All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 4 2018 // AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Seacoast Brokers, LLC, a South Carolina-based personal lines specialty MGA that designs,...
Jan 2 2018 // The parents of a former student have filed a federal lawsuit against a western Montana school district, claiming school officials did not protect their daughter from being sexually harassed and assaulted by a teacher.The...
Jan 2 2018 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has hired DeeDee Beckwith in the position as a claims adjuster trainee in its occupational injury unit in the new Florence, Ala., office,...
Dec 29 2017 // Among the most read news stories in Insurance Journal’s South Central region during 2017 concerned Hurricane Harvey and Texas hailstorm (aka natural catastrophe insurance claims) legislation.The insurance industry in...
Dec 28 2017 // AIG Asia Pacific Insurance Pte. Ltd. (AIG Singapore) has launched an online motor accident reporting platform that allows policyholders to make accident reports and commence the claims process online.Designed to streamline...
Dec 28 2017 // A lawsuit by a woman claiming she was deceived about the amount of sugar in an exercise supplement called Sport Beans tops the list of what a top U.S. business lobby sees as the “most ridiculous” lawsuits of...
Dec 27 2017 // A North Carolina man has been charged with four counts each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretense, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey.Jeffrey Neal Smith,...
Dec 22 2017 // The driver in a Tennessee school bus crash that killed six elementary school students took a cell phone call at the time of the crash, a prosecutor said Tuesday.According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Hamilton...
Dec 21 2017 // Hey, want those photos and files back? It may cost more than it used to.Thank bitcoin. Chubb Ltd., best known for catering to wealthy families and corporations, is among at least three insurers facing a jump in costs tied...
Dec 20 2017 // Microsoft Corp. is eliminating a requirement that employees pursue sexual harassment and gender bias claims through arbitration instead of in court, after revelations this year of improper behavior across technology,...
Dec 20 2017 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the Florida state-run insurer of last resort, is anticipating its policyholder count will increase in 2018 for the first time since its efforts to shed policies through depopulation began...
Dec 18 2017 // California Commissioner Dave Jones announced in early December that the total of insured losses from the wildfires in California in October had topped $9.4 billion in residential and commercial claims.That figure is near...
Dec 18 2017 // The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that American Home Assurance Co. must defend contractors and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey against asbestos claims from construction workers who became...
Dec 15 2017 // Farmers Insurance reported it has received more than 4,000 claims from the Northern California wildfires to date at an estimated gross cost of $1.2 billion.With reinsurance, the Los Angeles-based carrier estimates its...
Dec 13 2017 // Austin, Texas-based Capson Physicians Insurance Co. announced it is providing in-house attorneys, rather than adjusters, to help facilitate claims for insureds.According to Capson Physicians Insurance President and Founder...
Dec 13 2017 // The Houston Chronicle reports that several school districts, cities and other government agencies are still waiting for a Texas insurer to pay nearly $60 million in claims from Hurricane Ike, adding to more insurance...
Dec 12 2017 // When Hurricane Harvey sent two feet of water rolling into this small community about 35 miles north of Houston, Alfredo Becerra had to flee his modest 1,500-square-foot house.Muddy floodwater submerged the furniture and...
Dec 12 2017 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has added Deanna Nicole Anderson as a claims assistant in its occupational injury unit in the Brentwood office, according to Jeff Pettus,...
Dec 7 2017 // Covington, Louisiana-based Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH), and subsidiaries Continental Underwriters Ltd. (CU) and Fidelis Claims Service LLC (FCS), hired Christian Kelly as senior director of its Claims Division. Kelly...
Dec 7 2017 // The Supreme Court of the State of New York has ruled that American Home Assurance Company must defend contractors and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey against asbestos claims from construction workers who...