All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 28 2025 // More merger-and-acquisition activity and technology consolidation have given cyber hackers plenty of entry points to exploit, making third-party cyber risk a dominant driver of claims for Resilience in 2024.New research...
Feb 28 2025 // California’s $21 billion wildfire fund may shield Edison International’s balance sheet if equipment owned by the company’s electric utility is found to have caused a deadly Los Angeles fire last month,...
Feb 28 2025 // A Florida appeals court has re-affirmed a major state Supreme Court decision, helping to answer lingering questions about whether the 2022 bad-faith litigation reform law can be applied retroactively.The answer is...
Feb 27 2025 // French insurer AXA reported better-than-expected full-year earnings on Thursday, boosted by increased premiums from individual insurance policies, fewer claims and increased margins for its natural catastrophe...
Feb 26 2025 // Germany’s Munich Re expects about 1.2 billion euros ($1.26 billion) in claims resulting from the Los Angeles wildfires, it said on Wednesday, representing the biggest loss reported so far by a single European...
Feb 26 2025 // Claims, communication, and technology are the top three concerns for independent agents when placing new business with a carrier, according to insurtech Vertafore.The findings were the result of a survey of nearly 1,300...
Feb 24 2025 // As someone who lost everything in a devastating fire–from cherished family photos to irreplaceable heirlooms–I understand firsthand the profound impact of both fire destruction and an insurer’s response....
Feb 19 2025 // A Massachusetts cannabis grower is suing a neighboring berry and vegetable farm for allegedly rendering its entire cannabis harvest unusable by incorrectly spraying chemicals in a way that caused them to drift onto its...
Feb 13 2025 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it needs to borrow $2 billion from the U.S. Treasury to cover claims from National Flood Insurance Program policyholders.FEMA, administrator of NFIP, said it expects to pay out...
Feb 13 2025 // A renewed and expanded effort from chemical giant Bayer to shield itself from lawsuits that claim its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer brought dozens of protesters to the Iowa Capitol building Monday begging...
Feb 13 2025 // The Catholic Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey has sued its liability insurers over their alleged “failure and refusal” to agree upon a cost-sharing formula to deal with hundreds of sexual abuse claims brought...
Feb 12 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group.The post-pandemic workplace has brought significant changes to the employment liability landscape. Disability discrimination and retaliation claims have...
Feb 12 2025 // Hiscox, headquartered in Atlanta, appointed Alexandra Furth as head of claims in the U.S., effective March 10.Furth has over 20 years of claims and legal leadership experience, most recently serving as AIG’s head of...
Feb 11 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a California FAIR Plan request for a $1 billion assessment on admitted market insurers to cover claims from the Los Angeles wildfires.The FAIR Plan reported it has...
Feb 11 2025 // Insurers paid out a record £585 million (US$724.7 million) for weather-related damage to people’s homes and possessions in 2024 in the United Kingdom, according to the latest data from the Association of British...
Feb 6 2025 // A Charlotte man has been arrested on a felony charge of insurance fraud for allegedly falsely claiming to an insurer that his car was hit by a deer, according to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Feb 5 2025 // USAA has paid out more than $1 billion for the Los Angeles wildfires, making it the third insurer to report $1 billion or more in payouts for the destructive blazes that burned thousands of properties.The company, which is...
Feb 4 2025 // A Connecticut man has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud for allegedly running a scam involving filing fraudulent insurance claims for iPhones.Connecticut State Police said its investigation linked Esmaylin...
Jan 30 2025 // James Keating of Paoli, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 20 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding his former employer of more than $1.4 million.Keating was an assistant...
Jan 29 2025 // In a 5-2 opinion, the Maine Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 2021 state law that eliminated the statute of limitations for claims of sexual abuse of minors.The ruling is a victory for the Roman Catholic Church...