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Claims Journal This Week's Most Popular
March 11, 2013

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Commentary: Unscrupulous Practices in the Glass Industry
Mar 6, 2013 -- When Business Models Collide This article takes an in depth look at the dysfunction in the auto glass industry and its implications for the insurance community. We see tension between glass retailers and insurance carriers and their TPAs. There is ...
2.How Insurers Can Improve Wildfire Risk Evaluations
Mar 4, 2013 -- Wildfires pose significant challenges to insurers. New, expensive homes built in areas encroaching forests, drier weather and the bark beetle infestation are among the factors that have increased the risk of wildfires. According to Pitney Bowes' ...
3.SMART Act Brings Relief for Claims Handlers and Attorneys Dealing With Medicare
Mar 5, 2013 -- While the claims industry awaits guidance from CMS on future medical expenses on liability claims, some much needed help was provided to claims professionals when the Saving Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers, or Smart Act was signed into law. While ...
4.Growing Push to Halt Workplace Bullying
Mar 4, 2013 -- Margaret Fiester is no shrinking violet, but she says working for her former boss was a nightmare. "One day I didn't do something right and she actually laid her hands on me and got up in my face and started yelling, 'Why did you do that?''' said ...
5.Florida Sinkhole That Swallowed Man Grows Deeper
Mar 4, 2013 -- Engineers worked gingerly to find out more about a slowly growing sinkhole that swallowed a Florida man in his bedroom, believing the entire house could eventually succumb to the unstable ground. Jeff Bush, 37, was in his bedroom Thursday night when ...
6.Former Claims Adjuster Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
Mar 6, 2013 -- Brian Behl pled guilty to filing false insurance claims to divert more than $400,000 for his personal expenses. Sentencing has been set for May 16, 2013. According to court documents, Brian Michael Behl worked for Allianz as a claims adjuster in the ...
7.Erin Brockovich Gets Involved With Louisiana Sinkhole
Mar 7, 2013 -- Environmental activist Erin Brockovich and a California attorney hired by a group of Assumption Parish residents are coming to Pierre Part to discuss the legal options for residents evacuated from the Bayou Corne area due to a giant sinkhole. Los ...
8.USAA Adding Close to 3,500 New Positions Through 2015
Mar 6, 2013 -- USAA, a leading financial services provider for the military community and their families, today unveiled plans to add as many as 3,500 net new jobs over the next three years to keep pace with its current and projected membership growth. The initial ...
9.State by State Look at Driving Rules for Older Drivers
Sep 19, 2012 -- A 50-state look at the varying rules across the nation governing drivers' licenses for older adults. ALABAMA: Licenses are renewed every four years for all drivers, with no additional requirements for older drivers. A legislative committee ...
10.Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Florida's Citizens
Mar 4, 2013 -- A potential class action lawsuit filed against the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. alleges the company purposefully deprived customers of windstorm mitigation discounts through an arbitrary re-inspection program that lawyers estimate ...

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