A new study from Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), updates a recently published 33-state study with an extra year of data and the early impact analysis of major regulatory changes in North Carolina. The study, Hospital Outpatient Cost Index …
Under N.Y. INS. LAW § 3420(d)(2), insurers that disclaim liability or deny coverage to an insured are required to give “written notice as soon as is reasonably possible of such disclaimer of liability or denial of coverage to the insured …
Pittsburgh’s prominent and growing role as a national center for cybersecurity started with a chance encounter more than 25 years ago. On Nov. 2, 1988, researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, were ending the workday when …
More hospitals and doctors are starting to use data from fitness trackers and health apps to help treat patients. But they are moving cautiously. The technology has a lot of potential, but there are key challenges to work out: LIABILITY …
Dallas-based Nelson Claims Consulting announced the formation of a highly specialized consulting group focused on providing management services to insurance carriers, policyholders and legal teams. The consulting firm specializes in high value and complex contents claims, contents claims review, dispute …
General Motors Co received another 33 claims for compensation for ignition switch defects in its cars in the past week, bringing the total to 4,345, according to the administrator of the company’s compensation program. Through Friday, GM had received 479 …
The Oregon state fire marshal says there were 50 fire-related deaths in the state in 2014. That’s the most since the 53 fire fatalities in 2008. Fire Marshal Jim Walker calls the increase disheartening. He says the top three causes …
A truck owner says the city of Dayton, Ohio, should compensate him for sinkhole damage that left his truck inoperable. The Dayton Daily News reports that 52-year-old Mike McDonald is infuriated that the city rejected his $10,000 claim. He says …
Canada will increase the insurance railways must carry when they haul crude oil and impose a levy on shippers to help cover the cost of major accidents in the burgeoning oil-by-rail industry, Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said on Friday. Raitt …
Earlier this year, Top Class Actions, a class action lawsuit news source, announced the biggest class action settlement payments awarded to consumers in 2014. $1.1 Billion LCD Panel Settlement Payments from this historic settlement were mailed to Class Members in …