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#1 Florida OIR Wants Enhanced Hurricane Ian Data by Sept. 27. Claims Have Topped 740,000
Sep 21 2023 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is reminding carriers that additional information about Hurricane Ian claims is due no later than Sept. 27. By law, the office is required to collect data after hurricanes. Simple...
#2 New Jersey Supreme Court Weighs COVID-Related insurance Claims by Casino
Sep 29 2023 // New Jersey`s Supreme Court is expected to consider whether an Atlantic City casino can get payouts from business interruption insurance for losses during the COVID-19 outbreak, potentially providing guidance for...
#3 Art Dealer to Rich and Famous Faces Millions in Fraud Claims
Sep 14 2023 // A high-profile New York art adviser with outposts in Tribeca and London is accused of withholding millions of dollars worth of artwork and cash from her clients, leaving collectors and galleries to line up in a court case...
#4 Florida Company Claims Simple Device Makes Sandbag Filling Faster Before Floods
Sep 28 2023 // The Florida-based company that produces a quicker way to bag leaves is now offering a tool that it says makes filling sandbags three times faster, potentially saving property owners time before floodwaters rise. The...
#5 No Danger of Assessment: Florida Citizens Seeing Just 2,000 Claims from Idalia
Sep 13 2023 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has so far seen just about 2,000 claims from Hurricane Idalia, well below the threshold that would exhaust the carrier’s personal lines surplus and trigger a...
#6 Agents, Regulators Remind Insurers to Take Care of Insureds as Idalia Claims Start Coming in
Sep 18 2023 // The property insurance industry breathed a sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia landed in a less-populated part of the coast, triggering just a few billion dollars in losses. But regulators have urged insurers to make...
#7 Louisiana Prisoner Suit Claims They’re Forced to Endure Dangerous Conditions at Prison Farm
Sep 18 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Men incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary filed a class-action lawsuit Saturday, contending they have been forced to work in the prison’s fields for little or no pay, even when...
#8 Insurance Journal, Carrier Management & Claims Journal Staffs Win Awards of Excellence
May 17 2023 // Wells Media Group publications, online, research and podcasts have won a total of nine 2023 Azbee Awards of Excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). “Being recognized by our...
#9 Rising Claims Costs Limit US P/C Profitability in 2023
Sep 27 2023 // While the profitability outlook for the U.S. P/C industry this year is mixed, Swiss Re predicts a stronger year in 2024, as premium increases and interest rates improve industry results. According to the U.S. Property...
#10 Recordings Show How Mormon Church Protects Itself From Child Sex Abuse Claims
Dec 5 2023 // Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story. When she was a child, her father, a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had routinely slipped into bed with her while he...
#11 Lightning to Blame for $952M in Homeowners Claims in 2022
Jun 19 2023 // Claims involving lightning in 2022 resulted in homeowners insurance payouts approaching $1 billion, according to the Insurance Information Institute. The total value of claims in 2022 attributable to lightning was $952...
#12 ‘Climate Washing’ Lawsuits Jump as More Activists Challenge Corporate Claims: Report
Jun 29 2023 // “Climate washing” litigation has risen sharply in the last two years as environmental groups and governments grow frustrated with corporate claims about their contribution to tackling climate change, a report...
#13 Delta Air Lines Faces Proposed Class Action Over Carbon Neutral Claims
May 31 2023 // Delta Air Lines is facing a proposed class action lawsuit over advertising touting the U.S. carrier as carbon-neutral, according to a complaint filed on Tuesday in California federal court. The complaint, filed on behalf...
#14 Boeing 737 MAX Relatives May Pursue Pre-Impact Victim Compensation Claims
May 31 2023 // A U.S. judge ruled late on Tuesday that relatives of those killed in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX Ethiopian Airlines crash may seek compensation for pain and suffering of passengers before the plane hit the ground. Boeing in 2021...
#15 DFS: Florida Claims Adjuster Arrested in $11M Scheme that Sent Checks to Conspirators
Sep 29 2023 // Additional arrests are expected after a 41-year-old south Florida claims adjuster was charged this week in an elaborate scheme that allegedly rang up more than $11 million in fraudulent insurance payments to hundreds of...
#16 Amazon to Pay $30.8 Million to Settle FTC Privacy Claims Over Ring Doorbell
Jun 1 2023 // Amazon.com Inc. agreed to pay $30.8 million to resolve two cases brought by the Federal Trade Commission related to privacy lapses by its smart devices. In one case, the FTC alleged that Amazon didn’t take steps to...
#17 Rudy Giuliani Denies Woman’s Claims of $2 Million in Unpaid Wages, Forced Sexual Acts
May 17 2023 // A woman who says she worked as an off-the-books employee for Rudy Giuliani during his stint as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer alleges in court papers that the former New York City mayor coerced her into sex and owes...
#18 Bad Press, Claims Issues, Halt on New Business Giving Industry Another Black Eye?
Jun 12 2023 // It’s no secret that the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry does not always enjoy a sterling reputation among consumers. As one insurance professor recently put it, the industry’s rank in public opinion...
#19 Towers Watson Hits Bump in Road to $80M Insurance for D&O Claims Over Willis Merger
May 10 2023 // A judicial panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled insurance broker Towers Watson may not be entitled to $80 million in insurance to cover settlements of shareholder lawsuits related to the merger between...
#20 Chemical Makers to Set Aside $1.19B to Settle PFAS-Related Claims in U.S.
Jun 2 2023 // Chemours Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc and Corteva Inc. on Friday said they had reached an agreement in principle to settle claims that they contaminated U.S. public water systems with toxic “forever chemicals”...
