Ascot Names Chief Claims Officer Ascot, an international reinsurer and specialty insurer based in London, has appointed Marina S. Barg as chief claims officer for North America. Barg will work with Ascot’s Ethos Specialty business units and executives in Bermuda, …
SCA Appraisal Appoints VP and Asst. VP SCA Appraisal, a national independent appraisal service, has promoted Nick Napier to vice president of operations and Mark Bewley to assistant vice president of field operations. Napier is responsible for SCA’s field appraisal …
Preferred Mutual Appoints Claims Chief Preferred Mutual Insurance Co. has hired Michelle Raue as senior vice president of claims. The carrier, based in New Berlin, New York, said Raue has more than 30 years of claims, operational and leadership experience. …
Claims Central Hires WeGoLook Founders Two former executives for WeGoLook, an automated claims system now owned by Crawford & Co., have joined Claim Central Consolidated. The digital claims company, based in Jacksonville, Fla., appointed Robin Roberson and Kenneth Kroll as …
As more states take action to ensure workers who contract COVID-19 are eligible for workers’ compensation, employers in Illinois are hoping to block one of the nation’s most expansive emergency rules. The Illinois Technology & Marketing Association (TMA) said in …
In some states, interest can be a significant portion of a judgment — in New York, for example, the number is nine percent. Because judgments do not bear interest at common law, interest is generally calculated only by reason of …
A difficult question facing manufacturers is when — absent regulatory requirement to do so — must they warn consumers of potential, but not established, hazards associated with the use of their products. There is no set answer, but the changing …
The American Law Institute (ALI) is the preeminent independent legal organization in the United States producing scholarly work in the legal field, including its “Restatement of the Law” treatises which are meant to inform practitioners on general principles of common …