Flood Claims
Apr 9 2014 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to give the state’s residents and businesses who suffered flood damages from Superstorm Sandy an...
Florida Sees Drop in Auto No-Fault Questionable Claims
Apr 7 2014 // A national study found that Florida has seen its first decrease in questionable automobile claims since state lawmakers rewrote the no-fault law in 2012. The National Crime Insurance Bureau conducted the report that looked...
Bank of America Settles Forced-Place Insurance Claims for $228M
Apr 6 2014 // Bank of America Corp. agreed to pay $228 million to settle claims the bank overcharged for insurance homeowners were forced to accept when their regular policies lapsed. The amount was disclosed in a document requesting...
Aflac Claims Workers’ Compensation Claims Drop for Firms Offering Accident, Disability Insurance
Apr 2 2014 // A high percentage — 42 percent on average — of all companies providing access to voluntary accident and disability insurance report declines in their workers’ compensation claims, according to the results of an...
Lloyd’s ‘Stands Ready’ to Pay Claims from Malaysian Airlines Flight 370
Mar 28 2014 // Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest insurance market, has said it stands ready to pay out claims arising from the presumed loss of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, even as searchers continue to scour the Indian...
Insurance Study Shows Vehicle Recalls Matter
Mar 28 2014 // How seriously should a vehicle owner take a recall notice? A new study by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) shows that at least one type of recall corresponds to higher insurance losses, but the risk goes down after...
Ohio-Based Central Insurance Promotes Simpson, White, Moore
Mar 26 2014 // Van Wert, Ohio-based Central Insurance Companies announced several promotions effective March 10, 2014. Todd Simpson was promoted to assistant vice president of claims. A graduate of the Indiana University School of Law,...
More GM Vehicles Faulty Than In Recall Claims California Lawsuit
Mar 26 2014 // A lawsuit against General Motors Co. filed this week in San Francisco seeking class action status includes plaintiffs who own cars outside GM’s recall of 1.6 million vehicles. The suit claims that a wider set of GM...
N.J. Regulators Recovered $21M for Consumers, Health Care Providers in 2013
Mar 25 2014 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski announced last week that his department recovered nearly $21 million for consumers and health care providers, including nearly $7 million for...
Workers’ Compensation Fraud and the Insurance Producer
Mar 24 2014 // There are essentially two types of workers’ compensation fraud — premium fraud and claimant fraud — and insurance producers can play a role in the discovery and resolution of both, according to one investigator...
Michigan Drivers’ Catastrophic Claims Fee to Remain $186
Mar 24 2014 // An agency that charges Michigan drivers for the cost of caring for people catastrophically injured in crashes says the fee they pay will remain unchanged at $186 per year. The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association...
Georgia Regulators Order Liquidation of Georgia Mutual
Mar 24 2014 // A Georgia superior court judge has given regulators approval to liquidate a former automobile insurer. Cynthia Write, judge of the superior court of Fulton County, signed-off on an order in February that will allow...
