WCRI: Injured Workers’ Emergency Room Use Varies Widely by State April 17, 2023 Nearly a third of injured workers in Massachusetts sought treatment for strains and sprains in a hospital emergency room, while...
Las Vegas Lawyer Indicted in $460M ‘Slip-and-Fall’ Scheme April 17, 2023 A longtime Las Vegas attorney was indicted on federal charges that he orchestrated a $460 million Ponzi scheme spanning multiple...
Judge Clears Class-Action Suit Alleging Geico Underpaid Auto Claims April 17, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson Geico General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured...
Judge Rules BNSF Intentionally Violated Agreement with Washington Tribe April 17, 2023 A judge ruled that BNSF Railway intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community...
Can Insurance Find a Home in the Metaverse? April 17, 2023 By Allen Laman A Cognizant report published last year, titled a pragmatist’s guide to the Metaverse, said if you ask three people what...
California Commissioner and FAIR Plan Agree to up Commercial Coverage to $20M April 17, 2023 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the California FAIR Plan Association agreed to more than double its existing commercial coverage...
‘An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure’ April 17, 2023 By Don Neff What can insurance carriers expect in 2023 in terms of new codes and construction technologies in the wake of one...
Florida Governor Turns Heads with Comment that Citizens Insurance is ‘Not Solvent,’ Just as Board Approves Catastrophe Bond April 3, 2023 By William Rabb Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised some questions when he suggested that Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-created insurer, has “not...
Opportunity Abundant in the Multifamily Affordable Housing Market April 3, 2023 By Nathan Tripler The habitational market has seen more than its fair share of challenges, with many insurers cutting capacity or leaving the...
WCRI: Consolidation of Health Care Driving Up Prices in Work Comp April 3, 2023 Consolidation of physician services into larger groups owned by hospitals and health care systems is driving up the cost of...