What to Expect in Workers’ Compensation Costs From COVID-19: NCCI May 18, 2020 By Jim Sams If only 10% of health care workers contract COVID-19 and all of their claims are deemed compensable, workers’ compensation loss...
Business Interruption Claimants Like How Some Localities Worded Emergency Orders May 15, 2020 By Jim Sams Cities and counties across the country may have handed plaintiff’s attorneys an argument to use in lawsuits against insurers that...
Workers’ Comp May Need Backstop as Presumptions Push Claim Costs into Billions May 12, 2020 By Jim Sams An executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week is the most aggressive yet among the directives issued by...
Split Okla. Supreme Court Sides with Plaintiffs in Attorney Fee Dispute May 8, 2020 By Jim Sams An insurer that failed to pay a claim within 60 days cannot be considered the prevailing party even if a...
Willis Paints COVID-19 Insurance Loss Big Picture: It’s a Wash or Historic Catastrophe May 7, 2020 By Jim Sams If the novel COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control soon, the disease’s impact on the insurance industry as a whole...
What to Expect in Workers’ Compensation Costs From COVID-19: NCCI May 6, 2020 By Jim Sams If only 10 percent of health care workers contract COVID-19 and all of their claims are deemed compensable, workers’ compensation...
Court Nixes $64M Award Against Fireman’s Fund in Reinsurance Spat with Utica Mutual April 30, 2020 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court on Tuesday overturned a jury’s award of $64 million against Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. for allegedly...
Coronavirus Business Interruption Insurance Claimants Seek to Consolidate Lawsuits April 27, 2020 By Jim Sams Two groups of plaintiffs — one in Philadelphia, the other in Chicago — are asking federal courts to consolidate lawsuits...
States Easing Path to Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Coronavirus Workers April 21, 2020 By Jim Sams Sympathetic state lawmakers and regulators in states both red and blue promise to make COVID-19 a major cost driver for...
How Insurance Claims Pros Are Adjusting to Pandemic Complications April 15, 2020 By Jim Sams The coronavirus pandemic has not shut down the day-to-day business of adjusting claims, but the workload is lighter and claims...