May 4, 2020
If the novel COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control soon, the disease’s impact on the insurance industry as a whole may be pretty much a wash. If not, the industry may be on the verge of an historic catastrophe. A …
May 1, 2020
Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos normally uses the company’s earnings report to extol the virtues of Alexa or the benefits of Prime. On Thursday, he told investors to hold on tight as his company navigates “the hardest time we’ve ever …
May 1, 2020
Newswise — George Dehner might take exception to those who say the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented. “This pattern of the appearance of a novel infection that spreads pandemics is as old as a human story. Once we began to settle …
May 1, 2020
Wildfires during Venezuela’s dry season are posing heightened risk to crude output this year due to lack of maintenance in state-owned oil company’s PDVSA’s oilfields and fuel shortages leaving firefighters without fuel, according to interviews with a half-dozen workers and …
May 1, 2020
U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia on Thursday defended his department’s handling of workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic, saying “the cop is on the beat” in response to union criticism about a lack of directives to protect workers. In a …
May 1, 2020
The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive to include coronavirus-related liability protections for businesses, saying such measures will be crucial to talks about future relief legislation. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
May 1, 2020
Tel Aviv, Israel, May 1, 2020 – By digitizing manual documentation gathering, PetPlan achieved a 15% reduction in labor costs, better customer experience, and reduced claims cycle by 2 business days. “It was amazing. We went from verbal discussions to …
May 1, 2020
San Diego, CA, May 1, 2020 – Mitchell, a leading supplier of technology, connectivity and information solutions to the Property & Casualty (P&C) claims and Collision Repair industries, today announced the results of a survey of about 100 workers’ compensation …
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 cases at a JBS meatpacking plant in Colorado have more than doubled “in a number of days” and a sixth employee died of the virus, a union official said on Thursday, underscoring the risks of U.S. meat plants reopening. …
May 1, 2020
A Columbus, Ohio auto body shop, for the third time, has lost an attempt to pocket money paid to it by an auto insurer for vehicle repairs that were never made. The 10th District of the Ohio Court of Appeals …