Category: Press Release
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CHUBB Refuses to Pay Claims in Los Angeles School’ Sex Abuse Cases
July 3, 2024 Contact: CJCC Press Team | press@justice4survivors.com | 978-807-7950 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INSURER CONTINUES NATIONAL PATTERN OF DENYING RESTITUTION TO CHILD SEX ABUSE SURVIVORS LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Unified School District filed a lawsuit Monday accusing insurance giant CHUBB, its subsidiaries and other insurance companies of wrongfully refusing to defend and…
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Advocates & Child Sex Abuse Survivors Call on NY Chief Administrative Judge to Address Massive Backlog of CVA Cases
June 12, 2024 Contact: press@justice4survivors.com, (203)641-6681 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thousands of Survivors Await Their Day in Court Five Years After CVA Passage New York – Today, the Coalition for Just and Compassionate Compensation – an advocacy group dedicated to supporting survivors of childhood sexual abuse – sent a letter to the Hon. Joseph A. Zayas,…
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ICYMI: Advocate & Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Calls Out Department of Financial Services’ Failure to Hold Insurance Industry Accountable in New Interview
June 7, 2024 Contact: press@justice4survivors.com | 978-807-7950 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY – As insurers across New York continue to refuse to pay Child Victims Act (CVA) claims – in clear defiance of Department of Financial Services (DFS)’ guidance that insurance companies should cooperate fully with the intent of the CVA – one survivor…
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In Mobile Billboard, Child Sex Abuse Survivors & Advocates Call for Albany Leaders to Enforce the CVA
MAY 30, 2024 Contact: press@justice4survivors.com | 978-807-7950 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Albany, New York – With just days remaining in this year’s legislative session, a mobile billboard is sending a message directly to Albany leaders across the capital city: “Albany: WAKE UP. 10,000 Child Sex Abuse Survivors Still Waiting on Justice. ENFORCE THE CVA NOW.” The…
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Commentary: Hold insurance companies accountable for fighting CVA claims
New York told insurers to comply with the Child Victims Act. But they are doing nothing to enforce it. By David Catalfamo May 24, 2024 It’s been five years since the landmark Child Victims Act was signed into law, a critical measure that granted survivors of child sexual abuse a pathway to justice and closure. However,…
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As 10,000 Child Sex Abuse Survivors Stuck Waiting for Justice, Advocates Call on Attorney General to Investigate Insurers
May 20, 2024 Contact: press@justice4survivors.com, (203)641-6681 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “If these insurers aren’t held accountable soon, it will mean that more and more child sexual abuse survivors will die before their cases are ever resolved.” New York – Today, a coalition of survivors of childhood sexual abuse, their legal representatives, and advocates sent a letter…
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Child Sex Abuse Survivors & Advocates Call on New York State Comptroller to Withhold Vote on CHUBB CEO Evan Greenberg at Annual Meeting
May 13, 2024 Contact: press@justice4survivors.com, (203) 641-6681 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHUBB Refuses to Comply With Child Victims Act, Greenberg Does Not Deserve Shareholder Support New York – Today, the Coalition for Just and Compassionate Compensation, an alliance of survivors of child abuse, their representatives, and advocates, sent a letter to New York State Comptroller, Thomas…
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ICYMI: Daily News Op-Ed: ‘The Church, The Insurers & Tragedy Without End’
May 1, 2024 Contact: press@justice4survivors.com, (203)641-6681 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Advocate, Journalist, & Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Stephen Jimenez Pens Op-ed in New York Daily News Calling for State Attorney General Investigation into CHUBB Insurance for Denying Child Victims Act Claims New York – In a New York Daily News Op-ed this morning, advocate, award-winning…
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Appellate Court Decision in Century Indemnity Company vs. the Archdiocese of New York Case Puts Justice for Thousands of Child Sex Abuse Survivors at Risk
April 23, 2024 Contact: press@justice4survivors.com, (201) 663-5746 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RULING RISKS MAJOR IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICYHOLDERS ACROSS INSURANCE INDUSTRY NEW YORK, NY (April 23rd) – In response to today’s decision by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York concerning the ongoing litigation between Century Indemnity Company and the Archdiocese of New York,…