All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 25 2015 // Lawmakers in the Iowa Senate and House have approved legislation that would protect cities from liability if people are injured while sledding in public parks. The bill passed 48-0 in the Iowa Senate. It passed in the...
Mar 25 2015 // Nautilus Insurance Group in Scottsdale, Ariz. has announced two changes to the management team of the organization. Michael J. Kilgas, who has served as senior vice president of claims, will move to a new role as senior...
Mar 25 2015 // Nautilus Insurance Group in Scottsdale, Ariz. has announced two changes to the management team of the organization. Michael J. Kilgas, who has served as senior vice president of claims, will move to a new role as senior...
Mar 24 2015 // Medical malpractice claims hit a record low last year in Wisconsin, according to the Director of State Courts.The number of medical malpractice lawsuits fell to 84 last year from 140 in 2013. There were 294 suits filed in...
Mar 23 2015 // Magna Carta Companies has hired Kevin W. Leong as vice president and chief claims officer. In his new role, Leong will lead Magna Carta’s national claims division. He is based in Magna Carta’s New York...
Mar 23 2015 // In wake of allegations that some insurers in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) may have denied or underpaid Superstorm Sandy flood claims based on falsified engineering reports, the Federal Emergency Management...
Mar 23 2015 // A Texas-based insurance company has prevailed in the first lawsuit to go to trial over claims from two massive hailstorms in Hidalgo County, Texas, in 2012.The 12-member jury in Amaro v. National Lloyds found that National...
Mar 20 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether people who suffer harmful vaccine side effects should have an easier time winning compensation from the government.Congress created what’s known as the vaccine...
Mar 19 2015 // Target Corp has agreed to pay $10 million in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit related to a huge 2013 data breach that consumers say compromised their personal financial information, court documents...
Mar 19 2015 // Officials say a $20,000, “Pothole Relief Fund” has been established to help pay more than 300 claims from motorists who ran over potholes created by icy roads in Memphis. Tennessee experienced winter storms in...
Mar 18 2015 // Citing uncertainty following the Boston Marathon bombing almost two years ago, risk managers are urging the federal government to set a deadline for certifying if an event is an act of terrorism and also use...
Mar 18 2015 // David Boies, the litigator who lost the U.S. Supreme Court fight over the 2000 Bush v. Gore presidential election and later helped win legalization of gay marriage in California, was chosen for a lead role in consumer...
Mar 17 2015 // San Diego, CA, March 17, 2015 – Investigation Solutions, Inc. (ISI), a national multi-line field adjusting and investigation company specializing in uncovering fraudulent insurance claims, has promoted Tim Cloney from...
Mar 12 2015 // In light of recent allegations that some insurers in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) may have denied or rejected Superstorm Sandy flood damage claims based on falsified reports, the Federal Emergency Management...
Mar 10 2015 // Hannover Re, the world’s third-biggest reinsurer, plans to pay a special dividend after fourth-quarter profit rose more than analysts estimated, helped by low catastrophe claims. The shares climbed.Net income rose to...
Mar 9 2015 // A Texas-based insurance company has prevailed in the first lawsuit to go to trial over claims from two massive hailstorms in Hidalgo County, Texas, in 2012.The 12-member jury in Amaro v. National Lloyds found that National...
Mar 9 2015 // A low pressure system off northeastern Australia holds up to a 50 percent chance of intensifying to cyclone strength over the next two days and slamming into a region devastated two weeks ago by Cyclone Marcia, according...
Mar 9 2015 // U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur (R., N.J.) on March 2 called for an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after stories surfaced that FEMA was aware of allegedly fraudulent engineering reports that may...
Mar 8 2015 // BP has abruptly switched legal strategies—again—in the multi-billion-dollar liability fight stemming from the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The company dropped a campaign to oust a settlement administrator it...
Mar 6 2015 // ACE Group has appointed Tim Scott-Young as claims director for its Continental Europe region.Relocating to Paris, Scott-Young will be responsible for delivering effective and customer-focused claims management across...