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#1 Allstate Insurers Sue Hyundai, Kia to Pay for Claims From Defective Cars

Nov 14 2024 // A group of subsidiaries of Allstate have filed a subrogation suit against Hyundai and Kia to get back costs paid to insureds for damages when their cars suddenly erupted in flames.According to the lawsuit, now in U.S....

#2 Insurer, Contractors Allege Staged Injury Claims Scheme Under New York Scaffold Law

Nov 19 2024 // A construction industry captive insurer along with three construction contractors have filed a lawsuit alleging a massive New York fraud scheme involving staged workplace accidents and bogus workers’ compensation and...

#3 Florida Citizens’ Brass Tired of ‘Clickbait’ News on its Hurricane Claims Denials

Nov 22 2024 // Officials with Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. took issue Thursday with a number of national and Florida news reports that have suggested that the insurer has the “worst rate” on paying claims...

#4 Fla. DFS Offers to Check Contracts With Roofers, Adjusters; Tenn. Eyes Claims Denials

Oct 30 2024 // Officials in two Southeastern states have taken steps to hold insurers or recipients of insurance funds accountable after Hurricanes Helene and Milton spurred thousands of insurance claims.The Tennessee Department of...

#5 Claims From Hurricane Milton Continue to Rise in Florida

Nov 4 2024 // Two weeks after Hurricane Milton made landfall near Sarasota, Florida, as a Category 3 storm, claims and loss totals continue to rise. As of Oct. 21, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation said carriers reported more...

#6 Agency E&O Claims Trends to Watch

Nov 4 2024 // Special relationships, fiduciary duties, the hard market and disasters, are areas of exposure that agencies need to watch over when it comes to agency E&O, the experts say. Here’s why.Special Relationships One...

#7 Where’s the Meat? Lawsuit Claims Subway Sandwich Skimps on Filling

Oct 29 2024 // A new lawsuit accuses Subway of “grossly misleading” customers by advertising sandwiches that contain at least three times more meat than it delivers.According to a proposed class action filed on Monday in...

#8 Changing the Focus of Claims, Data When Talking About Nuclear Verdicts

Nov 18 2024 // The topic of nuclear verdicts took center stage at this year’s Target Markets Annual Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, where a panel of carriers and reinsurers discussed rising settlement costs amidst an uncertain...

#9 Judge Cans North Carolina Captive’s Claims That Managers Stole Software

Oct 29 2024 // Six months after a North Carolina captive insurance firm for nursing homes around the country accused its managers of poaching proprietary software and forming a competing management company, a federal judge has dismissed...

#10 Bankruptcy Judge Approves Rockville Centre Diocese $320M Sex Abuse Claims Fund

Nov 19 2024 // A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a Chapter 11 plan for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York that includes a $320 million fund to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse and settles insurance...

#11 New Gallagher Re-Bitsight Report Identifies Cyber Footprint as Claims Driver

Oct 29 2024 // A new report from Gallagher Re has found that cyber insurers could reduce loss ratios up to 16% by removing most-at-risk entities.Using independent analysis of cybersecurity performance data provided by Bitsight in...

#12 California Phlebotomy Lab and Owners to Pay $135K Over FCA Claims

Oct 28 2024 // A mobile phlebotomy lab and its owners have agreed to pay at least $135,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they submitted false claims for services and associated travel mileage and paid kickbacks to a...

#13 Claims Analysis: Roofs Define Luxury Homes’ Insurability

Nov 18 2024 // The insurance industry is facing a significant rise in roof-related claims. The combination of increasingly severe weather events, inflation-driven repair costs and the growing issue of roofing scams has created a perfect...

#14 Agency Settles With Chicago Mortgage Firm Over Racial Discrimination Claims

Nov 5 2024 // The top U.S. consumer financial watchdog agency on Friday said it had reached a settlement in a long-running lawsuit with a Chicago mortgage lender over alleged racial discrimination.Under the terms of the proposed...

#15 People Moves: California Commissioner Makes Appointments to Advisory Committees; Braud Joins Aspire as VP of Casualty Claims

Nov 8 2024 // Commissioner Lara Makes Appointments to CAARP Advisory Committee, COIN Advisory Board, CEA Advisory Panel and Curriculum BoardCalifornia Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara made several appointments to California...

#16 Company Settles for $250K Over Hazardous Waste Claims at California Facility

Nov 18 2024 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with a firm over claims of violations of hazardous waste regulations at the company’s facility in Irvine, California. Edwards Lifesciences LLC will pay...

#17 Harassment Claims Soar at City Firms in Wake of Odey Scandal

Oct 25 2024 // City firms reported a 72% surge in non-financial misconduct complaints over the last three years following a string of high-profile scandals including sexual harassment allegations leveled at hedge fund chief Crispin...

#18 Arbitration Claims Against LNG Exporter Venture Global Reach Close to $6 Billion

Nov 22 2024 // Pending arbitration claims against liquefied natural gas exporter Venture Global LNG Inc. from several of its customers have grown to nearly $6 billion, according to a bond document seen by Bloomberg.Claims in cases by...

#19 Specialist Risk Group Acquires UK Claims Specialist One Claim Ltd.

Nov 12 2024 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based specialist insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of One Claim Ltd.Based in Essex, England, One Claim provides broker partners and their clients with claims...