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Claims Headlines for May 27, 2021

 
 

Fla. Appellate Court Finds State Farm Can Use Medicare Rules to Reduce Payment in PIP Claim

State Farm was within its rights when it reduced payments in a personal injury protection claim to a medical provider for multiple...
 

Cyclone Lashes India, Bangladesh; 6 Dead, 1.1M Evacuated

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Heavy rain and a high tide lashed parts of eastern India and neighboring Bangladesh on Wednesday as a cyclone pushed...
 

Judge Nixes Bayer's $2B Plan for 'Closure' of Roundup Litigation

U.S. judge rejected Bayer's $2 billion class action proposal aimed at resolving future lawsuits alleging its Roundup weedkiller causes...
 

Pork Group Asks USDA to Support Faster Slaughterhouse Speeds

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A group representing pork producers urged the federal government Tuesday to let them continue an effort to speed...
 

Rising Global Temperatures 'Inexorably Closer' to Climate Tipping Point - U.N.

There is now a 40% chance that global temperatures will temporarily reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the next...
 

Cannabis Boom Creates Fears of Increasing Illicit Trade

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- On a sunny spring day in Southern Oregon's Illinois Valley, Mason Walker is showing off rows of neatly planted...
 

Mexico: Builders Bulldozing Outskirts of Teotihuacan Ruins

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The Mexican government said Tuesday that a private building project is destroying part of the outskirts of the...
 

3 Arrested in Italy Cable Car Crash; Clamp Deactivated Brake

ROME (AP) -- Police arrested three people Wednesday in the cable car disaster that killed 14 people in northern Italy, saying an...
 
 

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J.D. Powers reports: Claimant satisfaction increases with electronic payments

J.D. Powers has tracked the increased preference for electronic payments by claimants, up nearly 60% in the past 5 years, yet...
 
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The 2021 Future of Claims Study

The 2021 Future of Claims Study focuses on the acceleration in virtual claims processing over the past two years, driven in...
 
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Health Workers Dealing with Shock of Virus Fight, Uneasiness in Current Quiet

Outside a back door to a hospital where the coronavirus hit like a hurricane, a half-dozen staffers gathered recently to look back, and...
 

Rising Claims, Feared Covid-19 Surge, Push Firms to Seek D&O Insurance Alternatives

When Elon Musk said in April he was dropping the insurance policy that protects Tesla Inc.'s board from shareholder lawsuits, it got Skip...
 

SUVs More Deadly to Pedestrians Than Passenger Cars, Says Insurance Safety Study

SUVs are more likely than passenger cars to injure or kill pedestrians, according to a new U.S. insurance industry study which...
 

U.S. Court Vacates Qualified Immunity in Excessive Force Case of 5 Police Officers

A federal appeals court has vacated part of a finding that cleared five West Virginia police officers on qualified immunity grounds in an...
 

Edge Computing, Supply Chains, Deepfakes Among 2020's Top Emerging Risks: Swiss Re

Pandemic threats were once on the list of potential emerging risks facing the insurance industry and society. Now that this risk has...
 

Chief Risk Officers Believe U.S. Coronavirus Losses Could Top S&P's $15-$30B Estimate

Analysts for Standard & Poor's Global Ratings shared a view that U.S. underwriting losses from COVID-19 would fall in the $15-$30...
 
 
 
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