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TPA's Rapid-Fire Work Comp Claim Denials Cost Vermont Insurer $100K

A workers' compensation insurer must pay $100,000 under an agreement with Vermont state regulators because its claims administrator gave...
 

Megadrought Threatens California Power Blackouts This Summer

The historic drought that's choked off rivers and reservoirs from the Rocky Mountains to the California coast is threatening to strain...
 

Added Crews Making Progress on Midwest, Southwest Fires

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Beefed up fire crews made major progress on a large prairie fire burning near the Nebraska-Kansas line on Tuesday and...
 

Operator of Sunken Japanese Tour Boat Had Previous Accidents

TOKYO (AP )-- The head of the company that operated a tourist boat that sank off northern Japan with 26 people aboard said Wednesday he...
 

Amazon Warehouse Collapse Probe Finds Worker Safety Risks

U.S. regulators are calling on Amazon to improve its procedures for dealing with severe weather like hurricanes and tornadoes that could...
 

SEC Sues Brazilian Miner Vale Over 'False and Misleading' Dam Claims

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday sued Brazilian miner Vale SA for allegedly making false and misleading...
 

Pharmacist Gets 10 Years For $180M Health Care Fraud Scheme

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say a former Mississippi pharmacist has been sentenced to the maximum 10 years in prison for a...
 

Wash. Seafood Processing Plant Fined $56K Following COVID Death

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- A seafood processing plant has been fined $56,000 in connection with a 2021 COVID outbreak that left one employee...
 

Exxon Declares Force Majeure on Russian Sakhalin-1 Operations

Exxon Mobil Corp. said on Wednesday that its Russian unit Exxon Neftegas Ltd has declared force majeure for its Sakhalin-1 operations,...
 
 
 
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Data-Driven Property Intel for Faster Customer Relief

Better serve policyholders across your insurance workflows with powerful geospatial insights. Efforts to keep up while hamstrung...
 
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Optimizing Efficiency & LAE with Claim-based Technologies

It's a new era. Sixty-eight percent of carriers now accept customer photos and videos for settling claims. Digitization,...
 
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Top 10 Most Common Auto Injuries

While insurers generally have a good understanding of which injuries are most common to auto accidents, the cost of care and...
 
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Editor's Picks

 

Judge to Decide Fate of J&J Baby Powder Bankruptcy Strategy in February

Johnson & Johnson should know by the end of next month whether its controversial use of bankruptcy to try to resolve billions of...
 

Updated CMS Guide Spells Out the Risk of Skipping CMS Review of Work Comp Settlements

Insurers that are inclined to skip a government review of proposed workers' compensation settlements may think twice about that strategy...
 

Delaware Supreme: Insurers Have No Duty to Defend Rite Aid Against Opioid Lawsuits

Chubb Ltd. has no duty to defend Rite Aid Corp. against lawsuits filed by two Ohio counties that allege the drug store chain's failure to...
 

N.Y. Court Reverses SWCB, Awards Benefits to Widow of World Trade Center Recovery Worker

A New York appellate court on Thursday reversed the State Workers' Compensation Board and awarded death benefits to a court employee who...
 

Viewpoint: Telehealth Risks and Predicted Impacts For 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the delivery of healthcare - including the adoption of telehealth, defined as the delivery and...
 

Calif. Court of Appeal Allows 2 Insurers To Pursue Fraud Suits Against Pain Doctor

A decision by a California appellate court last month allows both Allstate and State Farm to pursue lawsuits seeking penalties against an...
 
 
 
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