All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2022 // Tesla Inc. was hit by a lawsuit in Germany over potential privacy concerns linked to its car surveillance cameras and claims that buying its vehicles helps cut CO2 emissions.VZBV, the main German consumer association,...
Jul 18 2022 // Thirty women who had accused the Houston Texans of turning a blind eye to allegations that their former star quarterback Deshaun Watson was sexually assaulting and harassing women during massage sessions have settled their...
Jul 15 2022 // Mars Inc. has been sued by a consumer who claims that Skittles candies are unfit to eat because they contain a known toxin that the company had pledged six years ago to phase out.In a proposed class action filed on...
Jul 15 2022 // Detroit agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit by a man who claimed police switched bullets to pin a murder on him in 1992.Desmond Ricks was released from prison in 2017 after 25 years, thanks to gun experts, law...
Jul 15 2022 // US consumers are rapidly adapting to electric vehicles, a shift away from the internal combustion engine that may change auto insurance claim characteristics.CCC Intelligent Solutions said in new report that electric...
Jul 14 2022 // Delays in motor claims processing may be hiding the true threat of inflation to insurers, according to global broker WTW in a benchmarking report that concludes that UK motor claims inflation is expected to accelerate in...
Jul 14 2022 // By this time next year, Citizens Property Insurance policyholders and assignees of benefits could see their claims disputes decided, not in county or circuit courts, but by administrative judges who work for a Florida...
Jul 13 2022 // Insurance industry trade associations said they do not want “misguided provisions” related to cyber claims data sharing in the next National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023.The American...
Jul 12 2022 // A scientific basis exists to calculate how much one country’s carbon emissions have damaged the economy of another, a study said on Tuesday of a development it billed as a potential game-changer for climate...
Jul 11 2022 // North Carolina’s Supreme Court will accelerate appeals over the constitutionality of a state law that gave adults with child sexual abuse claims another two years to seek civil damages.A majority of justices agreed...
Jul 6 2022 // West Virginia’s insurance commissioner is reminding workers’ compensation stakeholders about statutory changes that took effect this month on claims and adjudication of claims.“As a result of these...
Jul 6 2022 // The owner of a Tampa medical clinic has been charged in a scheme that staged auto accidents then submitted more than $970,000 in falsified insurance claims, Florida authorities said.Angela Ippolito Duncan, owner of Ybor...
Jul 5 2022 // Betterview Analytics Now Offered via OneShieldProperty data firm Betterview, which serves property/casualty insurance companies, is now partnering with core system provider, OneShield Software, to make the its property...
Jul 1 2022 // It has been a few years. Policyholders may have forgotten about that last barbeque mishap in their backyard. Maybe the memory has gotten hazy about that one time their college roommate drove home when they should not have....
Jun 28 2022 // The California Department of Insurance is taking legal action against Go Maps Inc., and its insurance underwriter, Topa Insurance Co., after an investigation found the app-based insurance seller mishandled consumer claims...
Jun 27 2022 // The medical profession in New Hampshire is accusing the insurance industry of using “junk science” in justifying its denials of Covid-related business insurance claims.In an amicus brief in a case between a...
Jun 20 2022 // Lyft Inc has reached a $25 million settlement to resolve shareholder claims that the ride-hailing company concealed safety problems, including sexual assaults by drivers, prior to its 2019 initial public offering.The...
Jun 20 2022 // A decade ago, it was questionable sinkhole damages that proliferated in Florida property insurance claims. More recently, “free roof” solicitations, roof claims and thousands of lawsuits have rattled the...
Jun 17 2022 // The new lawsuits _ and potential for more _ against Deshaun Watson may have further damaged his image and swayed opinion about him.However, they’ve only deepened his resolve. The Cleveland Browns quarterback...
Jun 17 2022 // Volkswagen AG and its Porsche AG unit have agreed to a class-action settlement worth at least $80 million to resolve claims it skewed emissions and fuel economy data on 500,000 Porsche vehicles in the United States, court...