Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Law Firms and Their Insurers Feel the Pain of Bigger Malpractice Claims
May 17 2021 // Even as law firms made adjustments to sustain their operations through the COVID-19 pandemic, they were unable to avoid the rising costs of malpractice claims. Indeed, the time period beginning in 2019 through mid-2020...
People Moves: National Flood Names Erickson CEO; Aon Adds 3 in Healthcare; State Auto CFO to Retire; Barg Joins Ascot Claims
May 14 2021 // National Flood Services announced the appointment of Lindsey Erickson as its chief executive officer. Erickson replaces interim CEO George Ruhana, who will continue in his role as operating partner. Erickson has been with...
Two Bills Relating to Auto Insurance Claims Practices Advance in Texas
May 11 2021 // The Texas House of Representatives recently advance two pieces of legislation that address claims arising out of vehicle accidents. House Bill 359 The Texas House May 7 passed House Bill 359, which addresses delaying...
Apple Faces UK Lawsuit over Claims It Overcharged 20 Million App Store Users
May 11 2021 // Apple Inc is facing a London lawsuit over claims it overcharged nearly 20 million UK customers for App Store purchases, yet another legal headache for the tech giant fighting lawsuits across the world. Apple’s 30%...
2 Arrested in Florida Fake Public Adjuster, $65K Claims Scheme Against Citizens
May 6 2021 // Two Miami residents have been arrested for allegedly acting as public adjusters without a license and filling false insurance claims with Citizens Property Insurance Corp., according to a statement from the Florida...
Baltimore County to Pay $1.1M to Settle Church’s Religious Bias Claims
May 3 2021 // Baltimore County has agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve a religious discrimination lawsuit over a county board’s denial of a church’s expansion plan. The Baltimore Sun reports that the county and Hunt Valley...
People Moves: Argo’s Grange Joins B&B’s Programs; Bridge Names Zurich’s Batta; Liberty Mutual Promotes Rhodes in Claims
May 3 2021 // Grange Replaces Heath at B&B’s National Programs Unit Jeff Grange has been named president of Tampa Programs, part of Brown & Brown National Programs, which includes the Dental Protector Plan, Lawyers...
Swiss Re Scores Profit Despite COVID Death Claims, Catastrophe Losses
May 3 2021 // Swiss Re reported consolidated net income of USD 333 million in the first quarter of 2021, despite heightened losses in its life and health reinsurance business related to COVID and property and casualty reinsurance losses...
Paid Claims from Texas Winter Storm Up to $1.7 Billion
May 3 2021 // As of late March, Texas policyholders had filed 386,108 property and auto insurance claims related to the winter storm that blanketed the state in mid-February. That number reflects preliminary results from a data call...
Traffic Returning to Roadways, But Claims Patterns May Shift Permanently
May 3 2021 // The number of cars on US roads is returning to normal as states ease COVID-19 restrictions, but that doesn’t necessarily mean claims frequency and severity will return to historic patterns. Metromile, a San...
Judge Wants NRA to Name Insurance Witnesses in Claims Against New York
Apr 30 2021 // A judge ordered the National Rifle Association to provide the names Lloyd’s of London agents or employees who the gun rights group says have information backing its claim that New York’s insurance regulator...
Supreme Court Smacks Down Pro Wrestlers’ Appeals on Head Injury Claims
Apr 27 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeals of several former pro wrestlers who claimed in lawsuits that World Wrestling Entertainment failed to protect them from repeated head injuries that led to...
Are Brokers in for a Tsunami of Pandemic- Related E&O Claims in 2021?
Apr 27 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Worldwide Facilities, an Amwins Company. In November 2020, attendees of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s first-ever virtual conference warned insurance...
California Man Charged for Scheme Involving Lost Cellphone Claims
Apr 26 2021 // Thein Kevin Nguyen, 31, of Sacramento, Calif., has been charged with one felony count of fraud for allegedly running a scam where he reportedly filed 35 fraudulent cell phone loss claims, collected the proceeds from the...
New York Launches Injured Workers Legal Assistance Project to Assist with Comp Claims
Apr 26 2021 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has launched its first-ever legal assistance project to help injured workers obtain medical treatment, the Injured Workers Legal Assistance Project (IWLAP). Now, injured...
New York City Lawsuit Claims Exxon, BP, Shell Mislead Over ‘Cleaner’ Fuels
Apr 23 2021 // New York City on Thursday sued three major oil companies and the top industry trade group in state court, arguing that the companies are misrepresenting themselves by selling fuels as “cleaner” and advertising...
Massachusetts Eye and Ear to Pay $2.6M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Apr 22 2021 // Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc. and the Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc., collectively referred to as Massachusetts Eye and Ear, have agreed to pay...
With Claims Rising, Cyber Insurers Need More Than Sizable Rate Increases: Fitch
Apr 20 2021 // Cyber insurance underwriters are reporting substantially higher claims losses in 2020 than in prior years and as a result face increasing profit pressure. insurers will have to achieve both significant premium rate...
Insurers Have Paid Nearly $1.7B Property, Auto Claims from Texas Winter Storm
Apr 19 2021 // As of late March, Texas policyholders had filed 386,108 property and auto insurance claims related to the winter storm that blanketed the state in mid-February. That number reflects preliminary results from a data call...
Report: 44K-Plus Workers’ Comp COVID-19 Claims Filed in Texas by Mid-February
Apr 19 2021 // An updated report on workers’ compensation claims in Texas related to COVID-19 shows that insurance carriers had reported more than 44,000 COVID-19 claims and 200 fatalities to the state’s workers’...
