Coronavirus
Bill Mudge has been at the helm of the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California for 11 years as president and CEO, after spending nearly three decades in the insurance industry, mostly in leadership roles.
Working from home can be precarious. The household printer is upstairs and the dog lives under my desk, so its not a stretch to imagine a scenario where I trip over the dog and/or slip on the stairs as I run up to retrieve a document.
Working from home can be precarious. The household printer is upstairs and the dog lives under my desk, so its not a stretch to imagine a scenario where I trip over the dog and/or slip on the stairs as I run up to retrieve a document.
Bill Mudge has been at the helm of the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California for 11 years as president and CEO, after spending nearly three decades in the insurance industry, mostly in leadership roles.
Business Insurance on Thursday named the 2022 winners of its annual Women to Watch awards program.
The leaders of two congressional committees want a federal probe into whether airlines used government pandemic money to fund pilot buyouts and early retirements that may have fueled current pilot shortages, according to a letter released on Friday.
A federal judge has dismissed COVID-related business interruption litigation filed against a Chubb Ltd. unit by producers of the Morning Show television series, citing the plaintiffs failure to claim direct physical loss or damage.
A federal judge has dismissed COVID-related business interruption litigation filed against a Chubb Ltd. unit by producers of the Morning Show television series, citing the plaintiffs failure to claim direct physical loss or damage.
A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling in an insurers favor in a COVID-19-related business interruption case filed by the owner of a vacation rental property.
A Colorado state court on Wednesday refused to dismiss COVID-19 business interruption-related litigation filed by a senior living retirement operator against a CNA Financial Corp. unit.
In a rare policyholder victory, a California appeals court on Wednesday reversed a lower court and reinstated a COVID19-related business interruption coverage lawsuit filed by a hotel and restaurant against an Allianz SE unit.
Businesses in financial services and other sectors could find themselves in the crosshairs of so-called greenwashing allegations as the regulatory focus on environmental, social and governance-related disclosures intensifies.
A Louisiana appeals courts refusal to dismiss policyholder litigation in a COVID-19-related business interruption case is significant and expected to be influential, policyholder attorneys say.
The California Workers Compensation Institute on Wednesday reported that the number of claims for COVID-19 nearly tripled in May.
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A North Carolina state appeals court on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling in policyholders favor in a COVID-19 business interruption case.
Workplace safety leaders who scrambled with the unprecedented shutdowns, mandated protocols, staffing shortages and telecommuting arrangements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic can now use what they learned to prepare for the next health emergency, according to panelists who spoke Monday at the American Society of Safety Professionals annual conference.
A federal appeals court panel said Monday it would convene a full panel to reconsider President Joe Bidens executive order requiring civilian federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and set aside the order pending that hearing.
A New Jersey appeals court overturned a lower court and ruled against an Atlantic City casino and in favor of units of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd., American International Group Inc. and Allianz SE in COVID-19-related business interruption coverage Thursday.
Despite the strong push for COVID-19 workers compensation presumptions in the early stages of the pandemic, fewer than half of the 18 states that enacted legislation or saw executive orders still have the provisions in place, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Council on Compensation
A New Jersey appeals court that ruled against policyholders on six COVID-19-related business interruption cases on Tuesday followed up with another such ruling against a country club on Wednesday.
Long COVID, with its varying and unpredictable symptoms and no known cure, leaves health care providers vulnerable to liability risks stemming from misdiagnoses, medical malpractice insurer The Doctors Co. said in a report released Tuesday.
A Louisiana appeals courts refusal to dismiss policyholder litigation in a COVID-19-related business interruption case is a significant ruling and is expected to be influential, policyholder attorneys say.