Latest Claims Headlines
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Selective Reports 2012 Q4 Profit of $1.3M; Sandy Losses at $30.3M
Feb 1 2013 // Branchville, N.J.-based Selective Insurance Group posted 2012 fourth quarter net income of $1.3 million, down more than 92 percent compared to the 2011 fourth quarter when the insurer reported $18.0 million profit. The...
Wisconsin Couple Can’t Collect in Birth Control Mix-Up
Feb 1 2013 // A clinic that mistakenly gave vitamins instead of birth-control pills to a Wisconsin woman doesn’t have to pay to raise the child she conceived but can be sued for other financial damages, a state appeals court has...
Settlement OK’d Over Louisiana Citizens Katrina, Rita Claims
Feb 1 2013 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has finalized a $20 million settlement related to claims handled after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, wrapping up one of two remaining storm-related settlements that have weighed...
American Claims Management Rebrands Pacific Claims Services to Marquee Managed Care Solutions
Feb 1 2013 // San Diego, CA, 02/01/13 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM), a national third party administrator, has rebranded one of its subsidiary services from Pacific Claims Services (PCS) to Marquee Managed Care...
Crum & Forster Taps Burr as VP of California Workers’ Comp Claims
Jan 31 2013 // Crum & Forster hired George Burr as vice president of California workers’ compensation claims. Burr will manage C&F’s West Coast workers’ compensation claims office located in Orange County,...
Too Early to Know Cost of 787 Dreamliner Claims, Says Boeing’s Insurer
Jan 30 2013 // Boeing Co. has some insurance in case its aircraft are grounded, but it is far too soon to say whether the problems with the 787 Dreamliner will lead to significant claims, the head of the planemaker’s lead insurer...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #21
Jan 30 2013 // Do you always verify exposure changes at renewal? The genesis of a common E&O claim is when a commercial client changes their operations and the agency does not catch this at renewal. These claims can be property or...
Massive Floods Hit Queensland, New So. Wales; 4 Dead, Thousands Evacuated
Jan 29 2013 // Massive summer floods killed four people and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes across two Australian states on Tuesday, disrupting air and rail travel and coal production. A deluge fed by ex-tropical...
Oklahoma AG Challenges Federal Health Care IRS Claims
Jan 28 2013 // The nation’s health care law does not authorize the Internal Revenue Service to adopt a rule that the federal government claims is needed to implement the statute, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt...
After the Storm: Agents’ E&O Lessons Learned
Jan 28 2013 // More often than not, a second wave of claims against insurance agents by their clients follows a natural disaster. For the most part, the types of allegations and claims that surface after a catastrophe are the same as...
Conn. Bill Would Allow PTSD Claims for Workers’ Comp
Jan 28 2013 // The co-chairman of a state legislative committee in Connecticut says the panel is planning to introduce a bill allowing claims of post-traumatic stress disorder to be covered under Connecticut’s workers’...
Deadline Extended for Isaac Flood Insurance Claims
Jan 25 2013 // Louisiana property owners with flood insurance policies whose homes or other structures were damaged during Hurricane Isaac have another 30 days to file claims for their flood losses. Policy owners now have until Feb. 21...
Auto Insurance Claimants Happy with Speedier Settlements
Jan 25 2013 // Auto insurance customers continue to be pleased with not only with their claims settlement amounts but also with how quickly their claims are being settled. Also, insurance claims adjusters are doing a better job of...
Catholic Hospital Claims Fetus Not Person in Colorado Malpractice Defense
Jan 25 2013 // Three Colorado bishops said on Thursday they will review a Catholic Church hospital’s defense of a lawsuit that argues fetuses do not have legal status – apparently contradicting the Church’s teaching on...
N.Y. Insurers’ Sandy Response ‘Report Card’ Shows 0.48% Claims Complaint Rate
Jan 24 2013 // The New York regulators’ latest “report cards” on the performance of insurers in the wake of Superstorm Sandy shows that 1,830 consumer complaints have been filed from 381,827 Sandy-related claims —...
BP Says $332 Million in Florida Oil Spill Claims Approved
Jan 24 2013 // The administrator of a class-action settlement between petroleum giant BP and oil spill claimants said that more than 34,000 Florida businesses and individuals so far have been approved to receive $332 million. Patrick...
Safety Board Looking at Whistleblower Claims in 787 Battery Case
Jan 24 2013 // The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is looking at issues raised by more than one whistleblower as it investigates battery failures that have grounded the global fleet of 50 Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners for a...
$6.4M in Insurance Claims Recovered for Louisiana Consumers in 2012
Jan 17 2013 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that insurance policyholders across the state received an additional $6.4 million in payments during 2012 by requesting assistance from the Louisiana Department of Insurance...
Suit Claims Blue Cross Of California Discriminates In HIV Cases
Jan 16 2013 // Blue Cross of California is being sued over a new program that bars AIDS patients from using local pharmacies to get their medications. The group Consumer Watchdog sued the insurer last week in San Diego on behalf of a...
BP Oil Spill Settlement Payments Exceed $1B Mark
Jan 15 2013 // Businesses and individuals who claim BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money have been paid more than $1 billion through the company’s class action settlement with a team of private...
