All the headlines from our Claims Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 27 2020 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to back stricter deadlines for workers to sue retirement plans over alleged mismanagement, ruling Intel Corp. cannot avoid a suit accusing it of unlawfully making high-risk...
Feb 25 2020 // Insurer Progressive said it intends to hire up to 8,000 new employees in 2020.With an increase in customers and total revenues topping $39 billion, the company said it needs more employees to support continued growth in...
Feb 25 2020 // It’s no surprise that Florida carriers are raising homeowners’ insurance rates given several years of catastrophes and losses from litigation related to assignment of benefits and water damage claims.What may...
Feb 24 2020 // Arizona leads the nation in auto glass claims despite being 14th in total population, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.Insurance industry data shows that between 2015 and 2019, 10% of the nation’s...
Feb 20 2020 // Now that most major carriers are selling usage-based car insurance, one of the pioneers in that sector is selling its technology to other carriers as a claims management tool.San Francisco-based Metromile announced that...
Feb 20 2020 // As the coronavirus outbreak continues to cause concern around the globe, the insurance industry is facing a potentially far-reaching impact but has the experience to handle what might come its way.Based on what the...
Feb 20 2020 // Reinsurer Swiss Re reported on Thursday a smaller-than-expected profit in 2019 due to claims for a series of man-made and natural disasters, as well as expenses for its U.S. casualty business, sending its shares lower.Net...
Feb 19 2020 // After Back to the Future 2 was released in 1989, moviegoers could observe Marty McFly as he traveled to his version of 2015 where fingerprints were used to identify a person, to unlock the front door of a house and to pay...
Feb 18 2020 // The Boy Scouts of America said on Tuesday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid a flood of lawsuits over allegations of child sexual abuse stretching back decades.The bankruptcy is not expected to affect the...
Feb 13 2020 // Wells Fargo & Co. on Wednesday ended its forced arbitration policy for employee sexual harassment claims, opening the lender to potential lawsuits in the future.The San Francisco-based bank made the decision following...
Feb 10 2020 // The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared a catastrophe for property losses caused by storms and flooding along the east coast since February 5.Insurers said they have received 10,000 claims with the value of...
Feb 10 2020 // Top Workplace Discrimination ClaimsRetaliation is again the number one discrimination charge filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), followed by disability, race, sex and age. Each year the EEOC...
Feb 7 2020 // Recent wildfires in California Wine Country, particularly those that devastated parts of Napa and Sonoma counties in October 2017, have focused attention on whether insurance covers smoke taint damage to grapes and...
Feb 6 2020 // Former NFL player Willie Montae Reagor was arrested January 30 for submitting fraudulent health reimbursement claims after an investigation by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Fraud Unit.The TDI investigation found...
Feb 6 2020 // North Dakota could see a rise in workers’ compensation claims if marijuana is legalized, the state’s workplace safety agency told lawmakers on Feb. 4.Jodi Bjornson, a lawyer for North Dakota Workforce Safety...
Feb 5 2020 // J.A. Montgomery Consulting, a New Jersey-based affiliate of Conner Strong & Buckelew that focuses on risk control, safety and claims services, has hired Colleen Vallen to its team.Vallen, a forensic services expert...
Feb 5 2020 // Rebecca Tabares Garza, of Yakima, Wash., pleaded guilty in Yakima County Superior Court to first-degree theft and filing a false insurance claim for 27 injuries she said occurred to herself and her family.Garza was...
Feb 4 2020 // Generally speaking, Labor Law Section 240(1) (“240”) imposes strict liability on owners and general contractors for certain height/gravity-related accidents that occur at construction projects.Establishing a...
Feb 4 2020 // USA Gymnastics has filed a bankruptcy plan that includes an offer of $215 million for sexual abuse survivors to settle their claims against the embattled organization.The $215 million total is the amount the insurance...
Jan 30 2020 // All Tesla Inc. directors except Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk agreed to a $60 million settlement to resolve shareholder lawsuits over the company’s purchase of SolarCity, according to people familiar with the...