Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Xchanging Launches Enhanced Claims Review -ECR- Service
Jan 9 2003 // Business Process Outsourcing company Xchanging announced the launch of the second phase of its ECR Service to review non-moving claims files for the Lloyd’s market for years of account 1993 onwards. A regular review...
Endurance Specialty Names William Fawcett Head of Claims
Jan 7 2003 // Endurance Specialty Holdings announced that its Bermuda operating subsidiary, Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd., has appointed William Fawcett as Senior VP, Head of Claims, responsible for managing the company’s...
21st Century Says A.M. Best Reaffirmed Ratings
Dec 24 2002 // 21st Century Holding Company, a vertically integrated financial services holding company headquartered in Plantation, Fla, announced today that AM Best reaffirmed ratings for Federated National Insurance Company (rated...
W. Va. State Agencies See Rise in Med-Mal Claims
Dec 19 2002 // A medical malpractice law passed in West Virginia last year is apparently to blame for an increase in medical malpractice lawsuits against state agencies this year. According to the Charleston Daily Mail, a legislative...
DriverShield, ClaimsNet Form Alliance
Dec 19 2002 // Florida-based DriverShield Corp. has entered into an exclusive strategic partnership agreement with ClaimsNet, Inc. an affiliate of The CEI Group, Inc., under which ClaimsNet, operating as CEI’s Insurance Services...
21st Century Files Suit Relating to Fraudulent Claims
Dec 18 2002 // In response to a flood of insurance fraud relating to homeowners and earthquake insurance, 21st Century Insurance has filed a civil complaint against California-based Unlimited Adjusting Company and its principal Jung Ho...
A Year for Reflection and Reaction
Dec 16 2002 // As the end of 2002 nears, it is the time to look back over the past year and to reflect on the major events in this chaotic year. Any consideration of 2002 must consider the tumultuous reaction to the Sept. 11 terrorist...
A Year for Reflection and Reaction
Dec 16 2002 // As the end of 2002 nears, it is the time to look back over the past year and to reflect on the major events in this chaotic year. Any consideration of 2002 must consider the tumultuous reaction to the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Economic Factors Fueling P/C Rates; AAI Urges Regulators to Resist Haste to Regulate
Dec 10 2002 // Economic factors such as rapidly increasing claims costs, not some alleged conspiracy aimed at taking advantage of the American public, is driving increases in insurance premiums, according to the Alliance of American...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Claims Examiner Arrested
Dec 10 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI), Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested Elisa I. Guillermo, 38, of Concord, Calif., and her sister, Juliet I. Armstrong, 41, also of...
Nationwide Says Winter Storm Claims Expected To Top $27 Million
Dec 10 2002 // Ohio-based Nationwide Insurance reported that it expects to receive more than 11,000 claims from the recent winter storms in North Carolina and South Carolina, and estimates insured policyholder losses eventually could be...
ADP Claims Services Announces Web-based Claims Management
Dec 9 2002 // Calif.-based ADP Claims Services Group, a provider of information services for the insurance, collision repair and automotive recycling industries announced at the International Autobody Congress and Exposition (NACE) 2002...
Travelers Introduces New D&O Liability Policy
Dec 6 2002 // Travelers Bond, a division of Travelers Property Casualty Corp. has unveiled Broad Form PLUS+(SM), a new policy that offers personal asset protection for directors and officers when primary coverage and/or indemnification...
Top 5 Reasons Calif. Homeowners Insurance Rates are Rising
Dec 6 2002 // Representatives from the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) recently announced the top five reasons...
Equitas Reports Six-month Results
Dec 5 2002 // Equitas, the run-off vehicle set up by Lloyd’s to handle pre-1993 claims, reported its results for the six months ending Sept. 30. Overall claims paid dropped to £451 million ($704 million), compared to £798...
ADP Launches Web-Based Estimate Auditing Tool for Auto Claims
Dec 3 2002 // ADP Claims Services Group announced the general availability of Claimsflo Passport version 3.0, the automotive claims industry’s first web-based auditing tool. Passport version 3.0 audits 100 percent of estimates...
ACIC President Responds to Misleading Comments on Market Conditions
Nov 28 2002 // The following letter to the editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune, authored by Association of California Insurance Companies president Sam Sorich, is regarding insurers’ investment income impact on premiums and rates...
ISO Complements EPL Program with Reinsurance, Claims-Handling Services from FairBoss
Nov 27 2002 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has complemented ISO Employers AdvantageSM employment-practices liability (EPL) program through a marketing relationship with FairBoss Underwriters, Inc. (FBU), which provides...
UnumProvident Fights Recent Allegations
Nov 19 2002 // UnumProvident Corporation, a provider of disability insurance, has been the victim of recent negative publicity surrounding claims handling practices, according to the company. Behind the allegations reportedly are a...
Crawford Lands R&SA, Hartford Accounts
Nov 14 2002 // Crawford & Company, an independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, and based in Atlanta, announced new contracts with both Royal & Sun Alliance...
