Latest Claims Headlines
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Apr 5 2010 // Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, based in Lansing, Mich., appointed Lisa Riddle the new vice president of Claims and Medical Operations. In her new role, Riddle is responsible for the strategic direction of...
P/C Insurers Can Handle Chinese Drywall Costs, Says Moody’s
Apr 5 2010 // Property/casualty insurers are expected to continue to handle costs for defective Chinese drywall claims in the normal course of business, according to a rating analyst with Moody’s Investors Service. Losses from...
P/C Insurers Can Handle Chinese Drywall Costs, Says Moody’s
Apr 5 2010 // Property/casualty insurers are expected to continue to handle costs for defective Chinese drywall claims in the normal course of business, according to a rating analyst with Moody’s Investors Service. Losses from...
Private Company Directors and Officers Coverage
Apr 5 2010 // Should It Be First on Your List Rather Than Last? But we are a private company,” is a typical response when trying to open a conversation about directors and officers (D&O) liability coverage with a prospect or...
A Tale of Two Markets
Apr 5 2010 // What to Expect in the D&O Liability Renewal Market Your client’s directors and officers liability policy is coming up for renewal. What can you expect from the market? Like the Dickens classic, this is a tale of...
Audit: Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Fund in Poor Shape
Apr 1 2010 // A fund that helps Wisconsin health care providers pay medical malpractice claims is in poor financial shape after lawmakers raided $200 million to balance the budget, auditors have warned. The Injured Patients and Families...
Court: Michigan Teen Should Have Gone to Assigned Claims Plan
Mar 31 2010 // A Michigan teenager hit and injured by a U.S Postal Service truck while riding her bike has been denied benefits under a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling. The court ruled that her source of relief was not the courts but the...
American Claims Management Appoints Randall as Director of Special Investigations Unit & Investigations Department
Mar 31 2010 // San Diego, CA, 03/31/10 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM), a leading national third party claims administrator, is pleased to announce that Bill Randall will lead ACM’s newly expanded Special...
Louisiana Court: Policy Exclusions Can’t Be Used to Deny Drywall Claims
Mar 30 2010 // A Louisiana court has rebuffed an insurance company’s use of the pollution exclusion and two other exclusions in an “all risk” homeowners insurance policy to deny claims resulting from so-called Chinese...
FEMA Charges Georgia Man with Multiple False Claims
Mar 29 2010 // Desima James would seem to be the unluckiest man in America. In 2005 and 2006 alone, he suffered through three devastating Gulf Coast hurricanes, a tornado in Indiana and flooding in New Hampshire. Or so he told the...
Nurse Practitioner Liability Claims Costs Rising 2.3% a Year: CNA HealthPro
Mar 29 2010 // The average indemnity and expense payments in nurse practitioner liability claims have increased at a rate of 2.3 percent per year over the past 10 years, according to an insurer’s review of...
P/C Insurers Can Handle Chinese Drywall Costs, Says Moody’s
Mar 26 2010 // Property/casualty insurers are expected to continue to handle costs for defective Chinese drywall claims in the normal course of business, according to a rating analyst with Moody’s Investors Service. Losses from...
Louisiana Bills Would Ban Insurance Cancellations from Drywall Claims
Mar 26 2010 // Property insurance companies would not be allowed to cancel policies or raise rates on homeowners who make damage claims stemming from corrosive Chinese drywall, under two proposed state laws in Louisiana. Bills by state...
8 New Markets in Response to Current Trends
Mar 22 2010 // Insurance Companies Generate New Programs to Bring in Additional Premium The last few years of the soft market have forced many carriers and agencies to get creative when it comes to bringing in additional premium. This...
More Males Filing Sexual Harassment in Workplace Claims
Mar 22 2010 // John Pilkington’s boss wouldn’t take no for an answer. During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and...
Green Is Good, Right?
Mar 22 2010 // Insurers Monitoring Defects, Claims Tied to Green Building Products and Designs From wind turbines and fuel cells to vegetative roofs and bamboo surfaces, innovative green construction materials are showing up everywhere....
Clashes Led to Firings, Discrimination Claims at Ohio Work Comp Council
Mar 22 2010 // Internal pressure was mounting for months ahead of the February firings of the staff of an agency charged with protecting the well-being of Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers. Public records obtained by The...
American Claims Management Announces New Business Relationship With Starr Indemnity
Mar 15 2010 // San Diego, CA, 03/15/10 – American Claims Management, Inc. (ACM) announced a new business relationship with Starr Indemnity & Liability Company (Starr Indemnity), a wholly owned subsidiary of Starr International...
Trucking Led To $480 Million in Calif. Workers’ Comp Payments
Mar 15 2010 // Injuries in the trucking industry led to more than $480 million in workers’ compensation medical and indemnity payments, according to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The group, which released a...
Clashes Led to Firings, Discrimination Claims at Ohio Work Comp Council
Mar 10 2010 // Internal pressure was mounting for months ahead of the February firings of the staff of an agency charged with protecting the well-being of Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers. Public records obtained by The...
