Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wells Media Group Names de la Mora Sales Manager of Claims Journal
Nov 15 2018 // San Diego, Calif.-based Wells Media Group Inc. has named Kelly de la Mora sales manager of Claims Journal. De La Mora is responsible for all sales of Claims Journal advertising products. She was previously senior sales and...
California Issues Emergency Declaration to Allow Out-of-State Adjusters to Help with Fire Claims
Nov 15 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has declared an emergency situation, which allows insurance companies to use out-of-state adjusters to help handle the large volume of claims resulting from the Camp and Woolsey...
Tesla Settles Most Sudden Acceleration Claims
Nov 14 2018 // Tesla Inc. resolved most of a purported class-action lawsuit by customers who alleged that their Model S and Model X vehicles would suddenly accelerate, which in some cases resulted in accidents. Lawyers for the carmaker...
Airbnb Will No Longer Require Arbitration for Employee Bias and Harassment Claims
Nov 13 2018 // Airbnb Inc., following Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc., said it would not force employees who filed sexual harassment claims to settle those cases in private arbitration. Airbnb also...
Wisconsin Shipyard Workers Settle Lead Claims for $7.5M
Nov 9 2018 // Fraser Shipyards has settled lawsuits involving dozens of workers who were exposed to lead while working on an old freighter in Superior, the company said. Fraser has agreed to pay $7.5 million to more than 60 workers who...
Georgia Insured Losses from Hurricane Michael Near $700M
Nov 6 2018 // Georgia’s insured losses from Hurricane Michael have climbed to more than $696 million, with insurers reporting approximately 68,000 claims filed as of the end of October, according to a press release from Insurance...
Georgia Estimates $250M in Insured Losses from Hurricane Michael
Nov 5 2018 // The Georgia Department of Insurance has estimated insured property losses from Hurricane Michael will reach $250 million, according to a statement by Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. In figures released Oct....
Regulators, Industry Seek to Keep Florida AOB Abuse in Check After Michael
Nov 5 2018 // In an effort to keep the Florida assignment of benefits (AOB) crisis from further worsening in the state, Florida’s insurance industry, regulators and consumer advocates are on high alert for AOB activity in the wake...
Supreme Court Looks to Favor Business Arbitration with Individuals Over Courts
Nov 5 2018 // U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled late last month that they may issue more pro-business rulings giving companies wide latitude to use arbitration to resolve disputes with employees, customers or other businesses rather...
Bradley to Lead New Berkley Equine & Cattle Animal Mortality Claims Office in Kentucky
Nov 2 2018 // Berkley Equine & Cattle (BEC) has opened its Animal Mortality Claims Adjusting Office in Lexington, Ky., and appointed Philip O. Bradley as manager. Bradley has more than 25 years of experience adjusting equine, cattle...
Power Customers in California File Claims in Pre-Emptive Wildfire Outage
Nov 2 2018 // A Northern California utility received 146 demands for reimbursement from customers who say Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s controversial decision to cut power to prevent wildfires hurt them economically. The...
Bayer Monsanto Open to Weedkiller Settlement But Denies Cancer Claims
Nov 2 2018 // Bayer AG’s chief executive said this week the company might consider settling lawsuits over Monsanto’s glyphosate-containing weed-killers depending on how high court costs rise, but stressed it remained focused...
Insurtech Profile: Snapsheet’s Evolution in Making Virtual Claims Service a Reality
Nov 1 2018 // Tech-driven virtual claims services company Snapsheet started out as a service for body shops called Body Shop Bids before pivoting to serving insurers five years ago. Alex Meisner, director of innovation, is one of the...
Suit Filed in Florida Against Tesla Claims Autopilot Failed, Caused Crash
Nov 1 2018 // A Florida man says the autopilot feature of his Tesla vehicle failed to detect a disabled car on a highway, leading to a collision that left him with permanent injuries, according to a negligence lawsuit filed...
Florida Insured Losses from Hurricane Michael Top $2B, And Growing
Nov 1 2018 // Total estimated insured losses from Hurricane Michael have reached more than $2.1 billion, according to the most recent data from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. The current number of claims from Hurricane...
Weather, Wildfire Claims an Increasing Share of Home Insurance Losses
Oct 31 2018 // U.S homeowners insurers saw an increase in both the number of losses and the percentage of those losses that resulted from an extreme weather event during 2017. According to a LexisNexis Home Trends report, loss costs...
As Deaths, Injuries Pile Up, So Do Claims Against Electric Scooter Firms
Oct 31 2018 // A lawsuit targeting electric scooter-sharing companies seizes on the dangers of zipping around town on two wheels and brings gory detail to one of the more polarizing technology trends to emerge over the last year. Nine...
Supreme Court Looks to Favor Business Arbitration with Individuals Over Courts
Oct 30 2018 // U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Monday they may issue more pro-business rulings giving companies wide latitude to use arbitration to resolve disputes with employees, customers or other businesses rather than the...
Insurer: Not liable for Claims of Embezzlement in New Mexico Matter
Oct 29 2018 // Another insurance company has gone to federal court in New Mexico to avoid paying millions of dollars in claims from victims whose trust funds and savings were embezzled. The Albuquerque Journal reported the Cincinnati...
Insurers Under Scrutiny in Puerto Rico with 13,600 Hurricane Maria Claims Still Open
Oct 25 2018 // Thousands of Puerto Ricans have been forced to drain their savings, close their businesses, or resign themselves to living with structural damage as they fight insurance companies over millions of dollars’ worth of...
