Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FastSnap Photo Service Helps Insurers Handle Wilma Claims
Nov 3 2005 // Reseda, CA – FastSnap’s network of photographers is available to help insurers and agents document hurricane losses in South Florida. “Our role usually fits on the underwriting side, but in this...
Wilma Damaged a Record Number of Vehicles in South Florida
Nov 2 2005 // State Farm and Progressive spokespersons indicate they received more auto damage claims from Hurricane Wilma than any of last year’s hurricanes. The two firms are Florida’s largest auto insurers. Wind is to...
Majority of Hurricane Rita’s $4.7 Billion in Losses Sustained in La., Texas
Nov 2 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas reported that property and casualty losses from Hurricane Rita are expected to hit $4.7 billion with the majority of losses sustained in Texas and Louisiana. According to the Insurance...
AIG Names Keogh Sr. VP, Mitrovic Vice President Claims
Nov 2 2005 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) has announced that its Board of Directors has elected John Keogh senior vice president, Domestic General Insurance and Michael Mitrovic vice president, Claims. Keogh will continue to...
Maine Dirigo Found to Save $44 Million; Governor Claims Victory
Nov 1 2005 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci has applauded a ruling by Maine’s top insurance regulator that found $43.7 million in first-year savings from Dirigo Health, a state-subsidized program designed to provide health coverage to...
Insurers Challenge Delaware Curb on Use of Claims History in Renewals
Nov 1 2005 // Insurers are challenging a Delaware regulation that limits their ability to base homeowners insurance underwriting decisions on insureds’ past claims history. The American Insurance Association and the Property...
Lawsuit Claims Disability Insurer Sought to Avoid Paying Claims
Nov 1 2005 // UnumProvident Corp., the nation’s largest disability insurer, systematically sought ways to avoid paying claims to millions of California customers, a lawsuit claims. The lawsuit filed in Superior Court by...
Carriers Flooded With Auto Damage Claims from Hurricane Wilma
Nov 1 2005 // The “Insurance Village” established in Plantation, Fla. near Fort Lauderdale by the Department of Financial Services, had a lot of damaged vehicles in the lot, and many auto policyholders were seen in the...
eAuto Claims Announces $2.4M Losses, $27M Accumulated Deficit
Nov 1 2005 // eAuto Claims, an auto technology company based in Oldsmar, Fla. has announced it has lost $2.4 million, or 8 cents a share, on revenue of $14.7 million for the 2005 year end compared with a net loss of $2.2 million, or 9...
Wilma’s Aftermath: Dade, Broward Counties Await Electricity; Agents Expect An Onslaught of Claims
Oct 31 2005 // Four days after Hurricane Wilma crossed southwest Florida and tore into South Florida, insurance agents told Insurance Journal they had not encountered the onslaught of claims they expected, but since a large percentage of...
Insurers Investigate Fires at Flood-Damaged Homes in La.
Oct 31 2005 // Some of the New Orleans homes drowned by the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina have been damaged by a second calamity – fire, according to the Associated Press. Louisiana investigators and insurance companies...
After Hurricane Wilma: Claims Piling Up As Cleanup Begins in Naples; In Some Areas Power Could Be Out for Weeks
Oct 28 2005 // Southwest and South Florida are recovering, very slowly, from the after-effects of Hurricane Wilma, which crossed over Naples on Monday and then speedily traveled due east to Miami and South Florida. Margaret M. Weems,...
PartnerRe Estimates Wilma Claims
Oct 26 2005 // Bermuda’s PartnerRe Ltd. has given the first estimations of its expected claims relating to Hurricane Wilma, following the hurricane’s passage through Mexico and south Florida over the last week. The estimates...
Adjusters Dispatched to Southeast Florida: Face Uncertain Conditions After Hurricane Wilma
Oct 26 2005 // Insurance adjusters are converging on Orlando this morning to regroup and then after short meetings, be assigned to Florida’s southwest and southeast coasts, where they begin to access the damage caused by Hurricane...
La. DOL Says Nearly $250 Million Paid to Hurricane Victims
Oct 25 2005 // Jobless benefits for victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita now stand at $242.8 million, with Katrina-related claims totaling $233.8 million and Rita claims totaling $8.9 million, according to the Louisiana Department of...
Nationwide Claims Reps Provide Hurricane Relief to Victims in Naples
Oct 25 2005 // Nationwide claims representatives and humanitarian relief teams stood by on Tuesday in the Lowe’s parking lot on 6415 Naples Blvd. in Naples, Fla. to provide aid to Hurricane Wilma victims. Nationwide teams brought...
Texas Judge Extends Allstate Injunction
Oct 24 2005 // Travis County, Texas, District Judge Stephen Yelenosky has extended until Dec. 12 an injunction prohibiting Allstate Insurance Company from denying claims related to Hurricane Rita, the Austin American-Statesman...
Crawford & Co. Reports Third Quarter Results; Hurricanes Reduced Income
Oct 24 2005 // Atlanta-based Crawford & Company, an independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30,...
Citizens Activates Claims Hotline, Deploying Mobile Response Teams
Oct 24 2005 // With thousands of Floridians impacted by Hurricane Wilma, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has activated its toll-free claims reporting hotline for policyholders to report property damage, according to Bob Ricker,...
St. Paul Travelers Readies Catastrophe Response Team in Florida for Wilma
Oct 21 2005 // St. Paul Travelers and its member company First Floridian have mobilized their Catastrophe Response Team to assist policyholders that may be affected by Hurricane Wilma. The company has deployed team members to Tampa and...
