All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 13 2021 // One of the Boy Scouts of America’s primary insurers, Chubb Ltd. unit Century Indemnity Company, said on Monday it will contribute $800 million to a deal proposed by the youth organization to settle around 82,500...
Dec 10 2021 // An American Automobile Association report revealing the top auto insurance claims among Texas members in 2021 shows that rear-end collisions and fender benders accounted for 18% of all claims this year. A rear-end...
Dec 9 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at brokers Willis Towers Watson and Tysers.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Promotes Rourke to UK Head of P/C Pricing, Product, Claims and...
Dec 1 2021 // The disease known as COVID-19 may have caused wrenching changes around the world, but its effects on workers’ compensation claims were relatively minor in 2020, the National Council on Compensation Insurance said in...
Nov 29 2021 // One of the largest utility companies in Florida may, after all, be shielded from tort claims by the grand bargain of workers’ compensation law, even though it had contracted maintenance work to another firm, a...
Nov 29 2021 // Lemonade named Sean Burgess chief claims officer.Burgess will oversee the company’s key claims functions across the U.S. and EU. Burgess will be filling the role of Jim Hageman, Lemonade’s first hire in this...
Nov 24 2021 // Lemonade, the insurance company powered by artificial intelligence, appointed Sean Burgess as chief claims officer. As part of this move, Burgess will be filling the role of Jim Hageman, Lemonade’s first hire in this...
Nov 24 2021 // McLarens, the Atlanta-based insurance services provider, has entered into a strategic alliance with Saltex, a Polish claims management and loss adjusting firm with offices in Warsaw and Wroclaw. Operating as...
Nov 23 2021 // Georgia authorities are searching for a Virginia woman wanted for insurance fraud after she allegedly filed false claims on personal property. Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King said in a bulletin that warrants had...
Nov 22 2021 // Policyholders are starting to pull back from digital channels as the COVID-19 pandemic eases and revert to in-person ways to file insurance claims, a senior executive at Zurich Insurance Group told the Reuters Connected...
Nov 19 2021 // After two months of significant declines, litigated claims for Florida’s largest property and casualty insurers rose 5% in October, a litigation tracking service reported.CaseGlide, a litigation management software...
Nov 18 2021 // The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans has agreed to pay more than $1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims for payment to the Federal Emergency...
Nov 15 2021 // A growing number of False Claims Act investigations combined with recent court decisions that found insurers liable for the cost of settlements may spell trouble for commercial liability insurers.Policyholder attorney...
Nov 4 2021 // Dueling lawsuits have been added to the growing amount of litigation arising from the collapse of the Champlain Towers condominium building in Surfside, Florida, but the latest suits could have a significant impact on...
Nov 4 2021 // Insurtech startup owl.co Labs Inc. raised $30 million in new venture capital. Many plans are in play to spend the cash infusion, including hiring, and accelerated growth plans for the company’s machine...
Nov 3 2021 // An insurance company has agreed to pay $625,000 to settle allegations that it used deceptive and illegal practices to sell health insurance plans to Massachusetts residents, the state attorney general’s office said...
Nov 2 2021 // A proposed bill was heard last month in the Massachusetts legislature that aims to place a time limit on auto insurance claims investigations and would make investigating insurers responsible for premium payments until the...
Nov 1 2021 // Louisiana has established a voluntary mediation program for the purpose of resolving property/casualty insurance claim disputes related to damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which struck Southeast Louisiana as a category 4...
Oct 29 2021 // Smyrl Succeeds Fletcher a President of Admiral InsuranceW.R. Berkley Corp. as appointed Daniel Smyrl as president of excess and surplus lines insurer Admiral Insurance Group. He succeeds Curtis E. Fletcher, who has been...
Oct 29 2021 // Reinsurance company Swiss Re said on Friday it swung to a better-than-expected net profit in the first nine months as it recovers from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic despite big claims from major storms on both...