Expansion of Workers’ Compensation for COVID-19 in 6 States Created Narrow Benefit December 8, 2020 By Jim Sams While at least 17 states have passed laws or issued orders that expanded access to workers’ compensation benefits for employees...
State Farm Fire Prevention Pilot Tests Sensors That Detect Electrical Wiring Defects November 17, 2020 By Jim Sams State Farm is sending sensors that can detect hazards in electric wiring to 40,000 homeowners in California, Arizona and Texas...
Insurer Not Liable for $200K Georgia Fire Claim After Agent Premium Theft November 16, 2020 By Jim Sams A property insurer is off the hook for a $200,000 claim against a policy that it canceled, leaving a lawsuit...
Louisiana Court Schedules Trial on First Coronavirus Business Interruption Lawsuit November 12, 2020 By Jim Sams A trial will begin Monday in what is thought to be the first lawsuit to be filed against an insurer...
Reduced Driving Turns Into Fewer Injuries and Workers’ Compensation Claims November 10, 2020 By Jim Sams The COVID-19 pandemic comes with one bright spot for workers’ compensation insurers: Fewer workers are being injured in motor vehicle...
N.C. Judge First to Favor Policyholders in COVID-19 Closure Lawsuit November 2, 2020 By Jim Sams A judge in Durham County, N.C., has handed down what may be the nation’s first dispositive ruling in favor of...
Insurer Off the Hook in $200K Georgia House Fire Claim Due to Agent Premium Theft October 27, 2020 By Jim Sams A property insurer is off the hook for a $200,000 claim against a policy that it canceled, leaving a lawsuit...
Judge in North Carolina Favors Policyholders in COVID-19 Closure Lawsuit October 23, 2020 By Jim Sams A judge in Durham County, North Carolina has handed down what may be the nation’s first dispositive ruling in favor...
Vast Majority of COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claims Are Small, Says NCCI October 19, 2020 By Jim Sams If COVID-19 behaves like other workers’ compensation lung and disease claims, about two out of 100 cases may result in...
Insurers Gain Early Wins in COVID-19 BI Lawsuits October 19, 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...