Heritage Files Libel, Defamation Suit vs. Adjuster After ’60 Minutes’ Report April 30, 2025 By William Rabb Weeks after Tampa-based Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance filed a libel suit against a whistleblower claims adjuster, the adjuster’s lawyer...
Man Who Aided Former Adjuster in $268K Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme Sentenced August 1, 2024 A Colorado man who aided a former insurance claims adjuster in an auto insurance claims scheme was sentenced this week....
Claims Fraud: Maryland, California and Florida November 13, 2023 Maryland A Maryland claims adjuster pleaded guilty to one count of theft after she was caught manipulating auto insurance claims...
Claims Adjuster Forfeits Beach House, Will Serve Prison Time for Fraud Scheme October 24, 2023 A former Allstate claims adjuster will spend one year and a day in prison and forfeit his beach house and...
Fla. Claims Adjuster Arrested, Accused of $11M Insurance Fraud Scheme September 29, 2023 By Insurance Journal staff Additional arrests are expected after a 41-year-old south Florida claims adjuster was charged this week in an elaborate scheme that...
Fla. Claims Adjuster Charged with Filing $24K in Fraudulent Auto Claims May 26, 2023 By Insurance Journal staff Florida investigators have charged a former Progressive Insurance claims adjuster with fraud, alleging that she used claimants’ identities to submit...
Adjuster’s Lawsuit Accuses UPC of Altering Hurricane Damage Estimates April 11, 2023 By William Rabb The practice of insurance companies revising independent adjusters’ damage reports may be as widespread in Louisiana as it is in...
Colo. Supreme Rules Adjuster Can’t Be Held Personally Liable for Denied Claim March 15, 2022 By Jim Sams A Colorado law that allows claimants to collect double coverage if a claim is unreasonably denied or delayed does not...
Viewpoint: Adopt a ‘Need-to-Know’ Approach to Avoid Nuclear Verdicts July 29, 2021 By James Butler The last claim settlement I wrote was considered a bargain at $5 million, half of the $10 million amount that...
Growing Use of ‘Unlicensed Surrogates’ Worries Policyholder Attorney October 19, 2020 By Jim Sams Can insurers resolve claims more efficiently by dispatching specialist vendors instead of claims adjusters to determine the cause of loss...