Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers, Agents Spared in New Jersey Shooting Claims
Jan 5 2023 // A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that a New Jersey property owner is not entitled to insurance coverage for a shooting because it never disclosed it owned the banquet hall where the shooting took place on its two...
New Mexico Seeking Changes to U.S. Rules for Wildfire Claims
Jan 3 2023 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is asking that changes be made to rules proposed by the U.S. government as it processes damage claims from a historic wildfire sparked by forest managers. Balderas filed comments...
People Moves: SAIF Promotes Brigitte Hamilton Vice President of Claims
Dec 29 2022 // Brigitte Hamilton is SAIF’s new vice president of claims. Hamilton previously served as the director of business and software solutions on SAIF’s IT team. SAIF is Oregon’s not-for-profit workers’...
Buffalo Bus Driver Gets 5 Years Probation for Workers’ Compensation Claims Fraud
Dec 22 2022 // A former bus driver for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) has been sentenced to five years of probation for fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits by misrepresenting her injuries....
Suits Over Carolina Cheerleader Abuse Allegations Now Include Racketeering Claims
Dec 22 2022 // A series of lawsuits beginning in South Carolina have detailed the alleged sexual abuse of at least 20 cheerleaders across six states. The anonymous plaintiffs have accused coaches, choreographers and others of illicit...
Verisk to Acquire Swedish Claims Insurtech Mavera
Dec 22 2022 // Verisk, the global data analytics provider, has entered into an agreement to acquire Mavera, a Sweden-based insurtech firm that operates a personal injury claims management platform. Financial details of the transaction...
Hollywood Christmas Disaster Claims Mostly Covered: Insurance.com
Dec 22 2022 // The folks at Insurance.com decided to step into the roles of insurance claims adjusters to figure out whether some of the over-the-top holiday disasters that happened in the movies—ranging from Christmas tree fires to...
Customer Satisfaction With Digital Claims Declines Again: J.D. Power
Dec 21 2022 // Customer satisfaction with insurers’ digital claims systems declined for the second consecutive year, according to a J.D. Power survey of auto and home policyholders. Mark Garrett, director of P/C insurance...
Elon Musk Claims He Was Doxxed. But What Exactly Is That?
Dec 20 2022 // When Twitter abruptly suspended the accounts of several journalists with no explanation, the platform’s owner Elon Musk hinted at the possible reason: They allegedly doxxed him. “You dox, you get suspended. End...
UK MGA Pen Underwriting Launches Claims Hub Dedicated to Property, Liability
Dec 19 2022 // Pen Underwriting has launched a new regional claims hub in Chelmsford dedicated to managing commercial property and liability claims, which will complement its existing team of specialists in Manchester, England. As part...
Maryland High Court Joins Others in Backing Insurer in Covid-19 Claims Denial
Dec 19 2022 // The Maryland Supreme Court has backed an insurer in rejecting a luxury brand company’s claim that its all-risk commercial property insurance policy should cover its Covid-19 business losses. The ruling is in accord...
Hacker Claims Breach of FBI’s Critical-Infrastructure Portal
Dec 16 2022 // A hacker who reportedly posed as the CEO of a financial institution claims to have obtained access to the more than 80,000-member database of InfraGard, an FBI-run outreach program that shares sensitive information on...
Lawsuit Against State Farm Alleges Racial Discrimination in Claims Handling
Dec 16 2022 // State Farm’s claims handling process is the subject of a new lawsuit alleging disparities between the insurer’s treatment of claims from Black policyholders versus claims from white policyholders. The suit...
WCIRB Report on Medical Characteristics of Cumulative Trauma Claims
Dec 12 2022 // A report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California shows indemnity claims are the key driver of cumulative trauma claim costs. Highlights of the WCIRB report, Medical Characteristics of...
Maine Catholic Church Hit With More Sex Abuse Claims Under Revised Law
Dec 12 2022 // Four people in Maine have filed lawsuits with claims that they were sexually abused by Catholic priests as children. Three men sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland on Thursday in Cumberland County Superior Court....
Lindberg Claims Buyer for Carolina Insurance Companies, But Liquidation Has Begun
Dec 9 2022 // North Carolina insurance executive and reported billionaire Greg Lindberg, now awaiting a second trial on bribery charges, says he has a buyer for his troubled insurance companies. But state regulators point out that...
Pawtucket Settles Candidates’ Free Speech Claims Over Political Sign Restriction
Dec 8 2022 // The city of Pawtucket is lifting restrictions on political campaign signs under a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, officials said Tuesday. The ACLU filed suit in July on behalf of two...
Judge Dismisses 1,000 Shingles Vaccine Claims Against Merck for Lack of Evidence
Dec 8 2022 // After four years of multidistrict litigation, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed 1,189 lawsuits claiming the Zostavax shingles vaccine by drugmaker Merck did not do what it was supposed to do and instead caused...
Florida Session Agenda Calls for Claims Process Changes, More Oversight of Insurers
Dec 6 2022 // Florida legislative leaders posted a proclamation Tuesday painting the broad outlines of the special session scheduled to begin Monday, Dec. 12. And it quickly had tongues wagging around the industry. As expected, the...
Hertz to Settle Most False-Arrest Claims for $168 Million
Dec 6 2022 // Hertz Global Holdings Inc. will spend $168 million to settle hundreds of claims that it falsely reported rental customers to the police for car theft when a vehicle was not returned on time. The company had been fighting...
