Ukrainian Officials: Fires Out Near Chernobyl Nuclear Plant April 16, 2020 KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian emergency officials said Tuesday they have extinguished forest fires in the radiation-contaminated area near the Chernobyl... Read More
Lockdowns Cut Driving and Crashes, Bring Insurance Discounts April 15, 2020 By Tom Krisher DETROIT — Interstates and city streets are empty and cars are quarantined in their owners’ garages, so consumer advocates argue... Read More
Companies Walk Legal Tightrope as Earnings Season Kicks Off April 15, 2020 By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON — U.S. companies are grappling with how best to provide guidance on their earnings outlook as the novel coronavirus... Read More
Amazon Fires Three Critics of Warehouse Conditions in Pandemic April 15, 2020 By Aakriti Bhalla and Jeffrey Dastin Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it had fired three critics of the company’s pandemic response for workplace violations, dismissals that... Read More
Auto Claims Decline 40 to 50% as Consumers Stay Home, Snapsheet Says April 15, 2020 By Jim Sams Insurers are reporting a 40 to 50 percent drop in claims volume for personal auto and a 30 to 40... Read More
Viewpoint: Why Physician Scoring Is a Win for Insurers, Employers, Workers – and Physicians April 15, 2020 By Dr. Paul Kim We live in a society ruled by rankings. Websites are devoted to them; YouTube careers have been built based upon... Read More
Pipeline Operator Sues Chesapeake Energy Over Payment Dispute April 14, 2020 Pipeline operator Glass Mountain LLC is suing troubled oil and gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp for allegedly defaulting on an... Read More
North America Meat Plant Workers Fall Ill, Walk Off Jobs April 14, 2020 By Tom Polansek and Rod Nickel At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10 cents a day... Read More
Get Ready for More, Longer Blackouts April 14, 2020 By Will Wade and Chris Martin By mid-Monday morning, storms sweeping north from the Gulf Coast had left more than 1.3 million out of power in... Read More
Deadly Storm Buffets N.Y. and East Coast After Lashing South April 14, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan A powerful storm that unleashed deadly tornadoes across the South is now shaking trees and snapping power lines in New... Read More