Court Upholds Trump Rule Requiring Hospitals to Disclose Health Insurer Prices December 30, 2020 A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a White House-backed rule to require hospitals to disclose the prices they negotiate...
Introducing the 2020 Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame December 30, 2020 The year 2020 would not be complete without a recap of America’s worst insurance fraud crimes. Homeless New Yorkers targeted...
Judge Throws Out Apple Copyright Claims Against Security Software Startup Corellium December 30, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday dismissed Apple Inc.’s copyright infringement claims against a Florida startup whose software helps...
Administration Says Railroads Have Met Safety Technology Deadline December 30, 2020 By David Shepardson The U.S. Transportation Department announced Tuesday that anti-derailment technology positive train control, or PTC, is in operation on all required...
Florida’s Altmaier to Assume NAIC Presidency for 2021 December 29, 2020 The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) will have officers for 2021. The newly-elected officers will assume their duties on...
U.S. Approves Commercial Drone Flights Over Populated Areas With Tracking December 29, 2020 By Alan Levin Commercial drone use for deliveries and services cleared a major hurdle in the U.S. with new rules allowing the devices...
Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts Trademark Tiff Over Use of ‘Scout’ Part of Recruitment Battle December 29, 2020 By Larry Neumeister The Girl Scouts are in a “highly damaging” recruitment war with the Boy Scouts after the latter opened its core...
Insurers Not Quitting on Cyber Even as Risks Mount December 29, 2020 By Mark Hollmer It could go down as one of the most significant cyber attacks yet. Russian hackers breached a number of U.S....
Insurance Journal’s Most Noteworthy Topics of 2020- National Region December 29, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson To suggest that the property/casualty insurance industry should count its blessings in the year of the coronavirus is by no...
How U.S. Government Will Handle COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Claims Is Largely a Secret December 29, 2020 By Bernard Condon and Matt Sedensky Lost in the U.S. launch of the coronavirus vaccine is a fact most don’t know when they roll up their...