Latest Claims Headlines
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Mercedez-Benz Faces More Than 300,000 UK Claims Over Diesel Emissions
Feb 9 2023 // Mercedes-Benz faces more than 300,000 claims at London’s High Court from the owners of diesel vehicles that were allegedly equipped with “defeat devices” to cheat emissions tests. The German carmaker is...
California Fines Online Health Provider $3.2M over Claims Practices
Feb 8 2023 // The Pill Club Holdings Inc. (dba The Pill Club) paid $3.2 million after the California Department of Insurance alleged it violated the California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act by submitting false claims to insurance...
Samsung Chip Plant Sues Insurer Over $400 Million in Storm Damage Claims
Feb 8 2023 // A Samsung Electronics Co. semiconductor plant in Texas sued its insurer over $400 million in damage claims tied to a power blackout during a deadly winter storm in 2021. The federal lawsuit filed Monday against Factory...
After 2 Deaths, New York Roofing Firm Still Ignoring Fall Protections, Claims OSHA
Feb 8 2023 // Nanuet, New York-based roofing contractor ALJ Home Improvement Inc. is ignoring safety requirements despite having suffered the loss of two workers since 2019 in falls that were preventable, the Occupational Safety and...
Illinois Supreme Ct.: 5-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Biometric Privacy Claims
Feb 3 2023 // Plaintiffs have five years to file claims to allege violations of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, rejecting arguments by business advocates that a one-year statute of limitations...
Allstate Reports $310M Q4 Loss as Auto Claims Costs Motor Past Rate Hikes
Feb 2 2023 // As it had warned last month, Allstate Corp. reported a fourth quarter 2022 loss of $310 million as losses from auto insurance outpaced an increase in revenue. Results were in comparison to net income of $790 million for Q4...
People Moves: Batt Is Trium Cyber Head of Product; Tyng New Lead of HDI U.S. Captive Solutions; SiriusPoint Names Sigle Head of Claims; HUB Hires Chief HRO
Feb 1 2023 // Lloyd’s Trium Cyber Appoints Batt as Head of Product Trium Cyber, the first entity approved by Lloyd’s to launch a monoline cyber syndicate, has appointed Jeffrey Batt as head of product. As head of product,...
Tennessee Department Obtains $11.5M for Policyholders in Insurance Claims Disputes
Feb 1 2023 // The Tenneesse Department of Commerce and Insurance secured a record $11.5 million for policyholders in 2022, after mediating complaints about insurers. The department’s insurance services team mediated 3,249...
Insurers Hit With Thousands of Claims Following Storms and Floods in New Zealand
Jan 30 2023 // Major insurers operating in New Zealand including Insurance Australia Group and Suncorp Group have cumulatively received over 9,000 claims so far following severe storms and flooding in and around the biggest city,...
Musk Faces SEC Probe for Role in Tesla Self-Driving Claims
Jan 30 2023 // US regulators are investigating Elon Musk’s role in shaping Tesla Inc.’s self-driving car claims, the latest effort by watchdogs to scrutinize the actions of the world’s second-richest person. The review...
Report Says Social Inflation Adds Up to 11% to Physician Malpractice Claims
Jan 25 2023 // Social inflation accounts for 8% to 11% of all medical malpractice losses for carriers that insure physicians, according to an actuarial analysis commissioned by The Doctors Co. TDC hired Moore Actuarial Consulting to...
A Class-Action Wave Is Coming for ESG Claims
Jan 25 2023 // Lawyers are bracing for an increase in ESG-related cases as corporate disclosure requirements stiffen around the world. A survey by the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright found that 28% of more than 430 general counsel and...
People Moves: Marshall & Sterling New Senior Leadership; Rock Hired as Trium Cyber Claims Chief; Nexus Nabs Product Recall Specialist Darlea
Jan 24 2023 // Marshall & Sterling Names New Senior Leadership Team Marshall & Sterling Enterprises, Inc., has appointed Eric Diamond as chief executive officer. Prior to joining Marshall & Sterling in 2009, Diamond was...
Virginia Jury Rejects Woman’s Claims Against Four Police Officers Over Sex Ring
Jan 24 2023 // ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury on Friday rejected a woman’s allegations that a former police chief in Virginia and three other officers protected a prostitution ring that she said trafficked her. The eight-person...
J&J Subsidiary to Pay $9.75M to Settle Claims of Free Products to Induce Surgeon
Jan 24 2023 // A subsidiary of health care company Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle allegations that it violated federal and state law by providing free products to a surgeon to induce him to use its...
California Lawsuit Claims Woman’s Death Stemmed from Disneyland Fall
Jan 24 2023 // A lawsuit claims Disneyland employees snickered at a disabled woman struggling to get off a Jungle Cruise boat before she fell and broke a leg, leading to her death from an infection five months later. The lawsuit was...
Settlement Reached Over Philadelphia-Area School Abuse Claims
Jan 23 2023 // A $3 million settlement will establish a fund for former students as part of a lawsuit alleging abuse and deprivation of education at a now-shuttered Pennsylvania juvenile justice facility. Former Glen Mills Schools...
Twitter’s Laid-Off Workers Cannot Pursue Claims Via Class-Action Lawsuit
Jan 17 2023 // Twitter Inc has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination to pursue their claims via individual arbitration than a class-action lawsuit. U.S. District...
W.R. Grace Offers $18.5M to Settle Montana Asbestos Claims
Jan 12 2023 // The owner of a former vermiculite mine in northwestern Montana that spread harmful asbestos in and around the town of Libby has offered $18.5 million to settle the last of the state’s claims for environmental...
Catholic Diocese Challenges Maine Law Allowing Older Sex Abuse Claims
Jan 10 2023 // PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is challenging a Maine law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, allowing a wave of new lawsuits. A motion in the first of the...
