Who had ‘giant cargo ship’ on their bingo card for possible disasters at the start of 2021? What about ‘derecho in Iowa’ in 2020? ‘Global pandemic’ at the outset of 2020?<br /><br />.
The COVID-19 pandemic is nearing the one-year mark in the United States, and as we learn more about the virus’s assault on the respiratory system, a new threat with potentially devastating effects on workers’ compensation payers has emerged.
In the past five years, terms such as advocacy, engagement, coaching, and even ‘whole-person approach’ have been widely discussed within workers’ compensation — for good reason.
There has been a lot of talk lately, and a lot of presentations, about the pros and cons of virtual alternative dispute resolution (ADR)—video arbitrations and mediations.
Analysts at specialist broker McGill and Partners believe that the re/insurance industry could be looking at costs in excess of $100 million due to the ongoing obstruction in the Suez Canal.
The stranded mega-container vessel, Ever Given in the Suez Canal, is holding up an estimated $400 million an hour in trade, based on the approximate value of goods that are moved through the Suez every day, according to shipping data and news company Lloyd’s List.
At least five deaths and multiple injuries have been reported in Calhoun County, Alabama, after a tornado passed through the area Thursday afternoon, Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade told CNN.
Insurance adjusters can be seen as a thorn in a collision repair shop’s side, but with a shift in perspective and a few learned lessons, adjusters can quickly become a shop’s ally, even helping to streamline the repair process.
The Eagles have sued an insurance company in a dispute over what the NFL franchise is owed from a policy as a result of economic losses from the pandemic.
Throughout my career in practicing insurance-defense litigation, primarily representing developers, general contractors, and homebuilders in construction-defect and construction-accident matters, the most critical key to success has been the ability to identify and transfer risk to the culpable parties.
