All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 5 2017 // A South Dakota meat processor’s $5.7 billion defamation lawsuit against American Broadcasting Companies Inc., which opens Monday, pits big agriculture against big media, and is a first major court challenge against a...
Jun 5 2017 // Travelers’ Claim University, founded in 2007, is working to change the way its claims professionals do business through the use of drones to assist in property inspection and claims analysis.The nearly 200,000-square...
Jun 5 2017 // Legislation backed by the insurance industry and some Texas business groups that curtails the ability of policyholders to sue insurance companies over property claims following extreme weather events passed the state...
Jun 5 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has affirmed the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) reviewing board’s decision in a case involving how interest should be assessed on unpaid workers’ compensation...
Jun 1 2017 // Chubb has named John Watkins as senior vice president, head of Casualty Claims for North America. Watkins will be responsible for managing approximately 325 casualty claims examiners and will oversee primary, excess, and...
May 26 2017 // A much-anticipated House subcommittee proposal on flood insurance promises to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years beyond its September 30 expiration date.The proposal would introduce...
May 24 2017 // Target Corp. on Tuesday agreed to pay $18.5 million to settle claims by 47 states and the District of Columbia and resolve a multi-state investigation into the retailer’s massive data breach in late 2013.The...
May 23 2017 // Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to combat the “ideology” behind Britain’s worst terrorist attack in 12 years after a suicide bombing killed 22 people at a pop concert. Islamic State claimed...
May 22 2017 // RSG Underwriting Managers (RSGUM) has formed Smooth Waters, LLC, an independent marine insurance consultancy and claims adjusting company and part of RSGUM’s growing marine practice.Smooth Waters, LLC, serves as a...
May 19 2017 // Companies without cyber insurance are dusting off policies covering kidnap, ransom and extortion in the world’s political hotspots to recoup losses caused by ransomware viruses such as “WannaCry,”...
May 19 2017 // UK insurer Ageas has begun to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help manage its motor claims in partnership with AI specialist Tractable.In what it describes as “a first” for the UK market, Ageas...
May 19 2017 // Four automakers agreed to a $553 million settlement to address class-action economic loss claims covering owners of nearly 16 million recalled vehicles with potentially defective Takata airbag inflators, court documents...
May 18 2017 // Zurich Insurance is deploying artificial intelligence in deciding personal injury claims after trials cut the processing time from an hour to just seconds, its chairman said.“We recently introduced AI claims handling...
May 17 2017 // Legislation backed by the insurance industry and some Texas business groups that curtails the ability of policyholders to sue insurance companies over property claims following extreme weather events has passed the state...
May 17 2017 // Alternative Service Concepts (ASC), a national third party claims administrator (TPA), has promoted Tracy Patterson to claims manager.Patterson will be responsible for managing a staff of ten dedicated to serving a large...
May 16 2017 // Two former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees have filed a lawsuit accusing the retailer of treating thousands of pregnant workers as “second-class citizens” by rejecting their requests to limit heavy lifting,...
May 15 2017 // Doxa Insurance Holdings LLC, an Indiana-based private equity fund focused on purchasing managing general agents nationwide, has acquired Chicago-based Promont Advisors and ProPoint Claims Services.Promont and Propoint...
May 15 2017 // Benzinger is chief broking officer and managing director at Aon Risk Solutions Environmental Practice.Claims are where the rubber meets the road for an insurance policy. For some lines of coverage, like workers’...
May 15 2017 // Florida lawmakers have once again let slip an opportunity to address insurance claims abuse, as legislation failed to make it through the Senate before the 2017 legislative session ended.This is the fifth consecutive year...
May 15 2017 // Taxpayers are spending more to settle claims for vehicles damaged and wrecked on South Carolina’s crumbling roads.The State newspaper reported that South Carolina has spent nearly $50 million since 2010 to settle...