Viewpoint: 6 Ways to Handle Work Comp Claims for Coronavirus; Only 1 Makes Sense April 12, 2020 By Cliff Goldstein Workers’ compensation disability claims based on COVID-19 are already rolling in and thousands more are expected. Here are six approaches... Read More
Trump Tells Insurers to Pay Virus Claims If Pandemics Not Excluded April 10, 2020 By Jim Sams President Donald Trump on Friday staked out his position in a legal battle over business-interruption claims: Unless the policy excludes... Read More
Railroads Push Against Oil Industry Demands for Storage in Rail Cars April 9, 2020 By Devika Krishna Kumar and Laura Sanicola NEW YORK — Railroads are clamping down on rising demand from oil companies to store crude in rail cars due... Read More
Deaths Expose Fears for Strength of U.S. Food-Supply Chain April 9, 2020 By Isis Almeida and Lydia Mulvany Some of the workers who help produce America’s food are starting to die because of the coronavirus. At least three... Read More
Viewpoint: The Coronavirus’ Impact on Property Losses and Subrogation Claims April 9, 2020 By Michael L. DeBona Will COVID-19 impact subrogation? Like so much else, the answer is “yes.” The global effect of COVID-19 is unlike any... Read More
Buffett’s Geico Offers $2.5 Billion Credits as Coronavirus Cuts Driving April 8, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel Geico Corp, part of billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said on Tuesday it will offer about $2.5 billion of... Read More
Estate of Walmart Worker Who Died From COVID-19 Sues for Wrongful Death April 8, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner The family of a Walmart Inc employee in Illinois who died after contracting COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel... Read More
Calif. DMV Approves Test of Autonomous Deliveries April 8, 2020 By Munsif Vengattil California’s Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday authorized autonomous technology startup Nuro to test two driverless delivery vehicles in nine... Read More
You’ve Been Served: Court Notices Carry New Risks Amid Virus April 8, 2020 By Bob Van Voris Even in the best of the times, not many people are happy to see a process server. The people who... Read More
Zoom Sued for Fraud Over Privacy, Security Flaws April 8, 2020 By Peter Blumberg Zoom Video Communications Inc. was accused by a shareholder of hiding flaws in its video-conferencing app, part of a growing... Read More