Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
TX Workers’ Comp Costs Per Claim Keep Rising
Jan 27 2003 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute shows that workers’ compensation costs per claim in Texas continued to increase at double digit rates during recent years. According to WCRI, workers’...
ISO Launches ‘Pay as You Go’
Jan 27 2003 // Insurance Services Office (ISO), has launched a new “Pay as You Go” pricing model for its Claims Outcome AdvisorTM (COATM) personal injury claims solution. The new pricing option enables insurance companies,...
Progressive Debuts First Motorcycle, ATV, RV and Boat Claims Training Center
Jan 23 2003 // Ohio-based Progressive announced the opening of two new expanded auto insurance claims training facilities and the industry’s first center dedicated to training representatives to handle motorcycle, ATV, RV, boat and...
Travelers Pursues Implementation of Web-Based Med. Billing, Reporting for Workers’ Comp Business
Jan 17 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. is pursuing implementation of web-based medical billing and reporting for its workers’ compensation business. This connectivity, enabled by services from P2P Link LLC, will mark...
Michael Flaharty Named Managing Director of New GAB Robins Consulting Group
Jan 16 2003 // The GAB Robins Group of Companies, a leading claims services firm, announced that it has formed GAB Robins Capital Partners Consulting Group and appointed Michael Flaharty, an internationally recognized expert on claims...
Fireman’s Fund Taps St. Louis for Expedited Claim-Handling Operation
Jan 15 2003 // Fireman’s Fund has chosen St. Louis as the site to expand its expedited claim-handling operation. To be housed at the company’s Earth City office, the center will include 15 managers, many of whom will relocate...
Oxendine Helps Georgians Retrieve $18.7 Million in Claims
Jan 15 2003 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine announced that the Consumer Services Division of the Georgia Department of Insurance helped tens of thousands of Georgia consumers settle insurance company disputes in 2002,...
AAI Disappointed with U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Asbestos Liability Claims
Jan 14 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) says it is disappointed with Monday’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal that would have consolidated tens of thousands of asbestos liability claims into...
ECONOMIC FACTORS FUELING P/C RATES
Jan 13 2003 // 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...
Fraud, Leaving its Prints on the Industry
Jan 13 2003 // Fraud, in all forms, is as old as the industry itself. Given a struggling economy, the temptation to create fraud against or within the industry has been on the upswing recently. According to Jim Quiggle, director of...
Fraud, Leaving its Prints on the Industry
Jan 13 2003 // Fraud, in all forms, is as old as the industry itself. Given a struggling economy, the temptation to create fraud against or within the industry has been on the upswing recently. According to Jim Quiggle, director of...
Ariz. DOI Fines State National $110,00 for Auto Violations
Jan 10 2003 // The Arizona Department of Insurance ordered State National Insurance Company to cease and desist from violating auto insurance laws on Dec. 10, 2002. The Department of Insurance conducted an examination of the automobile...
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...
