All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 12 2020 // Zurich Insurance Group saw increased commercial lines insurance sales and a modest impact from COVID-19 related claims for the first nine months of the year, according to its third quarter report.Growth was supported by...
Nov 10 2020 // There have been 50,592 COVID-19 claims reported to the state Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) so far this year – including 282 death claims, according to latest tally by the California Workers’...
Nov 10 2020 // The COVID-19 pandemic comes with one bright spot for workers’ compensation insurers: Fewer workers are being injured in motor vehicle accidents.A research brief issued by the National Council on Compensation...
Nov 9 2020 // A North Carolina woman has been arrested for filing fake insurance claims suggesting she was the victim of theft, vandalism and electrical problems at her home, officials said.North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Nov 9 2020 // As of Nov. 2, 2020, more than 200,000 claims arising from the Aug. 10 derecho windstorm have been reported in Iowa, insurance regulators say. Of those, nearly 160,000 claims totaling more than $1.6 billion have been paid...
Nov 9 2020 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens), the state’s insurer of last resort, will take only a $35 million financial hit from the 2020 hurricane season because of its reinsurance program, according to...
Nov 9 2020 // Johnstone Partners has expanded its national risk management and claims adjusting practices with the hire of Andrew Friedman in New York.Friedman joins Johnstone Partners as an adjuster with six years of claims experience....
Nov 9 2020 // Given that business-as-usual is unlikely to return soon due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. property/casualty insurers will continue to face challenges related to virus-related insurance losses and premium volume...
Nov 3 2020 // Nigerian insurers are facing their biggest claims on record after protests against police brutality turned violent, leading to large-scale looting and destruction.Risk underwriters all over the country are inspecting...
Nov 2 2020 // Despite the economic challenges from the coronavirus pandemic, the workers’ compensation insurance market is likely to report strong profitability in 2020 thanks to savings from lower claims frequency due that are...
Nov 2 2020 // This hurricane season has already broken several records, and it is not over yet.So far, 2020 has produced 23 named storms, including two using the Greek alphabet for only the second time in history. Nine named storms have...
Oct 30 2020 // The former president and chancellor of Liberty University (LU), Jerry Falwell Jr., is suing the school for reputational damage following his August resignation, according to a complaint filed in the Commonwealth of...
Oct 30 2020 // Property/casualty insurance companies in Louisiana, including those that write private and/or excess flood coverage, as well as surplus lines insurers, have been directed to report claims data arising from Hurricane Delta...
Oct 29 2020 // After years of warnings that the Florida property insurance market was heading towards an availability crisis, many in the industry say the moment of reckoning has arrived. They blame unchecked claims litigation from...
Oct 28 2020 // Claims adjuster, Agop Sarafian, 65, of La Crescenta, Calif., and chiropractor, Shahe Topjian, D.C. 65, of Granada Hills, Calif., were arrested on felony insurance fraud charges after allegedly conspiring to defraud...
Oct 27 2020 // Despite the economic challenges from the coronavirus pandemic, the workers’ compensation insurance market is likely to report strong profitability in 2020 thanks to savings from lower claims frequency due that are...
Oct 26 2020 // McDonald’s Corp. on Friday urged a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by dozens of Black former franchise owners who accused the fast-food giant of racial discrimination for selling them underperforming stores, saying...
Oct 23 2020 // Only one-in-14 COVID-19 cases involving working-age Californians from May through September of 2020 has been claimed as a job injury, while only 1-in-25 COVID-19 deaths among working age individuals has been claimed to be...
Oct 23 2020 // Pennsylvania’s highest court on Tuesday grappled with whether a woman’s lawsuit on claims of sexual abuse by a priest decades ago should be allowed to proceed – a lower-court ruling that has launched many...
Oct 22 2020 // Having fewer auto insurance claims during the coronavirus pandemic appears to have given insurers time to refine their customer experience and deliver higher higher quality claims service.According to the J.D. Power 2020...