Latest Claims Headlines
All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Aspire General Insurance Names DelCorso Claims Vice President
Mar 21 2024 // Aspire General Insurance named Tom DelCorso vice president of claims. DelCorso has more than 20 years of claims leadership experience, joining Aspire from Allstate Canada, where he was vice president of claims. Prior to...
Report Looks at Cumulative Trauma and Litigated Claims in California Workers’ Comp
Mar 18 2024 // A California Workers’ Compensation Institute study shows nearly half of all litigated claims in the Los Angeles Basin are cumulative trauma claims that involve physical or mental injuries from repetitive stress,...
NFIP Pays $364M on Idalia Claims. Florida Bill Requires Flood Disclosure to Buyers
Mar 14 2024 // The National Flood Insurance Program has paid out $364 million on flood claims from Hurricane Idalia, the storm that swamped part of Florida in August. That’s a fraction of the $3.2 billion NFIP paid after Hurricane...
Eggland’s Best Is Sued Over Saturated Fat Claims for Its Eggs
Mar 14 2024 // Eggland’s Best, one of the largest U.S. egg producers, has been sued for falsely claiming that its eggs contain less saturated fat than other eggs. The proposed class action filed on Tuesday in federal court in...
Washington Commissioner Wants Insurers to Modify Claims Process for Wildfire Victims
Mar 6 2024 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler on Wednesday sent a letter to insurers urging them to consider loosening personal property claim filing requirements for victims of last summer’s Spokane County...
Miami Trial of J&J Talc Powder Cancer Claims Ends in Hung Jury
Mar 6 2024 // The latest trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson’s talc products cause cancer ended in a mistrial on Tuesday, as a Florida state court jury said it could not agree on a verdict. The lawsuit was brought by Bob...
Lawsuit Claims Isolation and Abuse at Wyoming Boys School
Mar 5 2024 // Staff at Wyoming’s state youth detention facility locked juveniles in solitary confinement for weeks at a time, repeatedly buckled one in a restraint chair for up to 12 hours a day and poked fun at another while...
US Judge Says Google Must Face Some Advertisers’ Antitrust Claims, Dismisses Others
Mar 4 2024 // Alphabet’s Google must face advertisers’ proposed class action lawsuit claiming that it monopolizes the ad exchange market, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday. But U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel dismissed some...
Report Looks at Cumulative Trauma and Litigated Claims in California Workers’ Comp
Mar 4 2024 // A California Workers’ Compensation Institute study shows nearly half of all litigated claims in the Los Angeles Basin are cumulative trauma claims that involve physical or mental injuries from repetitive stress,...
Xcel Energy Utility Equipment Started Texas Wildfire, Homeowner Claims in Lawsuit
Mar 4 2024 // March 1 (Reuters) – A Texas homeowner whose house was destroyed by a massive wildfire raging northeast of Amarillo sued electric utility Xcel Energy XEL.O on Friday, alleging that a splintered power pole owned by the...
Southern California Tops List of Wheel and Tire Claims for Second Straight Quarter
Mar 4 2024 // Los Angeles and Orange County are number one of the top 20 list for a second consecutive quarter for 2023 and stay at the top in theft claims handled by population. Wheelnet, a provider for wheel and tire replacement for...
Tesla Must Face Class Action Claims by 6,000 Workers in Race Bias Case
Feb 29 2024 // A California state judge has tentatively ruled that nearly 6,000 Black factory workers can sue Tesla as a group for the electric vehicle maker’s alleged failure to address rampant race discrimination and harassment...
Insurance Journal’s Jergler Named Editor of Claims Journal
Feb 29 2024 // Claims Journal, a Wells Media Company, has named Don Jergler as editor. He succeeds Jim Sams who retired in January. Jergler has covered the insurance industry for over 20 years and holds multiple nominations and an AZBEE...
False Claims Act Cases Resulted in $2.7B in Fiscal Year 2023: DOJ
Feb 28 2024 // The U.S. Department of Justice said a record 543 settlements and judgements under the False Claims Act resulted in about $2.7 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2023. The amount of settlements and judgements was a...
Six Charged in Alleged $1M Auto Insurance Claims Scheme in Massachusetts
Feb 27 2024 // Six people have been indicted in connection with the alleged filing of fraudulent insurance claims through their auto body repair business in Everett, Massachusetts. Four of the defendants were arraigned this week in...
P&I Clubs Raise Renewal Prices to Keep Up With Claims Inflation: AM Best
Feb 21 2024 // Protection and Indemnity (P&I) clubs sought further price improvements at the February 2024 renewals in order to keep up with claims inflation, despite a relatively benign year for P&I claims in 2023, according to...
Uber Sues Drivers’ Insurer Alleging Its Claims Practices Have Fueled Tort Litigation
Feb 20 2024 // Uber Technologies last Friday sued its drivers’ auto insurer for defense and indemnification regarding multiple lawsuits that are seeking to hold Uber vicariously liable for accidents involving some of its drivers in...
Officials Say California Family Arraigned for Auto Insurance Fraud Filed 40-Plus Claims
Feb 19 2024 // Shannon Ninio, 60, of North Hills was arraigned for insurance fraud after a California Department of Insurance investigation found she and her husband, Moshe Ninio, allegedly stole customers’ personal information and...
Georgia, NC Women Face Insurance Fraud Charges After Auto Accident Claims
Feb 16 2024 // Georgia law enforcement authorities were searching for a Lawrenceville woman who allegedly submitted fabricated medical records in an auto insurance claim in an effort to collect $15,000, the state insurance commissioner...
Southern California Tops List of Wheel and Tire Claims for Second Straight Quarter
Feb 16 2024 // Los Angeles and Orange County are number one of the top 20 list for a second consecutive quarter for 2023 and stay at the top in theft claims handled by population. Wheelnet, a provider for wheel and tire replacement for...
