Companies Seek to Limit Legal Liability For Virus Infections As companies start planning their reopenings, business groups are pushing Congress to limit liability from potential lawsuits filed by workers... Read More
Pandemic Exposes Gaps in Travel Insurance Coverage NORFOLK, Va. — For many people, travel insurance has been little more than a box that pops up on a... Read More
Insurers Want Taxpayers to Back Pandemic Coverage For Businesses The U.S. insurance industry is promoting the idea of an insurance plan backed by the federal government that would help... Read More
Amazon Turns to Chinese Firm on U.S. Blacklist to Meet Thermal Camera Needs NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic from a... Read More
2nd Circuit Throws Out $64 Million Jury Award Against Fireman’s Fund A federal appellate court on Tuesday overturned a jury’s award of $64 million against Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. for allegedly... Read More
Trump Order for Meat Processing Plants to Stay Open Eases Plant Owner’s Liability Fears WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to order U.S. meat processing plants facing concerns about coronavirus outbreaks to stay open... Read More
Viewpoint: A Solution to the COVID-19 Liability Problem Whenever we’re ready to re-open Covid-closed businesses, we’ll have to resolve some important questions about how to do so safely.... Read More
Judge Orders W. Va. Gov’s Coal Companies To Pay Fines, Fees CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal judge in Kentucky has ordered companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to pay... Read More
Editor's Picks NCCI: COVID-19 Will Cost Billions Even With Modest Infection Rates If only 10 percent of health care workers contract COVID-19 and all of their claims are deemed compensable, workers’ compensation... Read More
U.S. Judge Rules Talc Lawsuits Against J&J Can Proceed, Testimony Limited Thousands of plaintiffs who say that Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and talc products caused cancer can go forward with... Read More