The New Digital Normal and the Future of Work in Reinsurance October 6, 2020 By L.S. Howard It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That proverb was illustrated perfectly during the insurance industry’s successful...
California Workers’ Comp Premium for First Two Quarters of 2020 Down 11% October 5, 2020 Written workers’ compensation premium in California for the first two quarters of 2020 was 11% below that for the first...
Arkansas Elementary School Teacher Dies From Coronavirus October 5, 2020 An Arkansas teacher died from COVID-19, her husband said Friday, the second coronavirus death from the state’s public schools this...
Illinois Topped 300,000 Coronavirus Cases, Adds 31 Deaths October 5, 2020 Illinois topped 300,000 confirmed coronavirus infections since the pandemic hit the state about seven months ago, state health officials said...
Michigan Governor’s Coronavirus Powers Upended After Court Ruling October 5, 2020 By David Eggert and Ed White A 1945 law repeatedly used by Gov. Gretcher Whitmer to respond to the coronavirus pandemic was declared unconstitutional Friday by...
Insurers Gain Early Wins in COVID-19 Business Interruption Lawsuits October 5, 2020 By Jim Sams Insurers have succeeded in dismissing COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuits in 17 out of 23 cases heard so far, with a growing...
UK Business Interruption Test Case to Get Fast-Track Appeal at Supreme Court October 5, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn A test case brought by Britain’s markets regulator against some of the world’s biggest insurers will jump straight to the...
Judges Nix Consolidating COVID Business Interruption Suits Against Big Insurers October 4, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson A panel of federal judges has decided against consolidation of hundreds of lawsuits seeking coverage for coronavirus-related business interruption claims...
Iowa Relaxing Quarantine Guidance Despite Rapid COVID Spread October 2, 2020 By Ryan J. Foley Gov. Kim Reynolds announced a policy change this week to make it easier for Iowa students, teachers and business workers...
COVID-Sniffing Robots Promise Fast Testing Alternative October 2, 2020 By Kristen V. Brown A biotechnology startup called Koniku is trying to develop robots that could sniff out Covid-19 infections faster than conventional testing....