Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
It Can’t Be Done: Article 21.55 and the Duty to Defend
Mar 8 2004 // Almost two years ago, I wrote a column for “Legal Beat” entitled It Couldn’t Be Done: The Policyholder’s Idea to Reinvigorate Third Party Bad Faith. The article outlined the attempts by a very...
MAJORITY OF CALIF. WILDFIRE CLAIMS RESOLVED, SAYS IINC:
Mar 8 2004 // A new insurer survey estimates that roughly three-quarters of claims stemming from the devastating October wildfires have been resolved. A poll by the Insurance Information Network of California of insurers representing...
Former Claims Adjuster, Accomplices Arrested
Mar 8 2004 // A former workers’ compensation claims adjuster and all eight of her alleged accomplices must now face felony grand theft charges after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Investigation...
The “Red Flag” That Isn’t There
Mar 8 2004 // Starting from an early age, I was always interested in the subject of magic. I would watch the great magicians of the day, read books about Houdini and others, and haunt my local magic shop on Saturday afternoons. It...
U.K.’s CII, CILA Formalize Claims Faculty
Mar 8 2004 // The U.K.’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA) announced that they have formed a Faculty of Claims to lead the market in the arena of claims handling and...
Maryland Seeks Flood Program Changes
Mar 8 2004 // Fueled by the complaints from victims of Hurricane Isabel, Maryland insurance officials have issued a report calling for changes in the way the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is administered and sold. “We...
NAMIC Claims State Regulators’ Drive to Implement Best Practices for Credit Scoring Use Not Necessary
Mar 8 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) called for cessation of an effort to create a “best practices” interpretation document on the use of insurance scores by the National Association...
Arkansas Negotiates Payment of TRG Claims
Mar 5 2004 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that agreements have been reached regarding the payment of outstanding claims that Arkansas insureds had thought could remain unpaid by TRG. Agreements have been...
CNA Insurance Selects Crawford & Company for Claims Handling Services
Mar 5 2004 // Atlanta, Ga.-based Crawford & Company was recently named as one of three national service providers to offer property, casualty, and workers’ compensation claims handling to CNA Insurance...
FastSnap.com announces new photo service designed to assist Auto Claims Departments
Mar 3 2004 // Fastsnap.com, an online digital photo service provider for the P&C Industry, is pleased to announce a new service targeted at Claims Divisions. This new service will provide timely and accurate digital photos of...
Arkansas’ Pickens Recommends CSLN
Mar 2 2004 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a recommendation to all licensed property/casualty insurance companies, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, trade associations and other interested...
AIA Says Calif. Applicant Attorneys’ Deceptive Claims About Insurer Profits is Pure Spin
Feb 27 2004 // As the California legislature prepares to act on Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed overhaul of the state’s expensive, dysfunctional workers’ compensation system, the special interest group with the most...
Majority of Calif. Wildfire Claims Resolved, Says IINC
Feb 24 2004 // A new insurer survey estimates that roughly three-quarters of claims stemming from the devastating October wildfires have been resolved. A poll by the Insurance Information Network of California of insurers representing...
Sedgwick Claims Management Opens Canadian Office
Feb 24 2004 // Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. has announced the opening of Sedgwick CMS Canada Inc., in Mississauga, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. It marks the first international location for the U.S. claims and productivity...
PENN. COURT SEEKS CLAIMS DATA:
Feb 23 2004 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s chief justice wants local court officials across the state to report the number of medical malpractice claims filed in the past four years and monitor new cases as they come in. The...
ALABAMA WORKERS’ COMP FUND WOULD REPORTEDLY BENEFIT FROM ASSESSMENT INCREASE:
Feb 23 2004 // With the Alabama Insurance Guaranty Association (AIGA) facing unprecedented budgetary shortfalls, the state’s employers and injured workers could reportedly be left with unpaid claims in the event of insurer...
Workers Aren’t the Only Comp Cheats
Feb 23 2004 // Detection by front-line insurance company personnel … is often the first line of defense against workers’ comp fraud. Within the insurance industry—and even outside it—workers’ compensation fraud is...
Cunningham Lindsey approved by CNA for claims handling
Feb 20 2004 // Cunningham Lindsey US, Inc., a subsidiary of Lindsey Morden Group, Inc., has recently been accepted by CNA as an approved Independent Adjusting Company to assist them with their outside claims handling needs in the United...
Professional Claims Services to Handle Claims for New Calif. Workers’ Comp Program
Feb 19 2004 // Poway, Calif.-based claims administrator Professional Claims Services Inc. will be handling all claims for a new workers’ compensation program being sold in California by Cascade National Insurance Company of...
“One-System” Solution for Claims and Bill Review Launched by Valley Oak Systems
Feb 13 2004 // San Ramon, Calif.-based Valley Oak Systems Inc., a national provider of claims management software, services and support, has launched iVOS Review Service and Software, a new bill review component that is now integrated...
