CorVel Offering At-Home Covid Testing for Customers’ Employees January 20, 2021 By Jim Sams CorVel Corp., a third-party administrator that is coping with a growing share of workers’ compensation claims caused by COVID-19, is...
Policyholders With Endorsements for Diseases Survive Motions to Dismiss COVID-19 Claims January 11, 2021 By Jim Sams While insurers continue to win four out of five cases in early rounds, in the past month two property owners...
Viewpoint: Who’s on the Hook if Vaccines Go Wrong? January 7, 2021 By Anjani Trivedi and Andy Mukherjee The Covid-19 vaccines are here and distribution has begun. But what if something goes wrong? Whether it’s a loss of...
Regulators Ignored Workers’ COVID-19 Safety Complaints Amid Deadly Outbreaks January 6, 2021 By Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser Miguel Cabezola, a driver for United Parcel Service Inc in Tucson, Arizona, complained on March 27 to U.S. workplace safety...
Southwestern Indiana Family Hit by Tornado Ends 2020 With New Start January 4, 2021 By Christina Elias NEWBURGH, Ind. (AP) — Nathan and Melissa Mosbey were overwhelmed with gratitude for the friends who showed up on Dec....
Fired Tyson Boss Says COVID Office Pool Was a ‘Morale Boost’ December 29, 2020 By Ryan J. Foley IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — One of the Tyson Foods managers fired for betting on how many workers would contract...
Wisconsin Hospital Files 200 Debt Lawsuits During Pandemic December 28, 2020 By Bram Sable-Smith MADISON, Wis. (AP) –Alysa Gummow didn’t know what to think in October when the letters from law firms arrived in...
Global Cargo Logjam Deepens, Delaying Goods Bound For Retailers, Automakers December 23, 2020 By Lisa Baertlein and Jonathan Saul LOS ANGELES/LONDON — Amazon seller Bernie Thompson shifted half of his production out of China to reduce his business risks...
Pandemic Backlash Jeopardizes Public Health Powers, Leaders December 22, 2020 By Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Hannah Recht, Michelle R. Smith, and Lauren Weber Tisha Coleman has lived in close-knit Linn County, Kansas, for 42 years and never felt so alone. As the public...
Insurers, Drugmakers Sail into Unknown With Covid Vaccine Rollout December 21, 2020 By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn LONDON — Speedy global delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by air and sea in ultra cold conditions will lead to a...