Facing Workers Compensation Challenges During the Pandemic: NCCI June 9, 2020 By Bill Donnell The COVID-19 pandemic has upended lives, families, business routines, and the economy. Today, despite an uptick in May, 21 million...
Commercial Lines Prices Rose 6% in Q1- Except Workers’ Compensation June 9, 2020 U.S. commercial insurance prices climbed more than 6 percent in aggregate during the 2020 first quarter compared to the year,...
Tropical Storm Cristobal Brings Rain, Flooding to South June 8, 2020 Rain pounded the U.S. Gulf Coast on Sunday ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Cristobal, which had already spawned...
Rite-Aid, Walgreens Sued by West Virginia Over Opioid Rx Flood June 8, 2020 By John Raby Rite-Aid and Walgreens failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of prescription painkillers in West Virginia while inundating their retail...
Union Pacific to Pay $260K to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit June 8, 2020 Union Pacific Railroad Co. will pay $260,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit in a case...
Coronavirus Lockdowns Substantially Slowed the Pandemic, Research Says June 8, 2020 New research shows that the restrictive measures taken around the world to slow the spread of the coronavirus have delivered...
Iowa Chemical Plant to Pay $80K for 2019 Spill that Hurt Worker June 8, 2020 A Waterloo, Iowa, chemical plant will pay a nearly $80,000 civil penalty to settle violations of federal Clean Air Act...
Court Allows Lawsuit over Iowa Amusement Park Death to Proceed June 8, 2020 By David Pitt The wife of a central Iowa amusement park employee killed in an accident at the park in 2016 can proceed...
Scott Named Director, Wainner Assistant Commissioner at Oklahoma Insurance Dept. June 8, 2020 Ashley Scott has been appointed director of Government and Community Affairs and Erin Wainner has been named assistant commissioner for...
As Texas Grapples with Pandemic, Officials Prepare for Hurricane Season June 8, 2020 By Mitchell Ferman, The Texas Tribune and Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune More hurricanes and tropical storms than usual could make landfall in the United States this summer, forecasters predict. That is...