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Insurance news and resources for the claims industry - claimsjournal.com

· 13 hours ago

Claims Journal is a free trade publication for P&C claims professionals — read it for news, don't buy it as software. Teams hunting claims management or FNOL tools should evaluate actual software vendors instead.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources; none are software reviews — the page is a trade publication, not a product.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usability evidence found
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence for a media site
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

Reader access

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly fees#1
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Advertising / media kitContact sales

Best for

  • P&C claims adjusters tracking industry news
  • Claims executives watching fraud and cyber trends
  • Insurtech vendors buying industry visibility
  • Researchers needing claims-industry archives

Not for

  • Anyone shopping for claims management or FNOL software — it's news, not tools
  • Teams needing claims workflow, automation, or analytics features
  • Buyers expecting trials, demos, pricing tiers, or support SLAs
  • Non-insurance businesses with no claims function

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

This is a news site, not software — no demos, trials, or support SLAs exist.

low

No public security page found on the domain.

low

Terms of Use state you pay fees incurred through your account — some services may bill.

low

Advertising-driven: vendors can buy placements via the media kit.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Claims the highest traffic among claims-specific news sites
  • Free to read; ad-funded
  • Ranked #1 of 25 insurance claims RSS feeds by Feedspot
  • Publicly documented v1 API available
  • Backed by Wells Media Group network (Insurance Journal, Carrier Management)

Cons

  • It's a publication, not claims software — no workflows, FNOL, or dashboards
  • Publishes no security page
  • Nothing to purchase as a reader — no product, pricing, or trials
  • Vendor press releases run via its newswire — editorial filtering unclear

Sources & method

- 10 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x6review x2security x1news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free to read, ad-funded
  • Ease of use. No usability evidence found
  • Feature depth: 3/5. News, podcasts, research archive, public API — not software
  • Support quality. No support evidence for a media site
  • Security posture: 2/5. No public security page found
  • Free Price Ad-supported; revenue via vendor media kit
  • 6,256 LinkedIn followers Claims Journal company page
  • #1 Feedspot rank Of 25 best insurance claims RSS feeds
  • Wells Media Group Publisher Sister brand of Insurance Journal, Carrier Management

Pricing

Reader access

Free

  • News, research archive, podcasts, video

Advertising / media kit

Not disclosed

  • Vendor ads and sponsorships

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

No product reviews exist; third-party guides rank it a top claims-industry news source (#1 RSS feed by Feedspot, #9 newsletter list by Inaza).

Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources; none are software reviews — the page is a trade publication, not a product.

Not software — a free P&C claims news site. Read it for industry intel; buy claims tools elsewhere.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources; none are software reviews — the page is a trade publication, not a product.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Claims Journal homepageclaimsjournal.com
    official
  2. Claims Journal Advertising Information and Media Kitclaimsjournal.com
    official
  3. Claims Journal API docsapi.claimsjournal.com
    official
  4. Claims Journal security page checkclaimsjournal.com
    security
  5. Claims Journal on LinkedInlinkedin.com
    official
  6. Top 20 Insurance Claims RSS Feeds — Feedspotrss.feedspot.com
    review
  7. Best Insurance Industry Newsletters Worth Reading in 2026inaza.com
    review
  8. Claims Journal Terms of Useclaimsjournal.com
    official
  9. Claims Journal News (Wells Media Group)claimsjournal.com
    official
  10. Don Jergler — Editor, Claims Journal, Wells Media Grouprocketreach.co
    news

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