Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Man Guilty of $1.2M BP Oil Spill Claims Fraud
Apr 19 2013 // A South Florida man is facing a potentially lengthy prison sentence after a jury convicted him of attempting to defraud the BP oil spill claims fund out of $1.2 million. A jury on Tuesday convicted 32-year-old Jean Mari...
PCI: Too Early for Insurance Implications of Deadly Texas Fertilizer Blast
Apr 18 2013 // A fertilizer facility exploded in the small Central Texas town of West on Wednesday night, killing an estimated 15 people, injuring more than 150 and damaging dozens of homes, according to a report in the Austin American...
Top 10 States for Hail Claims: State Farm
Apr 17 2013 // Damage caused by wind and hail cost State Farm and its policyholders more than $3.9 billion in 2012. According to State Farm, the states with the most wind/hail losses include: Texas—47,000 claims Illinois—41,000...
Nearly 95% of N.Y. Sandy Claims Closed, Insurers’ Response Report Card Shows
Apr 17 2013 // New York State regulators’ latest Sandy response report card shows that almost 95 percent of Superstorm Sandy-related personal and business insurance claims in the state have now been closed. The report card, which...
RSG’s Sapphire Blue, Catlin Agencies Launch Rural, Specialty Hospital Program
Apr 17 2013 // Ryan Specialty Group’s (RSG) Sapphire Blue and Lloyd’s Catlin Underwriting Agencies Ltd. have launched a new liability insurance program specifically for U.S. small rural and specialty hospitals. The program...
XL Group Appoints Head of Global Claims in Connecticut
Apr 17 2013 // XL Group has hired Andrew Pinkes for the company’s insurance operations as executive vice president, global head of claims. He steps into the position previously held by Paul Tuhy, who has been appointed to XL...
Supreme Court: U.S. Courts Lack Jurisdiction to Hear Foreign Human Rights Claims
Apr 17 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that federal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear lawsuits against foreign corporations accused of aiding in human rights abuses abroad. In one of its biggest human rights cases...
Willis Re Claims Exec on Mutual Insurers’ Cat Loss Exposures
Apr 17 2013 // Willis Re may be positive about the market changes that could benefit mutual insurers , but Barry Costi-Mouyia, Technical Claims Director of Willis Re, has indicated that while many of the claims issues arising from...
Former NFL Player Charged With Insurance Fraud in California
Apr 15 2013 // A former National Football League linebacker is facing charges for what prosecutors say was a $1.5 million scheme to defraud a Sacramento insurance company. The U.S. attorney’s office said Friday that 42-year-old...
Tennessee House Approves Workers’ Comp Claims Panels Along Party Lines
Apr 15 2013 // After defeating several attempts by Democrats to dial back the proposal, the Tennessee House last Thursday approved Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s bill to change the way the state considers injured workers’...
Conn.-Based Medical Liability Insurer CMIC Appoints Director of Claims
Apr 11 2013 // CMIC, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based carrier offering medical professional liability insurance in New England, announced Kevin Bresnahan has joined the company as director of claims. Bresnahan brings 20 years of experience to...
FEMA Has Most New Jersey Flood Insurance Claims Settled
Apr 11 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has settled 96 percent of the post-Superstorm Sandy National Flood Insurance Program claims in New Jersey.A photo of flooded homes in the Mantoloking, N.J., region on Nov. 2,...
Liberty Mutual Promotes Shapiro to Chief Commercial Claims Officer
Apr 10 2013 // Liberty Mutual Insurance announced the promotion of Glenn Shapiro to the role of executive vice president and chief claims officer for its commercial insurance.Glenn ShapiroShapiro succeeds George Neale, who recently...
Personal Touch
Apr 8 2013 // Agents appear to be winning the race in home insurance — at least when it comes to claims. Home insurance claimants who file through agents show greater satisfaction levels — 50 points higher — than those who file...
Ruling Against BP Clears Way for Appeal of Spill Payouts
Apr 5 2013 // A U.S. judge’s ruling Friday against BP Plc means the company can proceed with its appeal of the way a court-appointed administrator apportions payments for claims related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, some...
The Never Ending Snoball Fight
Apr 4 2013 // Snowfall in Southern Louisiana is a rarity, but one doozy of a snowball fight has been ongoing since at least 2006 and has resulted in four separate lawsuits, now consolidated in the United States District Court for the...
Tennessee Senate Approves Governor’s Workers’ Compensation Claims Change
Apr 3 2013 // Legislation that seeks to change the way injured workers’ claims are considered passed the Senate despite opponents who say it would reduce benefits and remove impartiality from the judgment process. The measure,...
Kenyon Named Regional Vice President of Claims at Amerisure
Apr 2 2013 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based property/casualty insurance provider, Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co., has added Becky Kenyon as regional vice president of claims. Prior to joining Amerisure, Kenyon was vice president,...
North Dakota Wants Another Look at Worker’s Comp
Apr 2 2013 // Tim Lambertson has fought a long legal battle to keep from seeing the doctor. The North Dakota former truck driver, who was sidelined from work by an injury sustained while unloading potatoes, would welcome medical...
Gulf Oil Spill Claims Czar Seeks Dismissal of BP Suit
Apr 2 2013 // The administrator of BP Plc’s settlement with thousands of people and businesses who sued over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill urged a federal judge on Monday to end the company’s lawsuit over how he...
