All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 12 2024 // Global mining giant Rio Tinto, which sparked outrage after destroying an ancient Indigenous site in Australia in 2020, faces new pressure from socially conscious investors and lenders, this time on water practices at two...
Feb 9 2024 // Amazon.com was sued in a proposed U.S. class action accusing the online retailer of violating a consumer protection law by steering hundreds of millions of shoppers to higher-priced items in order to earn extra...
Feb 6 2024 // Hurricane Ian caused extensive damage in southwest Florida, with more than 37,000 National Flood Insurance Program claims, making it the fourth-most expensive flood disaster in U.S. history, says a new report from the...
Feb 5 2024 // Insurers are prepared for artificial intelligence to move beyond task automation and machine learning to advanced uses in 2024, a new report examining the industry and how it’s using AI shows.The report from...
Feb 2 2024 // The Southern California regions of Los Angeles and Orange County are again the top spots for catalytic converter theft claims.The regions topped the list for the eighth consecutive quarter in a new report of markets for...
Feb 2 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...
Jan 31 2024 // COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge on Monday denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial after his defense team accused a clerk of court of tampering with a jury.Judge Jean Toal said she wasn’t sure...
Jan 25 2024 // Connecticut-based Webster Bank has completed the acquisition of Ametros Financial Corp., a firm that administers medical claims settlements.Ametros provides post-settlement medical administration for those receiving funds...
Jan 25 2024 // Robert Jones has joined Coalition as the head of global claims. He will step into the role Feb. 5. Jones previously spent 32 years at AIG where he most recently served as the executive vice president of financial lines,...
Jan 23 2024 // Law enforcement officials on Monday were looking for a Georgia woman who allegedly gained almost $45,000 from fraudulent pet insurance claims, from 2019 through 2022.Amanda Lindley, 39, of Paulding County, northwest of...
Jan 22 2024 // As claim severity rises, U.S. personal auto results are on the decline, according to AM Best’s Market Segment Report, issued in December 2023.The 112.2 net combined ratio in 2022 for personal auto was an almost...
Jan 22 2024 // As reported by attorney Randy Maniloff in his Coverage Opinions newsletter, the Illinois Supreme Court has finally addressed coverage for construction defects, joining what is probably a slight majority of legal...
Jan 19 2024 // When a baseball umpire, well-traveled in college conferences, went to a hospital for X-rays on his surgically repaired ankle in 2015, a hospital attendant pushing the ump’s wheelchair accidentally bumped his foot...
Jan 18 2024 // Georgia was, by far, the state with the most frozen pipe and water damage claims, State Farm Insurance reported as much of the country faces the first deep freeze for winter 2024.The insurer said in an article on its...
Jan 17 2024 // Guy Carpenter appointed Keith Wolfe to the newly created role of chief commercial officer, North America, effective immediately.Wolfe joins Guy Carpenter after 27 years with Swiss Re and its predecessor companies, where he...
Jan 16 2024 // Stakeholders have continued to react to a recent Florida Office of Insurance Regulation report on the property insurance market, a report that underscored the impact that excessive claims litigation had on insurers but...
Jan 12 2024 // Allstate, headquartered in Northbrook, Ill., named Mike Fiato as executive vice president and chief claims officer, effective Jan. 22.Fiato joins Allstate with more than 32 years of industry experience. Most recently, he...
Jan 12 2024 // AXIS Capital Holdings Limited named Anna Tan as head of wholesale casualty.Tan joins AXIS from Navigators, a brand of The Hartford, where she served for over 12 years, most recently as head of excess casualty. Before this,...
Jan 11 2024 // Rokstone, a specialty insurance and reinsurance managing general agency, has launched a new third-party administrator service based in Kentucky. Part of the Aventum Group, Rokstone said its new Verus TPA will manage...
Jan 11 2024 // A California man was sentenced to four years in prison for seeking to win a $100 million lawsuit by making false sexual assault claims against Hollywood executives.Rovier Carrington, 34, of Los Angeles was sentenced in...