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 federal district court in California has refused for the second time to dismiss COVID-19 related litigation filed by a hotel group against a Sompo International Holdings Ltd. claiming coverage under an environmental policy.
The COVID-19 pandemic is not a natural disaster that exempts employers from complying with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act, the 1989 law that requires companies to give affected employees 60 days notice of a plant closing or mass layoff, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
A Louisiana state appeals court overturned a lower court Wednesday in a divided opinion and held that a New Orleans restaurant is entitled to COVID-19-related business interruption coverage because of ambiguous policy language.
A Connecticut state judge on Thursday dismissed COVID-19-related business interruption coverage litigation filed by a Native American tribal gaming authority against Factory Mutual Insurance Co.
Four U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal continued insurers unbroken winning record in COVID-19-related business interruption cases on Friday and Monday, with all unanimously ruling against policyholders in six cases.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Friday continued its recent flurry of pro-insurer, COVID-19 business interruption rulings by deciding against an Acworth, Georgia-based restaurant in its litigation against a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. unit.
A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled in favor of a OneBeacon Insurance Group Co. unit in COVID-19-related business interruption litigation filed by gym franchisees.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned a rare ruling in policyholders favor in COVID-19-related business interruption on Wednesday, and unanimously joined two other state supreme courts in ruling a group of restaurants were not entitled to COVID-19 business interruption coverage.?
Two federal appeals courts have issued additional rulings against policyholders in COVID-19-related business interruption cases, with both citing earlier decisions.
Nearly 25% of COVID-19 workers compensation claims in Texas that involved professional or hospital/facility services received these services beyond one-month post-injury, according to a report released Tuesday by the Texas Department of Insurance.
Citing previous decisions, a federal appeals court on Friday ruled in favor of an Allianz SE unit in COVID-19-business interruption litigation filed by a Miami hotel owner.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday issued its third ruling this week against a policyholder in a COVID-19-related business interruption lawsuit filed against State Farm Insurance Co. units by an eyewear retailer.
A federal appeals court and a Maryland state appeals court affirmed lower court rulings in favor of insurers in three COVID-19 business interruption-related cases filed by restaurants on Tuesday.
Two state Michigan appeals courts have ruled against policyholders in COVID-19-related business interruption litigation.
Two Chicago state appeals courts on Friday ruled in favor of a Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. unit in COVID-19-related business interruption litigation filed by restaurant and hotel chains.