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Vermont Nursing Home Sued Over Racial Abuse Claims
Sep 9 2022 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Vermont nursing home over allegations that it allowed patients to racially abuse Black staff members. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in...
Pennsylvaina Auto Body Shop Owner Accused of $426K in False Insurance Claims
Sep 7 2022 // The owner of a Chalfont, Pennsylvania auto body repair shop submitted 289 false insurance claims over several years to four insurance companies, pocketing more than $426,000 in payouts, according to the Bucks County...
Bayer to Pay $40 Million Over Whistle-Blower’s Bribe Claims
Sep 6 2022 // Bayer AG agreed to pay $40 million to resolve US lawsuits linked to allegations that company officials bribed hospitals and physicians to use its drugs. The settlement stems from two “whistle-blower” suits...
Rescinded Policies Owe No Coverage for Lead Paint Claims, Maryland High Court Rules
Sep 6 2022 // Insurers that rescinded general liability policies issued to landlords who misrepresented their exposure to lead paint claims owe no coverage to 12 plaintiffs who had not yet obtained final court judgments,...
Recruiting and Retaining Claims Talent in the Candidate’s Market
Sep 5 2022 // The insurance industry is experiencing a reshuffling of talent, an aging workforce and ongoing disruption. Its vital insurance organizations are exploring their current talent strategies to successfully attract and retain...
Nurse Practitioner Claims CVS Fired Her Over Her Abortion Stance
Sep 2 2022 // A nurse practitioner from northern Virginia sued CVS Health on Wednesday, saying she was fired for refusing to provide abortion-inducing drugs at its MinuteClinic medical facilities. In the lawsuit, Paige Casey said CVS...
Musk Looks to Delay Twitter Trial Following Whistleblower Claims
Aug 31 2022 // Elon Musk is seeking to delay until November a trial over his intention to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter Inc TWTR.N and amend his complaint against the social media company, according to court filings,...
USAA Settles Mississippi Class Action Over Underpaid Auto Claims
Aug 29 2022 // Another national insurance company has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it underpaid hundreds of auto insurance claims. A federal court in Mississippi this month signed off on a confidential settlement in a...
State Farm to Pay $100 Million to Federal Government for Hurricane Katrina Claims
Aug 25 2022 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. and two former claims-adjuster sisters, who more than 16 years ago filed a lawsuit claiming the insurer committed fraud against the government’s National Flood Insurance Program...
Dallas Storm Causes ‘Nominal’ Claims Despite Near-Historic Rainfall
Aug 24 2022 // A 1,000-year rain event that brought 10 or more inches of rainfall to parts of North Texas early this week has led to roughly 3,500 property claims, 1,300 auto claims and less than 20 flood claims through the National...
Twitter Misled Regulators on Hackers and Spam, Whistleblower Claims
Aug 24 2022 // Twitter Inc. misled federal regulators about its defenses against hackers and spam accounts, the social media company’s former security chief Peiter Zatko said in a whistleblower complaint. In an 84-page complaint,...
People Moves: Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Edwards to Lead New Delegated Authority Practice; BHSI Promotes Claims Execs Barker and Kelleher in UK
Aug 23 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI). A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes...
Couple’s Lawsuit Claims Black and White Bias in Home Appraisals
Aug 22 2022 // How much does it pay to hide the photos of your family at your home, or anything else that shows your race? If you’re Black and trying to find out how much your house is worth, one family suggests it could be...
Small New Hampshire Town Political Spats Devolve Into Defamation, Free Speech Claims
Aug 19 2022 // The small town of Gilmanton, New Hampshire and a selectman who owns a winery have successfully defended themselves against multiple claims of defamation brought by a well-known and politically active local couple. But the...
Technology Delivering New Data Sources for Claims Investigations
Aug 19 2022 // The driver of the 2021 Toyota Sienna said he crashed because another car bumped the rear of his vehicle while passing on the right, causing him to lose control. It was the wrong car for lying about the cause of an...
Massachusetts City Claims Ex-Employee Shut Down Police Website
Aug 16 2022 // Officials in a Boston suburb are investigating a former city employee they say shut down the police website during a pay dispute. Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller said the former employee, who was the police department...
Starbucks Seeks to Pause Union Elections at U.S. Cafes, Claims Misconduct
Aug 15 2022 // Starbucks on Monday accused the federal labor board overseeing union elections at its U.S. cafes of misconduct and asked for elections to be suspended nationwide pending the outcome of an investigation. The coffee chain...
Reinsurance M&A Slows Amid Macroeconomic Risks, Higher Natural Disaster Claims
Aug 15 2022 // Mergers and acquisitions in the global reinsurance sector will be limited into 2023 amid investor concerns over macroeconomic risks and heightened catastrophe losses linked to climate change, according to Fitch...
Louisiana Insurers Have Paid $13.1B on Ida Claims
Aug 15 2022 // Louisiana insurers have paid or reserved to pay $13.1 billion on Hurricane Ida claims through June 30, 2022, the state’s department of insurance announced in early August. Policyholders had filed 460,709 claims of...
Dutch Insurer NN Group’s H1 Profit Slips on Impact of Storm Claims
Aug 12 2022 // NN Group’s core profit fell 12.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2022, the Dutch insurer said on Thursday, citing the impact of weather events and the sale of its asset management arm. Operating profit came in at...
