Claims / Legal
Carriers Strive to Improve Claims Technology
Insurers continue to focus on improving claims technology, according to Karlyn Carnahan, research director at Celent. The main area of improvement is the replacement of aging claims administration ...
Miami Mortgage Discrimination Suit vs BofA Dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed the city of Miami's mortgage discrimination lawsuit against Bank of America Corp., handing the city its first defeat in four suits that accuse major banks of U.S. Fair ...
$10M Sleeper Lawsuit: Yankee Fan Taking ESPN Announcers to Court
A Yankees fan has filed a $10 million lawsuit against two ESPN announcers contending they mocked him when he was caught on national television sleeping in his seat during a game at Yankee Stadium. ...
IRC Study Finds More Auto Injury Claimants Hiring Attorneys
A new study from the Insurance Research Council (IRC) found that the percentage of auto-related personal injury protection (PIP) claimants represented by attorneys rose to 36 percent in 2012—up ...
EC Wants Online Gambling ‘Health Warnings’
The European Commission will urge countries to demand that online gambling advertisements display warning messages like cigarette packets, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. The EU ...
Typhoon Neoguri Slams Japan: Thousands Urged to Take Shelter
Japan's weather agency warned of storms and high waves as Typhoon Neoguri skirted the country's islands of Okinawa, grounding flights and prompting some to flee their homes for emergency shelters. ...
Study Explains How Drilling Wastewater Causes Oklahoma Quakes
A new study explains how just four wells forcing massive amounts of drilling wastewater into the ground are probably shaking up Oklahoma. Those wells seem to have triggered more than 100 ...
Sunken South Korean Ferry Owner Blamed for 5 Prior Crashes
In the same narrow waterways where more than 300 people died this spring aboard the ferry Sewol, another ship owned by the same company crashed into an oil tanker 11 years earlier. The ferry's ...