What’s at Stake in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Case August 13, 2021 By Randall Chase The Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection in February 2020 to halt thousands of lawsuits by men who said...
Hearings Get Underway Into Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Opposed by Insurers August 13, 2021 By Randall Chase An attorney for the Boy Scouts of America told a Delaware judge on Thursday that the group’s national board never...
Overheated, Underprotected: Climate Change Is Killing U.S. Farm Laborers August 13, 2021 By Elizabeth Elkin Florencio Gueta Vargas showed up for his usual shift at a hops farm in Toppenish, Washington, on Thursday, July 29....
UnitedHealth Pays Restitution, Fine to Settle Charges It Illegally Denied Coverage August 13, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer, has settled federal and New York state charges it illegally denied coverage...
Pass Measures to Lower Prescription Drug Prices, Biden Urges Congress August 13, 2021 By Jeff Mason and Susan Heavey President Joe Biden on Thursday called on U.S. lawmakers to enact legislation aimed at lowering drug prices, including allowing Medicare...
McDonald’s Franchise Settles Workers’ COVID-19 Lawsuit August 13, 2021 By Daniel Wiessner A McDonald’s Corp. franchise in Oakland, California, has agreed to take steps to protect workers from COVID-19 to settle a...
Concerned Scientists Outline What U.S. Should Do to Deal with Climate Change August 12, 2021 By Don Jergler Six insurers have ruled out Arctic refuge drilling, according to a report out this week from the Gwich’in Steering Committee....
People Moves: WCRI Adds Negrusa; WTW’s Atkinson, Pokora Move to Marsh; WTW Appoints Drummond, Romano August 12, 2021 The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) announced that Dr. Sebastian Negrusa has joined the Cambridge, Mass.-based Institute to manage its...
U.S. Is Vulnerable Enough to Hurricanes. We Don’t Need Another Storm From an Insurance Tax. August 12, 2021 By Kevin McCarty As a longtime Florida resident, I have witnessed the destructive power of hurricanes on the lives and properties of countless...
Trial Begins Over Sacklers, Purdue Pharma $10 Billion Opioid Liability Exit Plan August 12, 2021 By Jeremy Hill Purdue Pharma LP and its owners, members of the Sackler family, are nearing the end of their decades-long association with...