Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Claims from Late May Oklahoma Tornadoes Top 60K
Jun 11 2013 // Insurance claims filed in Oklahoma following the tornado outbreak at the end of May have jumped to 60,308 with insurance payments reaching $470,323,299, the top state insurance regulator reported. “These numbers are...
CH2M Hill to Pay $2.9M to Settle Alaska Hatchery Claims
Jun 11 2013 // The company that designed a new fish hatchery in Fairbanks has agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle the state’s claims over alleged flaws. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that as part of the settlement...
Southern California Schools Offer $17M To Settle Molestation Claims
Jun 7 2013 // The Los Angeles Unified School District has offered $17 million to settle dozens of claims by alleged victims of a former teacher charged with committing lewd acts on children. The Los Angeles Times reported the district...
Tornado-Related Insurance Claims Climb in Oklahoma
Jun 5 2013 // The total number of tornado-related insurance claims filed by Oklahomans has climbed to 32,433 since May 19, state insurance regulators report. The filings represent insured losses of nearly $250 million, including 13,938...
Louisiana Citizens Tweaks Claims Handling in Advance of Hurricane Season
Jun 5 2013 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. announced it has made significant enhancements to increase efficiency of claims filing, adjuster deployment and claims processing, in advance of the 2013 hurricane season. The...
N.Y. Assembly Approves a Flurry of Post-Sandy Insurance Reform Bills
Jun 5 2013 // The New York State Assembly approved on Tuesday a comprehensive post-Sandy insurance reform package comprised of 14 pieces of legislation. All approved measures now move to the state Senate for further consideration. The...
Jackson State Fraternity Hazing Claims Go to Mediation
Jun 5 2013 // Court records indicate that a lawsuit over alleged hazing at a Jacksonville State University fraternity will be handled outside of court. The Anniston (Alabama) Star reported that the plaintiff, Jason Horton, and the...
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies Appoints Claims Manager
Jun 4 2013 // Union Mutual of Vermont Companies promoted Peter Heitmann to the position of claims manager.Peter HeitmannHeitmann joined Union Mutual in 1983 as a telephone adjuster, and moved to a regional general adjuster position...
22K Insurance Claims Filed After May 19, 20 Oklahoma Tornadoes
Jun 3 2013 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department says more than 22,000 claims have been filed for property and vehicles damaged by tornadoes that struck the state on May 19 and 20. The agency says claims filed so far represent insured...
New York City Tops List of Cities With Most Questionable Claims
Jun 3 2013 // New York City tops the list of U.S. cities with the highest number of questionable insurance claims, according to the latest analysis by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). The NICB’s annual look at...
Mass. DOI to Issue Report on Boston Bombings
Jun 3 2013 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance said it is examining insurance claims arising from the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings to better understand the claims filed and paid. The division spokesperson Jayda Leder-Luis...
BP Oil Spill Claims Chief Bracing for Surge in Claims
Jun 3 2013 // The deadline for claims against BP Plc in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims says he is already bracing for a late surge in filings. Patrick...
Florida Fines Universal P/C $1.3M for Claims Delays, Notice Failures
May 31 2013 // Florida’s second largest property insurer is being hit with a fine of nearly $1.3 million. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced that his office was assessing a fine against Universal Property &...
N.Y.-Based Navigators Management Taps AIG Exec as New Chief Claims Officer
May 30 2013 // Rye Brook, N.Y.-based specialty insurer The Navigators Group appointed Glen Bronstein as chief claims officer of Navigators Management Company, the Group’s principal U.S. underwriting agency subsidiary. Prior to...
N.Y. Liquidation Bureau Distributed $346M in 2012; Over 6,000 Claims Resolved
May 29 2013 // New York State’s Financial Services Superintendent Ben Lawsky announced the publication of the New York Liquidation Bureau’s 2012 annual report. The report said that last year the Bureau distributed a record...
Greenberg Should Face Trial as ‘Deterrent,’ Says New York State
May 29 2013 // Hank Greenberg should still face trial over sham transactions he is accused of orchestrating while he was head of American International Group, even though New York has dropped most of its claims against him, a lawyer for...
Greenberg Seeks Dismissal of Spitzer Reinsurance Lawsuit
May 28 2013 // New York’s highest court will hear arguments on Tuesday on whether to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Hank Greenberg of orchestrating sham transactions when he was head of insurance company American International Group...
Hawaii Woman Sues Salvation Army, Claims Sex Abuse
May 28 2013 // A woman is suing the Salvation Army, claiming the organization moved a minister from Oahu to Maui after she reported he sexually abused her in the 1950s. Nancy Spencer’s lawsuit filed on Maui this week claims she was...
Four Major Universities Facing Sexual Assault Claims by Students
May 28 2013 // Students from four universities said they filed federal complaints alleging that their schools failed to address campus sexual assault and harassment. The college students filed actions with the U.S. Education Department...
U.S. Accountants Group Backs BP on Curbing Oil Spill Payouts
May 23 2013 // A group of U.S. accounting professors is backing BP’s fight to rein in compensation it has to pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which is threatening to add billions of dollars to its growing bill for the...
