All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 13 2018 // Hurricane Harvey resulted in nearly 670,000 in combined personal and commercial property insurance claims to private insurers, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) and the Texas Fair Access to Insurance...
Feb 13 2018 // Federal investigators are still looking at how CSX railway crews routed an Amtrak train into a parked freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, last weekend. But even if CSX should bear sole responsibility for the accident,...
Feb 7 2018 // Supermarket group Tesco is facing a potential bill of up to 4 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) in a record equal pay claim involving mainly women workers at its British stores, according to the law firm pursuing the case.If...
Feb 7 2018 // Christopher Ballantyne joined specialty insurer Brit Ltd.s claims team in the newly-created role of vice president of Delegated Claim Authority. Ballantyne will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight and performance...
Feb 7 2018 // AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Seacoast Brokers, LLC, and Trident Claims Management, LLC.Seacoast is a personal...
Feb 6 2018 // The Ohio Department of Insurance helped more than 436,000 Ohio insurance consumers save or recover $30.4 million in 2017 through its toll-free hotlines, community outreach and counseling, according to Director Jillian...
Feb 6 2018 // The steep drop in the stock price of Wynn Resorts Ltd. following a report that chairman Steve Wynn subjected female staff to unwanted sexual advances offers an illustration of how such allegations may now be...
Feb 6 2018 // Worley Claims Services, LLC, a provider of claims services in North America, has acquired Audit Services Incorporated (ASI), a claim estimate writing and review supplier for the property and auto insurance markets based in...
Feb 5 2018 // Organizations are being forced to deal with an increased threat to their operations from fraudulent instruction scams, according to specialist insurer Beazley’s most recent Breach Report.According to the insurer,...
Feb 5 2018 // The epidemic of assignment of benefits (AOB) abuse that has been plaguing Florida for several years is only getting worse, says a new report from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR).The most recent data call...
Feb 5 2018 // David Kramer and Theodore Nittis have launched Gemini Risk Partners as an independent professional liability insurance brokerage in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.The firm will focus on serving law firms, as it did when it was...
Feb 5 2018 // Acting Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman has advised property owners in southwestern Pennsylvania experiencing flooding from heavy rains on important actions to take when preparing and filing flood...
Feb 2 2018 // Re/insurance industry incumbents are fueling investments in insurtech startups, sending a clear message to potential disruptive outsiders, according to a report published by Willis Towers Watson, which detailed 2017 trends...
Feb 1 2018 // Global strategic advisory and expert consulting firm Berkeley Research Group has added D. Christopher Heckman to the firm’s Complex Insurance Claims practice in Dallas.Heckman, who joins as a managing director in...
Feb 1 2018 // The London market has launched a simplified system for claims handling in an effort to improve client service and streamline claims agreement across the London market.The Single Claims Agreement is designed “to...
Feb 1 2018 // Bethesda, MD, February 1, 2018— United Educators (UE) is a reciprocal risk retention group serving educational institutions, including independent K-12 schools. Over a five-year period, UE and its member institutions...
Jan 31 2018 // Insurers have received nearly 45,000 insurance claims totaling more than $11.79 billion in losses from the wildfires that burned across the state in October and December 2017, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones...
Jan 31 2018 // A more coherent, consistent recording of cyber incidents would help the insurance industry better understand the frequency and cost of cyber claims, according to a report published by the International Underwriting...
Jan 31 2018 // Atlanta, GA, January 31, 2018 – National Claims Connection (NCC) is hosting the 2018 Adjusters Conference on February 25-27, 2018 at the historic Menger Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. NCC has partnered with sister...
Jan 31 2018 // Neighbors of Duke Energy Corp.’s unlined coal ash pits in North Carolina went to court after the company said their $5,000 “goodwill” payments required them to give up future health claims linked to...