Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Announces August Enforcement Actions
Sep 24 2010 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon recently announced final disciplinary actions taken in August by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC)....
Lloyd’s Program Aims to Increase Claims Talent
Sep 24 2010 // Lloyd’s has announced that it will establish a dedicated program to recruit and train 50 claims professionals over the next five years, which it said is equivalent to “10 per cent of claims personnel currently...
Fremont Offers to Waive Deductible for Seasonal Homeowners Claims
Sep 24 2010 // Fremont, Mich.-based Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc. is offering its homeowners insureds a checklist for closing seasonal dwellings, along with an additional incentive — an offer to waive the policyholder’s...
Poor Service Leads to Fraudulent Insurance Claims, Survey Finds
Sep 22 2010 // More than half (55 percent) of U.S. consumers say poor service from an insurance company is more likely to cause an individual to commit fraud against that company, according to a survey by Accenture. The survey also...
New Commercial Roof Types and Materials Challenge Claims Pros
Sep 20 2010 // Commercial roofing, already complicated, is getting more so as new types and materials are being introduced, according to a leading engineer who specializes in assessing roof losses for insurers. Kenneth R. Gilvary, a...
Florida’s Citizens Says Sinkhole Claims Require Rate Hike
Sep 20 2010 // At a hearing before the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. officials blamed sinkholes as the major reason the public insurer needs a rate increase. Testifying at the public hearing in...
Post-Katrina Duties and Liabilities of Insurance Agents and Brokers
Sep 20 2010 // The Louisiana Supreme Court Weighs In Following Hurricane Katrina, many insurance agents and brokers were sued by customers who found they were underinsured for their losses caused by the hurricane. It is fair to say that...
What to Watch in the World of D&O
Sep 20 2010 // Every year it’s worth noting the list of the current hot topics in the world of directors’ and officers’ liability. As should be obvious from this year’s list, there is a lot going on now, with...
Court: Government Contractor Not Immune to New Orleans Levee Suit
Sep 17 2010 // A government contractor isn’t immune from claims that it performed shoddy work that resulted in the failure of a New Orleans levee system during Hurricane Katrina, a federal appeals court has ruled. This week’s...
Nashville Mall Sues for $150 Million in Flood Claims
Sep 17 2010 // The Opry Mills mall, closed since early May because of flooding, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against 17 insurance companies seeking at least $150 million in claims. The mall, on the site of the old Opryland USA theme park,...
Lawsuits Over Gulf Oil Disaster Begin With Clash Over Pace
Sep 16 2010 // Scores of attorneys will jam a federal courtroom today to argue for almost immediate access to emails and other documents from BP Plc and its business partners as the legal fight over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill heats...
Ohio Insurance Institute: State’s Insured Losses from Ike – $1.255B
Sep 14 2010 // For some Ohioans, the memory of Hurricane Ike is only surpassed by the damage it caused last Sept. 14 as it made its way across the Buckeye State packing winds at speeds equal to a Category 1 hurricane (up to 74...
California Workers’ Compensation Institute Assists With Posting Requirements
Sep 13 2010 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) announced it has newly revised DWC-1 claim form/Notice of Potential Eligibility (NOPE), as well as English and Spanish versions of its new hire pamphlet (Facts...
Insurance Claims Pour in from Tropical Storm Hermine
Sep 10 2010 // Like the rainfall that inundated Texas as a result of Tropical Storm Hermine, claims from property damage caused by the storm have been pouring in to insurers, the Insurance Council of Texas has reported. ICT spokesman...
Halliburton, Transocean Reject BP’s Claims; Court Battles Loom
Sep 9 2010 // BP Plc and its Gulf of Mexico oil well partners traded blame Wednesday after an internal BP investigation tried to downplay the company’s role in the world’s biggest offshore spill. The 193-page BP report...
Full Disclosure of Medical Errors Lowers Liability Costs, Study Finds
Sep 9 2010 // Full disclosure of medical errors including compensation for them can lower defense and overall liability costs for medical providers, according to a new study. While many medcial providers today acknowledge that patients...
SCF Arizona Promotes Two to VPs
Sep 8 2010 // SCF Arizona promoted directors Ginny Arnett Caro to vice president, Claims Services, and Dan Hernandez to vice president, Operations & Small Business Services. Arnett Caro oversees a division that brings together...
Texas Approves 16 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp Claims
Sep 8 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved one initial application and 15 renewals of the Certificates of Authority for companies to self-insure their workers’...
Florida’s Citizens Says Sinkhole Claims Forcing Proposed Rate Hike
Sep 8 2010 // At a hearing yesterday before the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. officials blamed sinkholes as the major reason the public insurer needs a rate increase. Testifying at the public...
It Figures
Sep 6 2010 // $412 Million Dog bite claims cost the insurance industry $412 million in 2009, an increase of 6.4 percent from 2008. Dog bites account for more than one-third of all homeowners insurance liability claims paid out in 2009,...
