All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2017 // Amica Mutual Insurance Co. no longer has a perfect financial strength rating from A.M. Best. More catastrophe losses and worsening automobile insurance claims severity are both to blame.Specifically, an A+ (Superior)...
Feb 6 2017 // Tennessee state officials said last month that insurance claims have topped $842 million in the deadly eastern Tennessee wildfires that burned thousands of buildings.The Knoxville News Sentinel reported the number,...
Feb 6 2017 // A Georgia judge dismissed claims against Snapchat that blamed the social media company’s “speed filter” for a highway crash. The judge said in the January ruling that the Communications Decency Act...
Feb 2 2017 // In his state of the state address, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave a boost to the insurance industry’s effort to get legislation passed that would place limits on post-hailstorm litigation.Calling lawsuits against...
Feb 2 2017 // Most of us who sit down with our beverages and snacks to watch one of the biggest events in pro sports on Sunday won’t have things like workers’ compensation and cumulative injury on our minds.Just Brady vs....
Feb 2 2017 // Brentwood Services Administrators (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has promoted Lisa Whitten to claims supervisor in the Brentwood office, according to Jeff Pettus, president and chief executive officer of...
Jan 30 2017 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens will host a Catastrophe Claims Village in Albany, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, and Wednesday, Feb. 1, according to a statement from the Georgia Department of Insurance. The purpose of...
Jan 27 2017 // Walnut Creek, Calif. CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, has named Kevin Yoo as the company’s new claims executive. Yoo will lead the claims organization, including four claims operations centers across the country,...
Jan 25 2017 // A judge has dismissed claims against Snapchat that blamed the social media company’s “speed filter” for a highway crash. The judge said the Communications Decency Act provides the social media company...
Jan 23 2017 // Claims management firm Crawford & Co. has named Kenneth Tolson chief executive officer of its U.S. Property & Casualty group. Tolson will be responsible for the company’s U.S. field operations and catastrophe...
Jan 23 2017 // Property and casualty veteran Mark LaBour has joined Alliant’s growing Florida practice. As vice president within the company’s Alliant Americas division, LaBour will deploy targeted risk management and...
Jan 23 2017 // Allocated loss adjustment expense costs have increased sharply over the last several years despite implementation of many of the components of a workers’ compensation reform law intended to reduce total loss...
Jan 23 2017 // A new report shows that San Francisco Bay Area residents account for 17.5 percent of California job injury claims but only 15 percent of claim costs.The report by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute points...
Jan 23 2017 // State officials say insurance claims have topped $842 million in the deadly eastern Tennessee wildfires that burned thousands of buildings.The Knoxville News Sentinel reported the number, provided the Tennessee Department...
Jan 17 2017 // Atlanta, GA, January 17, 2017- National ConnectForce Claims, Inc. a leading provider of property claims handling services, announced this week it has streamlined its name to National Claims Connection℠ (NCC), effective...
Jan 16 2017 // Two grain storage facilities in Illinois have shut down in less than three months, and a state insurance fund has seen its first claims in years.Illinois Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Rebecca Clark said the...
Jan 12 2017 // Erie Insurance Group, an Erie, Penn., based insurer, has announced operational and senior leadership changes in order to further position the company for continued growth.The new appointments are effective January 19....
Jan 10 2017 // Independent agency owners spend their entire careers worrying about the risks and exposures of others. Managing the risks of their own agencies can take a backseat to helping their clients.While agents appreciate the...
Jan 9 2017 // A report out today shows that San Francisco Bay Area residents account for 17.5 percent of California job injury claims but only 15. percent of claim costs.The report by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute...
Jan 6 2017 // Global independent claims management firm Crawford & Co. said it has completed the acquisition of a majority interest in WeGoLook, an online and mobile inspection firm that calls itself the “Uber of...