Ventura County Alleges Carrier Mishandled Claims in Civil Suit

By John P. Kamin, Legal Editorjohnkamin@workcompcentral.comVentura County, Calif., is alleging in a federal lawsuit that a subsidiary of American International Group mishandled claims under a $22.8 million loss-portfolio transfer policy and depleted the policy limits.The self-insured county sued AIG's National Union Fire Insurance Co. in the Central District Court of California. "The main contentions are that AIG, National Union, mishandled our comp claims under the loss-portfolio transfer policy, thereby rapidly depleting the limits of the policy to our detriment," said Los Angeles attor...