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#1 Cannabis Retailers Must Face College Athlete’s Psychosis Claims
Jun 30 2025 // A former champion college athlete and aspiring Olympian known for his prowess in track and field events has advanced his lawsuit that blames cannabis retailers for his cannabis-induced psychosis that led to a suicide...
#2 Lawsuit Challenges Florida’s Citizens Claims Arbitration by Administrative Judges
Jul 15 2025 // A Miami homeowner is suing Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for forcing him into arbitration over a 2024 damage claim dispute, claiming the process violates due process and equal protection...
#3 Verisk: Q1 Claims Volume Hits 5-Year Low but Severity Up on Wildfire Losses
Jun 19 2025 // The first three months of 2025 brought devastating wildfires to California, significant wind and hail events to Texas, and substantial increases in tornado activity to “Tornado Alley,” but claim volume...
#4 Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know
Jun 19 2025 // Bad faith litigation has long posed both legal and reputational risks for insurers operating in Florida. With the enactment in 2023 of House Bill 837—a sweeping tort-reform measure—there are important changes to how...
#5 Viewpoint: Rising False Advertising Claims Reveal Major Coverage Protection Gap
Jul 9 2025 // The steady rise in false advertising claims against consumer-facing companies has exposed a major insurance protection gap. The drivers of these legal actions are many and varied and include consumers’ growing –...
#6 Viewpoint: State Farm’s Wildfire Claims Response Is a Test of Trust and Preparedness
Jul 8 2025 // State Farm has long positioned itself as the dependable “good neighbor” ready to help when disaster strikes. Through carefully crafted advertising, the company promotes a sense of comfort, security, and...
#7 Florida Citizens Moves to Have Commercial Claims Disputes Decided by DOAH
Jun 26 2025 // Three years after Citizens Property Insurance Corp. made the unprecedented move to resolve many of its residential claims disputes through a state agency instead of through litigation, officials are now planning to send...
#8 Northeast Firms to Pay $1.37M to Settle Claims of Shoddy Runway Construction
Jul 3 2025 // Contractors from Maine, Connecticut and New York will pay $1.37 million to resolve allegations concerning false claims for payment related to the rehabilitation of a Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport runway in Westfield,...
#9 Delaware Top Court Sides With Zantac Makers in Cancer Claims
Jul 11 2025 // The Delaware Supreme Court rejected the legitimacy of expert testimony linking the heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, in a major win for makers of the product. In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the state’s highest court...
#10 California Appoints Members to New Smoke Claims and Remediation Task Force
Jul 3 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has appointed members to his new Smoke Claims and Remediation Task Force, as part of his response to issues over smoke damage caused by wildfires across the state, including...
#11 Ex-Shell US Oil Trading Boss Claims He’s Owed $29 Million Bonus
Jun 20 2025 // Shell Plc’s former head of oil trading in the US was stiffed on his 2020 bonus by more than $29 million, he claims in a lawsuit that shines a light on compensation inside the oil major’s lucrative trading...
#12 Dechert Law Firm Settles Claims It Used Hired Hackers With No Admission of Liability
Jul 11 2025 // Philadelphia-based law firm Dechert said on Thursday that a pair of U.S. lawsuits accusing it of using hired hackers to win in court have been resolved without any admission of liability. Dechert and others, including U.S....
#13 Triple-I Says Payments on Lightning Claims Dropped 16.5% in 2024
Jun 27 2025 // Insurers in the U.S. paid out about $1 billion in claims for lightning-related damage in 2024, down 16.5% from the amount paid in 2023, according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I). The tally was $1.04...
#14 Hancock Claims Acquires Knight’s Solutions, Expanding Service in SE, Midwest
Jul 2 2025 // Hancock Claims Consultants, a 22-year-old claims adjusting firm with offices in Georgia and Kentucky, has acquired Knight’s Solutions, an inspection firm that works claims in the Midwest and Southeast. Neither...
#15 People Moves: Rockford Mutual Promotes Kriens to Claims VP as Kennedy Retires
Jul 3 2025 // Ann Kriens Rockford Mutual Insurance Company (RMIC), headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, promoted Ann Kriens to the position of claims vice president. Kriens joined RMIC in 2014 with 20 years of claims experience at...
#16 Verisk: Q1 Claims Volume Hits 5-Year Low but Severity Up on Wildfire Losses
Jul 7 2025 // The first three months of 2025 brought devastating wildfires to California, significant wind and hail events to Texas, and substantial increases in tornado activity to “Tornado Alley,” but claim volume...
#17 People Moves: Liberty Specialty Markets Taps CNA Hardy’s Butt as UK Head of Casualty Claims; SiriusPoint Names Pryde From Catalina Re as Group Chief Risk Officer
Jun 30 2025 // This edition of Interntional People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets and SiriusPoint. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets Taps CNA Hardy’s Butt as Head of...
#18 Wildfire Experience Inspires New Contents Claims Insurtech
Jul 7 2025 // When Michael Balarezo emerged from the basement office of his Boulder, Colorado, home in December 2021, smoke plumes from the nearby Marshall Fire were visible from his driveway. Balarezo, his wife, and daughter swiftly...
#19 People Moves: WTW Hires Kharkavets as North America Head of ICT Claims
Jul 8 2025 // WTW, with U.S. headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, appointed Alena Kharkavets as North American head of claims in its insurance consulting and technology (ICT) business. Kharkavets comes to WTW from Intact Financial...
#20 Conquering claims chaos after natural disasters
Jul 3 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Cotality. Crime thrives in chaos, making natural disasters the perfect backdrop for insurance claims fraud. When the ashes have settled after a wildfire or when hail stops falling...
