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PIFC Claims Higher Costs and Disruption in Homeowners Costs if SB 1763 Passes
Apr 17 2002 // Diane Colborn, vice president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) remarked that SB 1763, a bill authored by Senator Deborah Ortiz requiring all property and liability insurance policies to cover mold...
Divorce leads to insurance fraud arrest
Apr 15 2002 // Investigators from CDI’s Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested 33 year-old Jamel Hassan Nichols for insur-ance fraud. The investigation began with two referrals from the California State...
2001: The Insurance Industry’s ‘Annus Horribilis’
Apr 15 2002 // In future years property/casualty insurers will no doubt look back on the year 2001 and shudder. Right now they’re too busy coping with the reality of the industry’s “annus horribilis,” to borrow...
Discrimination and Wrongful Termination
Apr 15 2002 // Although workers’ compensation coverage affords insurance for injuries and disease incurred in the employment relationship, it does not extend to other employment-related claims, such as claims of discrimination or...
AAA of Southern Calif. Licenses ISO Claims Outcome Advisor
Apr 12 2002 // The Automobile Club of Southern California has licensed Claims Outcome Advisor ™ (COATM), an injury claims-management solution from ISO Claims Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), to...
Calif. Workers’ Compensation Medical Payments on the Rise
Apr 3 2002 // The average medical payment per workers’ compensation claim in California has been increasing significantly in recent years mainly as a result of more visits to non-hospital providers and rising hospital costs,...
Liberty Mutual Licenses ISO Claims Outcome Advisor™
Mar 29 2002 // Liberty Mutual has licensed ISO Claims Outcome AdvisorTM COA ™, a bodily injury claims management tool, from Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) to help the company manage its personal auto bodily injury claims. COA is...
Minn. Gov. Signs Bill Banning Managed Care Services in No Fault Auto Claims
Mar 29 2002 // Minnesotans may need to brace themselves for a sharp rise in auto insurance premiums as a result of legislation recently signed by Gov. Jesse Ventura that severely restricts insurers ability to contain medical costs...
U.K.’s Claims Direct Reports Loss
Mar 28 2002 // Claims Direct, the U.K. company which provides insurance settlement services, reported that it expects a loss of £22 million ($31.3 million) for its fiscal year ending March 31. The company, which had a great deal of...
NY Agent/Broker Associations Join to Fight Auto Fraud
Mar 27 2002 // Four leading New York agent and broker trade groups have joined forces to combat “rampant fraud” in the state’s no-fault automobile claims procedures. The Professional Insurance Agents of New York, Inc....
Insurance Fraud: A Perpetual Bane for Industry, Consumers
Mar 25 2002 // Since the insurance industry’s inception, fraud has proved a perpetual problem, an inherent risk that will likely never be totally eliminated. Carriers have long warned that fraud ultimately causes them to raise...
Workers’ Comp Texas, A League of its Own
Mar 25 2002 // One of the many singular phenomena that sets Texas apart from the rest of the U.S. is the fact that it is the only state in the Union that does not require its employers to participate in the workers’ compensation...
Workers’ Comp TexasA League of its Own
Mar 25 2002 // One of the many singular phenomena that sets Texas apart from the rest of the U.S. is the fact that it is the only state in the Union that does not require its employers to participate in the workers’ compensation...
Insurance Fraud: A Perpetual Bane for Industry, Consumers
Mar 25 2002 // Since the insurance industry’s inception, fraud has proved a perpetual problem, an inherent risk that will likely never be totally eliminated. Carriers have long warned that fraud ultimately causes them to raise...
Divorce Leads Calif. Man to Fraud Arrest
Mar 19 2002 // On March 12, 2002, investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested Jamel Hassan Nichols, 33, for insurance fraud. According to investigators,...
Willis Study Finds DO Market in Disarray
Mar 14 2002 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Limited has issued its assessment of the Directors and Officers Liability Insurance (D&O) market, and concludes that it “is in considerable disarray, with insurance...
Neb. DOI Warns of Fictitious Vehicle Damage Claims
Mar 12 2002 // The Nebraska Insurance Fraud Prevention Division of the state’s insurance department announced it was recently notified of an alleged fictitious vehicle damage fraud scheme involving individuals from New Jersey and...
It’s no Accident, But is There Coverage’
Mar 11 2002 // Back in the early years of insurance, some great sage recognized that insurance should not apply to damages for the intentional conduct of the insured. Thus, murderers cannot buy murderer’s liability insurance and...
It’s no Accident, But is There Coverage’
Mar 11 2002 // Back in the early years of insurance, some great sage recognized that insurance should not apply to damages for the intentional conduct of the insured. Thus, murderers cannot buy murderer’s liability insurance and...
NAII Claims Federal Law, State Regulations Make Conn. Credit Bill Unnecessary
Mar 8 2002 // A bill that would virtually prohibit insurers from using credit scoring in underwriting auto and homeowners coverage in Connecticut is unnecessary in light of federal law and insurance department regulations, according to...
