Latest Claims Headlines
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McKinsey to Pay $573 Million to States to Settle Opioid Claims
Feb 4 2021 // Consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has agreed to pay at least $573 million to resolve claims by 40-plus U.S. states related to its role in the opioid epidemic and advice it gave to OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, according...
Bayer Strikes $2 Billion Deal to Resolve Future Roundup Cancer Claims
Feb 4 2021 // Bayer AG struck a $2 billion deal to resolve a class action of future claims relating to allegations that its widely used weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, the company and lawyers for U.S. consumers said on...
McLarens Acquires Dutch Engineering Claims Company Vanderwal & Joosten
Feb 3 2021 // McLarens, a global independent insurance services provider, announced the strategic acquisition of Vanderwal & Joosten (VWJ), a leading construction and engineering, environmental, liability, and agricultural loss...
Colonial Claims Acquires Premier Adjusting and Catastrophe Services of Florida
Feb 3 2021 // Colonial Claims LLC, a nationwide independent insurance claims service companies, has acquired Tampa area business Premier Adjusting and Catastrophe Services, Inc., a first and third-party claims handler for residential...
California Passes 103K COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claims for AY 2020
Jan 28 2021 // The monthly count of COVID-19 job injury claims reported rose to a record 32,549 cases in December, bringing the total number of COVID-19 claims for accident year 2020 to 103,712, or more than one out of every six...
Trump Health Secretary Rule Slows COVID Court Claims Against Nursing Homes
Jan 28 2021 // Garnice Robertson wants accountability for her mother’s death from COVID-19 caught while she was living at a Kansas nursing home that allegedly failed to prevent an outbreak of the disease. An unexpected legal hurdle...
Cost of Laura, Delta, Zeta Insurance Claims Up to $7.7B in Louisiana
Jan 27 2021 // Through the end 2020 property/casualty insurers have paid or reserved $7.7 billion on claims of all types in Louisiana through the end of 2020 from Hurricanes Laura, Delta and Zeta, the state insurance department...
Investor Sues Drugmaker Astrazeneca Over Coronavirus Vaccine Testing Claims
Jan 27 2021 // AstraZeneca PLC was sued by a pension fund on behalf of investors who it says suffered losses because of flaws in the company’s testing of its coronavirus vaccine. For much of last year, the Cambridge, England-based...
Volkswagen Wants U.S. Supreme Court to Nix ‘Staggering’ Diesel Claims by Counties
Jan 27 2021 // Volkswagen AG and a German auto supplier on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court ruling that said two counties could seek financial penalties over excess diesel emissions that could total billions...
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Weinstein Co. Plan With $17M for Sex Abuse Claims
Jan 26 2021 // A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge on Monday approved The Weinstein Co.’s liquidation plan, which sets aside $17 million for women who accused co-founder Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct. Judge Mary Walrath in...
Arkansas’ Tyson Foods to Pay $221.5M to Settle Price-Fixing Claims
Jan 25 2021 // Springdale, Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, the nation’s largest meat supplier, said it will pay more than $200 million to settle a class-action suit that alleged price-fixing among chicken producers, saying the...
S. Africa Insurer Santam Begins Processing 4,000 Business Interruption Claims
Jan 25 2021 // JOHANNESBURG— South African insurer Santam Ltd. said on Monday it will start processing business interruption claims for all commercial policies that were affected by a coronavirus-led lockdown in April beyond those of...
Volkswagen Talks Damages Claims Against Chip Suppliers Over Shortages
Jan 25 2021 // German car manufacturer Volkswagen is in talks with its main suppliers about possible claims for damages due to a shortage of semiconductors, a company spokesman said on Sunday. Automakers around the world are shutting...
How COVID Effect on Workers’ Compensation Claims Has Varied by State, Industry
Jan 25 2021 // The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers’ compensation paid claims has varied greatly among states and occupations, as has the decrease in non-COVID claims, new research shows. The percentage of COVID-19...
New Wave of Virus Claims Hit California Workers’ Comp
Jan 25 2021 // A California Workers’ Compensation Institute analysis of claims reported to the state Division of Workers’ Compensation as of Jan. 11 shows that the number of COVID-19 claims in the California workers’...
Homeowners Claims, Delays Top Louisiana 2020 Storm Complaints
Jan 22 2021 // The majority of complaint Louisiana insurance regulators have received in relation to the historic 2020 hurricane season concern homeowners insurance. The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) reports that nearly 80...
Travelers Insurance Profit Soared in Q4 on Fewer Claims, Investment Gains
Jan 21 2021 // Property and casualty insurer Travelers Cos. Inc. reported a jump in quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates on Thursday, helped by an increase in returns from investments and lower catastrophe...
Initial Reactions to UK Supreme Court’s Ruling on Business Interruption Claims
Jan 15 2021 // Insurers, policyholders and industry observers have issued comments on the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that insurers should pay small businesses for many business interruption claims from the COVID-19 lockdowns. The UK...
UK Supreme Court Rules Businesses Should Be Insured for COVID-19 Claims
Jan 15 2021 // Small businesses, from restaurants to nightclubs and wedding planners to beauty parlors, on Friday won the right to insurance payouts after Britain’s highest court ruled many policies should cover losses caused by...
How COVID Effect on Workers’ Compensation Claims Has Varied by State, Industry
Jan 14 2021 // The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers’ compensation paid claims has varied greatly among states and occupations, as has the decrease in non-COVID claims, new research shows. The percentage of COVID-19...
