York Risk Services Group, a claims management, managed care and risk management services provider, announced it has expanded it’s national catastrophe claims response capabilities with the acquisition of Missouri-based Quick Cat LLC. Quick Cat provides commercial daily and catastrophe claims … Source: Claims Journal

Fraud continues to be problem for the insurance industry and medical fraud, in particular, is growing according to Andy Tolsma, solutions manager for the P&C Medical Fraud payments accuracy division for Verisk Health. Industrywide 10 percent of all P&C have … Source: Claims Journal

Hamilton USA CEO Conan Ward has resigned less then two years after taking on the job to develop Bermuda-based parent company Hamilton Insurance Group’s U.S. operations. Hamilton Insurance Group issued a short statement noting that Ward – a former reinsurance … Source: Claims Journal

Now that marijuana has become legal in 24 states for medicinal or recreational purposes, a new telephone poll by Employers, a national small business insurer, found that small businesses have mixed feelings about its presence in the workplace. One in … Source: Claims Journal

The missile that downed Malaysia Airlines flight 17 exploded less than a meter from the cockpit, killing the crew inside instantly and breaking off the front of the plane, the Dutch Safety Board said Tuesday as it presented the results … Source: Claims Journal

The factors behind trends of medical payments per claim in state workers’ compensation systems and the impact of legislative and regulatory changes on those costs are examined in a new set of studies released by the Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research … Source: Claims Journal

The U.S. Department of Energy is providing a $12.2 million grant to the U of A and research partners to protect and strengthen the power grid. University of Arkansas engineering researchers, focused on solid-state solutions to upgrade the U.S. power … Source: Claims Journal

A Naples, Fla., man was arrested earlier this month for allegedly stealing two insurance claim payments totaling more than $96,000 from an elderly New Jersey business owner. The Florida Division of Insurance Fraud, which operates under the direction of Chief … Source: Claims Journal

Amid the bloodbaths of 21st-century America, you might think that there would be a lot of research into the causes of gun violence, and which policies work best against it. You would be wrong. Gun interests, wary of any possible … Source: Claims Journal

Earlier this month, Crawford & Company, a global independent provider of claims management solutions, named Paul Gilbert managing director, vice president and executive general adjuster for Crawford Global Technical Services. While leading the GTS West region, Gilbert will further develop … Source: Claims Journal