Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report: Increasing Workers’ Comp Losses For California Public Self-Insureds
Mar 12 2012 // A analysis of more than 10 years’ worth of data shows for the fifth consecutive year increases in the average loss per claim, led by escalating medical losses, pushed up total workers’ compensation costs for...
Negligence Claims Bills Sent to Florida Governor’s Desk
Mar 12 2012 // A claims bill that would pay $2.4 million to the parents of murdered Tallahassee police informant Rachel Hoffman went to Gov. Rick Scott after a final vote Friday in the Florida Senate. The measure (HB 7131) will allow the...
American Claims Management Appointed Dalessandro Director of Business Development
Mar 12 2012 // San Diego, CA, 03/12/12 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM), a national third party administrator, has hired Jeffrey Dalessandro as director of business development. Effective February 27, 2012, Dalessandro...
Florida AG HIres Law Firms to Pursue Gulf Oil Spill Claims
Mar 12 2012 // Attorney General Pam Bondi has hired four law firms to help with Florida’s claims related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill two years ago. Bondi said the firms will work on a contingency basis, earning 2.5 percent of...
Gulf Oil Spill: Tales of 3 Plaintiffs
Mar 12 2012 // The phone at Joan Strohmeyer’s fishing lodge in Venice, Louisiana, has been ringing steadily since 2010, but not many of the calls are from customers who want to go fishing. Mainly, they are from lawyers who want her...
1 of 3 High-Profile Negligence Claims Bills Reaches Florida Gov. Scott’s Desk
Mar 9 2012 // Aaron Edwards squirmed in delight on his mother’s lap in the Florida Senate gallery Wednesday as the chamber passed a bill to compensate him for negligence during his birth at a public hospital 14 years ago that left...
Nebraska Medical Liability Insurer Adds Staff, Announces Promotions
Mar 9 2012 // Preferred Professional Insurance Company (PPIC), an Omaha, Neb.-based Catholic-owned medical liability insurance firm, has hired Patti Hiemer as the company’s accounting clerk and made a number of staff...
Lawyers in Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Prepare for Fight Over Fees
Mar 8 2012 // The estimated $7.8 billion settlement reached last week between BP Plc and attorneys for victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill left many details unresolved, but at least one thing looks like a sure bet. The lawyers are...
BP Settlement Relieves Feinberg of Duties; New Claims Process to Start
Mar 8 2012 // The man who has paid out billions of dollars to victims of the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been formally relieved of his duties, and a federal judge has set up a new process to let more people and businesses...
Portland Sues Former Insurance Company Over Claims
Mar 8 2012 // Portland is suing a former insurance carrier for $1.5 million in legal defense costs for claims involving nine employees. The city says the ICSP company refused to pay costs that exceeded the city’s $1 million limit....
Whistleblower Says BofA Defrauded Home Loan Remodification Program
Mar 7 2012 // Bank of America NA prevented homeowners from receiving mortgage-loan modifications under a federal program in order to avoid millions of dollars in losses while benefiting from financial incentives for participating in the...
Lawyer Claims Highest Known Workers’ Comp Settlement in California History
Mar 7 2012 // Attorney Christopher Asvar believes he has secured the highest known workers’ compensation insurance settlement in California history, totaling $8.9 million on behalf of a Antonio Enriquez, who suffered a traumatic...
Portland Sues Former Insurance Company Over Claims
Mar 7 2012 // Portland is suing a former insurance carrier for $1.5 million in legal defense costs for claims involving nine employees. The city says the ICSP company refused to pay costs that exceeded the city’s $1 million limit....
K&B Introduces Workers’ Compensation Program
Mar 7 2012 // K&B Underwriters has launched a new workers’ compensation product in collaboration with SeaBright Insurance Co. The carrier will bring a claims handling and loss control program to K&B’s senior living...
Florida House OKs 3 Victim Compensation Measures Worth Millions
Mar 7 2012 // Three high-profile claims bills that would let victims of governmental negligence receive millions in compensation cleared the Florida House on Monday. The bills now go to the Senate. One bill (SB 4) would require that an...
Stanford Ponzi Scheme Verdict Could Boost Civil Claims
Mar 7 2012 // The conviction of Allen Stanford on Tuesday for orchestrating a $7 billion Ponzi scheme could be bad news for two prominent law firms and an attorney facing civil lawsuits arising out of the Texas financier’s...
California Department of Insurance Takes Action Over Claims Handling
Mar 6 2012 // The California Department of Insurance has served an order to show cause, a statement of charges and a notice of penalty against the New Hampshire Insurance Co. and its authorized agent for claims processing, York Risk...
BP Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Includes Medical Claims Process
Mar 6 2012 // A settlement that BP is hammering out with victims of the massive Gulf oil spill finally provides a system for monitoring health concerns and compensating people whose illnesses are found to have a link to the...
Insurance Claims from Recent Tornadoes May Top $1B
Mar 5 2012 // March came in like a very large and powerful lion, spawning severe weather across the Midwest, interior south and southeast United States. Insured losses from the tornadoes, hail and high winds that struck in late February...
N.Y. Workers’ Comp Board Moving to Electronic Claims Reporting
Mar 5 2012 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board is transitioning from a paper to an electronic employer report of injury system. The board will adopt the IAIABC (International Association of Industrial Accident Boards...
