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North Carolina Suit Could Signal Change in COVID Claims Disputes

Oct 5 2021 // Since the pandemic began, most of the COVID-19-related business interruption disputes have not gone in favor of the policyholders, especially in federal court. More than 90% of motions to dismiss in federal lawsuits, in...

Cyberattack Crippled Hospital, Led to Baby’s Death, Lawsuit Claims

Oct 5 2021 // Cyberattacks may affect more than organizations’ pocketbooks. They can also hinder a hospital’s care during a crucial moment, a lawsuit filed in Mobile, Alabama, claims.The mother of a child who was born during...

Beyond the Headlines: Workplace Violence and Workers’ Compensation Claims

Oct 4 2021 // Whenever a legal dispute arises as to insurance coverage, the court will evaluate policy language to determine if a specific cause of loss constitutes a covered event under the terms of that policy.When workers’...

Big Pharmacy Chains Under Pressure to Settle Opioid Claims Before Their First Trial

Oct 1 2021 // Four large pharmacy chains are set to face their first trial over the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic, creating new pressure to reach settlements with state and local governments who accuse them of contributing to the public...

Judge Says Wells Fargo Must Face Shareholder Fraud Claims

Oct 1 2021 // A federal judge on Thursday rejected Wells Fargo & Co’.s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders about its ability to rebound from five years of scandals over its treatment of customers.The...

Florida’s Citizens Insurance Affirmed in Three of Four Claims Appeals

Oct 1 2021 // As Citizens Property Insurance, Florida’s state-created insurer of last resort, works to reduce its exposure, officials there may take heart from three court rulings handed down this week. A fourth decision, however,...

Woman’s Washington Suit Claims Bus Drove Over Her Leg, Resulting in Amputation

Sep 30 2021 // A woman has filed a lawsuit against King County Metro in Washington claiming a bus driver ran over her leg while she was laying on a Renton sidewalk and then drove away.Jessica Chapel’s injuries were so severe that...

Sotheby’s Must Face New York Claims It Helped Rich Collector Dodge Taxes

Sep 29 2021 // Sotheby’s must face a lawsuit by New York’s attorney general accusing the auction house of fraudulently helping a wealthy art collector dodge millions of dollars of sales taxes, a state judge has ruled.The case...

3 Largest Opioid Distributors to Pay Native American Tribe $75M to Settle Claims

Sep 29 2021 // The three largest U.S. drug distributors will pay more than $75 million to resolve claims they fueled an opioid epidemic in the Cherokee Nation’s territory in Oklahoma, marking the first settlement with a tribal...

Mexican Insurtech Startup Offers Quick Claims Payments for Earthquake Damage

Sep 27 2021 // Mexican startup Super, which offers coverage for earthquake property damages, plans to expand into hurricane insurance and possibly raise a fresh funding round next year, according to chief executive officer and founder...

Report: More than 456.5K Claims Filed in Texas After Winter Storm

Sep 24 2021 // A recently released report from the state’s insurance department shows more claims and higher average claim costs resulting from the severe and prolonged winter storm that enveloped Texas in mid-February than were...

People Moves: Beazley Promotes Turk to Head of Strategy; Everest Hires Chubb’s McBride as Head of Claims; Pen Names Hiscox’s Dixon as Head of Tech

Sep 22 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details promotions and appointments at three insurers: Beazley, Everest Insurance and MGA Pen Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follows here. Beazley Promotes Turk as...

Swiss Re Partners with Insurtech Claim Genius for Efficient Motor Claims Using AI

Sep 22 2021 // Swiss Re is partnering with Claim Genius, an insurtech that provides artificial intelligence (AI) insurance claims solutions, to enhance motor claims efficiencies with real-time damage assessment and...

Honeywell and Asbestos Trust Countersue Over Disputed Claims of $2.3 Billion

Sep 22 2021 // Honeywell International Inc. sued a trust for victims of asbestos poisoning, claiming the fund’s managers are wrongly paying people who say they were harmed by the toxic industrial substance.The lawsuit, filed in...

Brit Launches Machine Learning Algorithm to Accelerate Catastrophe Claims Response

Sep 21 2021 // Brit Ltd., the London-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced the creation and successful proof-of-concept launch of a proprietary machine-learning algorithm, designed to accelerate the identification of...

Southeast Senior Living Complexes Agree to Pay $450,000 in Settlement Claims over FHA, ADA Violations

Sep 20 2021 // The Justice Department announced that the developer and owners of eight senior living complexes in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee have agreed to pay $450,000 to settle claims that they violated the...

Florida New Litigated Claims Fell 35% in August

Sep 17 2021 // New litigated claims for Florida’s largest property and casualty insurers dropped to 4,313 in August, a 35% decrease from July, according to data compiled by litigation management software provider CaseGlide.The...

Reinsurers Face Major Claims Uncertainties, but Reap Benefits of Pricing Tailwinds

Sep 16 2021 // A principal negative factor affecting the reinsurance industry is the large amount of claims uncertainty, but positive tailwinds are offsetting these negative headwinds, creating a stable outlook for the sector into 2022,...

People Moves: Claims Leaders Hired at Generali GC&C; D&O Specialist Rising Edge, and Hamilton Re

Sep 16 2021 // This edition of International People Moves focuses on claims appointments at three insurance underwriters: Generali Global Corporate & Commercial, D&O MGA Rising Edge and Hamilton Insurance Group.A summary of these...

ClaimsPro Acquires Alabama-Based Adjusting Company CJ Hester

Sep 15 2021 // ClaimsPro, an independent adjusting and claims management leader in North America and an SCM Company, announced that it has acquired CJ Hester, a multi-state independent insurance adjusting company based in Mobile,...