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Nurse Practitioner Claims CVS Fired Her Over Her Abortion Stance

Sep 2 2022 // A nurse practitioner from northern Virginia sued CVS Health on Wednesday, saying she was fired for refusing to provide abortion-inducing drugs at its MinuteClinic medical facilities.In the lawsuit, Paige Casey said CVS had...

Musk Looks to Delay Twitter Trial Following Whistleblower Claims

Aug 31 2022 // Elon Musk is seeking to delay until November a trial over his intention to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter Inc TWTR.N and amend his complaint against the social media company, according to court filings,...

USAA Settles Mississippi Class Action Over Underpaid Auto Claims

Aug 29 2022 // Another national insurance company has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it underpaid hundreds of auto insurance claims.A federal court in Mississippi this month signed off on a confidential settlement in a...

State Farm to Pay $100 Million to Federal Government for Hurricane Katrina Claims

Aug 25 2022 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. and two former claims-adjuster sisters, who more than 16 years ago filed a lawsuit claiming the insurer committed fraud against the government’s National Flood Insurance Program...

Dallas Storm Causes ‘Nominal’ Claims Despite Near-Historic Rainfall

Aug 24 2022 // A 1,000-year rain event that brought 10 or more inches of rainfall to parts of North Texas early this week has led to roughly 3,500 property claims, 1,300 auto claims and less than 20 flood claims through the National...

Twitter Misled Regulators on Hackers and Spam, Whistleblower Claims

Aug 24 2022 // Twitter Inc. misled federal regulators about its defenses against hackers and spam accounts, the social media company’s former security chief Peiter Zatko said in a whistleblower complaint.In an 84-page complaint,...

People Moves: Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Edwards to Lead New Delegated Authority Practice; BHSI Promotes Claims Execs Barker and Kelleher in UK

Aug 23 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI).A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes...

Couple’s Lawsuit Claims Black and White Bias in Home Appraisals

Aug 22 2022 // How much does it pay to hide the photos of your family at your home, or anything else that shows your race? If you’re Black and trying to find out how much your house is worth, one family suggests it could be...

Small New Hampshire Town Political Spats Devolve Into Defamation, Free Speech Claims

Aug 19 2022 // The small town of Gilmanton, New Hampshire and a selectman who owns a winery have successfully defended themselves against multiple claims of defamation brought by a well-known and politically active local couple.But the...

Technology Delivering New Data Sources for Claims Investigations

Aug 19 2022 // The driver of the 2021 Toyota Sienna said he crashed because another car bumped the rear of his vehicle while passing on the right, causing him to lose control.It was the wrong car for lying about the cause of an accident....

Massachusetts City Claims Ex-Employee Shut Down Police Website

Aug 16 2022 // Officials in a Boston suburb are investigating a former city employee they say shut down the police website during a pay dispute.Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller said the former employee, who was the police department...

Starbucks Seeks to Pause Union Elections at U.S. Cafes, Claims Misconduct

Aug 15 2022 // Starbucks on Monday accused the federal labor board overseeing union elections at its U.S. cafes of misconduct and asked for elections to be suspended nationwide pending the outcome of an investigation.The coffee chain...

Reinsurance M&A Slows Amid Macroeconomic Risks, Higher Natural Disaster Claims

Aug 15 2022 // Mergers and acquisitions in the global reinsurance sector will be limited into 2023 amid investor concerns over macroeconomic risks and heightened catastrophe losses linked to climate change, according to Fitch...

Louisiana Insurers Have Paid $13.1B on Ida Claims

Aug 15 2022 // Louisiana insurers have paid or reserved to pay $13.1 billion on Hurricane Ida claims through June 30, 2022, the state’s department of insurance announced in early August.Policyholders had filed 460,709 claims of all...

Dutch Insurer NN Group’s H1 Profit Slips on Impact of Storm Claims

Aug 12 2022 // NN Group’s core profit fell 12.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2022, the Dutch insurer said on Thursday, citing the impact of weather events and the sale of its asset management arm.Operating profit came in at...

Florida Claims Litigation Dropped in July, but AOB Share Continues to Rise

Aug 11 2022 // The volume of claims litigation in Florida rose in June then declined in July by almost the same amount. But the share of cases that are assignment-of-benefits claims rose to the highest level since early 2021, a...

Iowa Metal Manufacturer Settles $500,000 False Claims Act Lawsuit

Aug 11 2022 // A southwest Iowa company that makes metal castings used by military contractors in helicopters and other equipment has reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging the company failed to test the castings and falsely...

Admiral Sees Cost of Motor Claims Running High in Britain and U.S.

Aug 10 2022 // The cost of paying auto claims is running particularly high in Britain and the United States, insurer Admiral’s chief said on Wednesday, after the company posted a 48% fall in pretax profit due to a “more...

5 Ways to Avoid Disability Discrimination Claims

Aug 10 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group.Workplace disability claims were the most commonly reported type of discrimination in 2020, with 24,324 claims filed. During that year alone, companies within...

Twitter Rejects Musk’s Claims That He Was Hoodwinked

Aug 5 2022 // Twitter Inc. on Thursday dismissed Elon Musk’s claims in a Delaware court filing that he was hoodwinked into signing the deal to buy the social media company, saying that it was “implausible and contrary to...