All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 17 2015 // Dozens of parishes in the Twin Cities want the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis to pay their costs for settling clergy abuse claims.About 120 parishes want the archdiocese to reimburse them for paying too much into...
Jul 16 2015 // Whistleblowers who sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. can seek more evidence of fraud against the U.S. government after 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, a federal appeals court ruled July 13.In its decision, the New...
Jul 14 2015 // A bill introduced in Michigan would require transparency and detailed financial and actuarial information from the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA) to be published on the association’s website.House...
Jul 10 2015 // As law firms adjust to the realities of the current business environment, they continue to fall victim to malpractice claims, which can be costly to defend and may result in enduring reputational damage. A new study by...
Jul 10 2015 // The city of Biloxi, Miss., is accepting $4.9 million from BP as part of a group settlement of local government claims for economic losses caused by the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Last week, BP and five coastal...
Jul 9 2015 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that Bernard McNulty has been named the head of claims Canada, effective immediately.Based in Toronto, he will...
Jul 9 2015 // Mississippi’s attorney general says the nation’s largest tobacco company will pay the state $15 million to settle claims that it was underreporting the number of cigarettes it was shipping to the state.Attorney...
Jul 8 2015 // The New York State Assembly recently approved a bill (A04458) that would require insurers to expedite claims investigation and settlement processes after declared disasters and emergencies.Under the legislation, which...
Jul 8 2015 // Many people dislike receiving robocalls. Araceli King disliked receiving 153 of them from a single company.Time Warner Cable Inc. must pay the insurance claims specialist $229,500 for placing 153 automated calls meant for...
Jul 7 2015 // Shelly DiBenedetto Preferred Mutual Insurance Company in New Berlin, New York, hired Shelly DiBenedetto as claims counsel. In her new role, she will be responsible for providing legal advice and guidance to assist the...
Jul 7 2015 // DUAL, the specialist underwriting arm of the Hyperion Insurance Group, announced it has appointed Angus Watson as global chief claims officer, joining September 1, 2015.Watson will join from Arch Insurance Company (Europe)...
Jul 7 2015 // San Diego, CA, July 7 2015 – Effective June 1, American Claims Management (ACM) took over the third party administration of all Georgia and California personal auto claims for National Unity Insurance Company. The...
Jul 6 2015 // Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner says property owners who experienced flood damage during heavy rainfall in May and June have more time to file insurance claims. Commissioner John Doak said the Federal Emergency...
Jul 6 2015 // The number of insurance claims from lightning strikes in the United States continued its steady decline, as severe thunderstorm activity eased from near-record levels and dry weather prevailed throughout much of the...
Jul 6 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that Sept. 15 would be the last day for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders who filed Superstorm Sandy flood claims to sign up for the review...
Jul 6 2015 // The U.S. government’s appeals process for reviewing flood insurance claim disputes is riddled with flaws, but there is no evidence of systematic underpayments by insurers to flood victims, an investigation by U.S....
Jul 6 2015 // The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has long been the dominant player in the U.S. flood insurance market, providing subsidized flood insurance based on actuarially unsound rates for millions of property owners, in...
Jul 6 2015 // More than 1,300 damage claims were filed in a northeast Ohio court on behalf of the heirs of Akron-area rubber and auto workers who died or developed serious illnesses from exposure to asbestos.The claims in Summit County...
Jul 5 2015 // BP Plc’s record $18.7 billion settlement ended government claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, leaving numerous smaller private lawsuits to be mopped up.While investors, residents and businesses that...
Jul 2 2015 // BP Plc has agreed to a preliminary deal in which it will pay a record $18.7 billion to settle claims by five Gulf states and the U.S. government for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the worst oil spill in the...