Employees Reporting Harassment Suffer Retaliation for Complaining: Time’s Up Study October 19, 2020 By Jocelyn Noveck Three years into the #MeToo movement, there may be more awareness around workplace sexual harassment. But a new report finds...
Vast Majority of COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claims Are Small, Says NCCI October 19, 2020 By Jim Sams If COVID-19 behaves like other workers’ compensation lung and disease claims, about two out of 100 cases may result in...
Malpractice Claims Against Hospitals Hold Steady But Severity Increases October 16, 2020 By Jim Sams The frequency of hospital professional liability claims is holding steady, but the cost of those claims is expected to increase...
What 3Q Catastrophe Losses Mean for U.S. P/C Results October 16, 2020 Driven by an elevated frequency of events during the quarter, third quarter natural catastrophe losses for the U.S. property/casualty insurance...
Pirate Kidnappings in Waters Off Coast of West Africa Rise by 40%: Study October 15, 2020 By Yinka Ibukun and Antony Sguazzin The number of kidnappings reported off the West African coast in the year through September is 40% higher than the...
Radiation Near Fracking Sites Poses Potential But Not Extreme Health Risk October 14, 2020 Radiation levels downwind of U.S. hydraulic fracturing drilling sites tend to be significantly higher than background levels, posing a potential...
Climate Change Will Increase Weather Disasters and Need for Humanitarian Aid: U.N. October 14, 2020 GENEVA – In the wake of heat waves, global warming, forest fires, storms, droughts and a rising number of hurricanes,...
Nearly 9 of 10 Workers Want to Maintain Option to Work from Home: Survey October 14, 2020 LONDON — Nearly nine out of 10 workers want to be able to choose whether to work from home or...
Fire Departments Need Training in Electric Vehicle Fires October 13, 2020 By Alan Levin Half of U.S. fire departments have no protocols in place to fight fires that break out in the growing number...
From Wildfires to Sally to China Floods, September Was a Disastrous Month October 9, 2020 Third quarters are often the costliest of the year in terms natural disasters. Insurance broker Aon’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap...