Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Insurance Regulator Faces 38 Count Indictment for Defrauding Insurer; Claims Innocence
May 14 2019 // A federal grand jury has indicted Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck on 38 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and mail fraud in an alleged $2 million scheme to defraud the Georgia Underwriting Association (GUA),...
Insurance Department: Claims from Deadly California Wildfires Top $12B
May 9 2019 // Insurance claims have topped $12 billion for the November wildfires in California, making them the most expensive in state history. The figure released on May 8 by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara covers the fire that...
Munich Re’s Q1 Profit Drops 23.5% on Higher Claims Payments from Previous Years
May 8 2019 // German reinsurer Munich Re reported a 23.5 percent decrease in its first quarter net profit to €633 million ($708.6 million) from €827 million ($925.7 million) in Q1 2018. The world’s largest reinsurer blamed the...
Iowa Court: No Claim for Workers’ Comp Insurer’s Failure to Inspect Workplace
May 8 2019 // Iowa’s high court has ruled in favor of a workers’ compensation insurer in a case in which a group of employees and former employees of a manufacturing plant alleged that the insurer failed to protect workers...
Resolving Insurance Coverage and Claims Disputes: Advocacy
May 6 2019 // In the past two columns, we’ve examined the importance and value of avoiding or preventing claim denials so we don’t have to deal with resolving them, especially with the specter of litigation hovering over us....
Sorry! Laws Protecting Doctors Who Apologize Don’t Lessen Litigation
May 6 2019 // Laws intended to reduce malpractice litigation by protecting doctors who want to apologize don’t work, according to a new Vanderbilt analysis of proprietary insurance data. It turns out people sue for money and an...
New Suit Filed in Indiana Against USA Gymnastics Seeks Help for Abused Athletes
May 2 2019 // A new lawsuit filed in Indiana seeks to protect potentially thousands of abused gymnasts who might not have known about a deadline for filing claims against USA Gymnastics in the embattled group’s ongoing...
A Quick First Look at Florida’s New AOB Bill
May 1 2019 // I have a new hobby. It compliments one of my other hobbies, reading insurance policies. What is it? I’ve started reading legislation. What a thrill to print (yes, print) 16 pages of legislation. The numbered lines,...
Hartford InsurTech Hub Holds Demo Day, Completes Second Accelerator Program
Apr 30 2019 // Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, hosted its second Demo Day at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford, Conn., on April 26. The InsurTech Accelerator is the first component of Hartford InsurTech...
Hiscox Appoints Hill from Blackboard Insurance Co. as Head of Claims in the U.S.
Apr 30 2019 // Hiscox, the Bermuda-headquartered specialist insurer, announced the appointment of Melissa Hill as head of Claims in the United States. Hill, who has more than a decade of experience in claims operations, will oversee the...
California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Chief’s Message to Comp Community
Apr 29 2019 // The California workers’ compensation marketplace today remains generally healthy for insurers, employers and injured workers, the chief of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California said in...
Supreme Court Gives Business Another Victory on Arbitration, Class Actions
Apr 25 2019 // In a decision that could further help companies limit damages in disputes with workers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a California man who was the victim of an online scam and sought to bring claims...
Workplace Injuries Continue to Decline But Could Rise with Low Unemployment
Apr 25 2019 // The number of workplace injury claims continues to decline year after year despite significant changes in workforce demographics that experts thought would increase claims frequency, according to a report by the National...
Workers’ Comp Claims in Colorado’s Cannabis Industry Not as High as You Think
Apr 24 2019 // It’s a safe bet that there are a number of those among us who envision workers in the marijuana industry as mostly a bunch of mellow bud-blazers haphazardly performing the daily tasks of trimming, potting,...
California Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau Issues Report on Opioids
Apr 24 2019 // The use of opioids has significantly and continuously declined in the California workers’ compensation system since 2012, a trend that may be leading to a shift in the patterns of medical treatments for...
Weinstein’s Companies, Directors, Officers Off the Hook for Sexual Misconduct Claims
Apr 23 2019 // Harvey Weinstein’s former companies and their officers and directors were dismissed from a federal lawsuit filed by 10 women, who claim the firms and executives aided the alleged sexual misconduct that led to the...
California Lawsuit Claims Dispensary Sold Pesticide-Tainted Pot
Apr 22 2019 // An unlicensed marijuana dispensary sold cannabis sprayed with a dangerous pesticide, the city of Los Angeles said in a lawsuit that’s part of a wide-ranging crackdown on illegal pot sales. Marijuana sold at Kush Club...
FDA Halts Sales of Surgical Mesh by 2 Firms Over Injury Claims
Apr 17 2019 // U.S. health regulators ordered two medical device companies to stop selling a surgical mesh used in pelvic repair surgeries, after thousands of claims by women that they were injured by the products. The Food and Drug...
Argo Urges Shareholders to Reject Voce’s Claims at Annual Meeting
Apr 16 2019 // Argo Group is urging shareholders to reject allegations of “reckless behavior” and “poorly researched claims” from activist stockholder Voce Capital Management when the company’s annual...
Renewable Energy Industry Sees Uptick in Claims
Apr 15 2019 // The frequency and severity of insurance claims in the U.S. renewable energy market have significantly increased over the last five years, meaning insurers and asset owners must reset their benchmark for renewable energy...
