Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CFC Underwriting Taps Francis from Aon/Stroz Friedberg as Cyber Claims Director
Jul 26 2019 // CFC Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent that specializes in emerging risks, announced the appointment of Roger Francis as Cyber Claims director. Francis will lead CFC’s cyber claims and incident...
Pets Account for Nearly 400 Workers’ Comp Claims A Year in Oregon
Jul 25 2019 // Slip and falls, flying tools, poor posture. The workplace can be dangerous, and now you can add pets to the risks that Oregon workers face. Dogs and cats have accounted for more than 1,900 claims since 2014 received by...
Roundup Not Only Monsanto Legal Woe For Bayer; PCB Claims Still Coming
Jul 24 2019 // The widening legal nightmare over Roundup weedkillers isn’t the only potential multi-billion-dollar liability Bayer AG inherited last year when it acquired Monsanto Co. While thousands of damage claims over Roundup...
Worley, Brown Launch Legion Claims Solutions in Louisiana
Jul 23 2019 // Legion Claims Solutions LLC (Legion), a firm specializing in the management of catastrophe insurance claims, environmental/industrial claims, and governmental disaster recovery programs, has opened in Baton Rouge,...
Google to Pay $11 Million to Settle Age Bias Employment Claims
Jul 22 2019 // Google agreed to pay $11 million to end a lawsuit accusing the internet giant of discriminating against older job applicants, a deal that amounts to an average payout of more than $35,000 for 227 people who joined the...
Report: California Private Self-Insured Employers Comp Claim Frequency Rose Last Year
Jul 19 2019 // Workers’ compensation claim frequency reported by private self-insured employers in California rose last year, as the incidence of both indemnity and medical-only claims rose from the 2017 levels, the California...
Expert Outlines 5 School Insurance Liability Issues to Watch
Jul 19 2019 // Lilian A. Vanvieldt, senior vice president, educational entities practice leader for the national insurance agency Alliant, has spent more than three decades insuring schools across the country. Her book of business spans...
Senators’ Flood Insurance Measure Includes Premium Cap, Mitigation, Claims Reforms
Jul 17 2019 // A bipartisan group of U.S. senators from coastal states — including three running for president– unveiled a comprehensive flood insurance reform measure they see as an alternative to measures recently passed by a House...
Florida Gets Ready for Peak Hurricane Season After 3 Years of Major Storms
Jul 17 2019 // Floridians are on alert as the state heads into peak hurricane season after three straight years of being impacted by major storms. Meanwhile, the Florida Panhandle continues its recovery from Hurricane Michael that...
J&J Vows to Overcome Baby Powder, Opioid Liability Claims Against It
Jul 17 2019 // Johnson & Johnson said that the health-care conglomerate will come out on the winning side of thousands of legal claims over its baby powder and opioid products. Last week, Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Justice...
Fidelis Group Holdings Adds Taylor as Sr. Claims Manager in Louisiana
Jul 16 2019 // Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), with its subsidiary Continental Underwriters Ltd. (CU) and Fidelis Claims Service LLC (FCS), has hired Mark Taylor as senior manager of its Claims Division. Taylor will provide additional...
FEMA: Arkansas’ Sebastian County Has Most Flood Claims, so Far
Jul 15 2019 // From April through mid-June, more than 230 claims stemming from flooding of the Arkansas River and its tributaries in Arkansas had been filed with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), according to the Federal...
The Potential of Artificial Intelligence
Jul 15 2019 // In a viral State Farm commercial, Oscar Nunez, playing the role of a friendly, helpful insurance agent, disparages any insurance company that utilizes artificial intelligence in support of customer service...
PG&E Pushes for Tax-Exempt Bond Bill for Fire Claims
Jul 12 2019 // PG&E Corp. is lobbying California legislators to allow it to issue tax-exempt bonds to help pay for past and future wildfire claims, according to people familiar with the matter. The bankrupt utility is pushing...
Why First Notice of Loss Is Key to Customer Satisfaction: Viewpoint
Jul 11 2019 // What’s worse: An incident that caused an insurance claim or the claims process itself? Ask a policy holder who has recently lived through a homeowners’ insurance claim process and the results might not be as...
Claims Industry Consolidation Continues with Sedgwick’s Purchase of York
Jul 10 2019 // Sedgwick Group announced this week that it has signed an agreement to purchase York Risk Services, continuing a long-term consolidation trend among third-party administrators. The purchase of York — which must be...
Southern California Quakes Push Interest in Coverage
Jul 9 2019 // Visits to the California Earthquake Authority website reportedly increased by nearly 10 times normal following the largest earthquakes to hit Southern California in 20 years. The quakes over 4th of July holiday weekend...
FEMA: As of Mid-June, Arkansas’ Sebastian County Had Most Flood Claims
Jul 9 2019 // From April through mid-June, more than 230 claims stemming from flooding of the Arkansas River and its tributaries in Arkansas had been filed with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), according to the Federal...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Sues Insurers Over Future Abuse Claims
Jul 8 2019 // The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York has sued more than two dozen insurance companies, seeking to compel them to cover claims filed by people who say they were abused by clerics. Church officials anticipate that...
Little Rock Diocese Settles Sexual Abuse Claims for $790K
Jul 3 2019 // Lawyers for five men who claim an Arkansas priest sexually abused them more than four decades ago said that the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock has settled after mediation in what the attorneys believe is a first of its...
