Monthly Archives: <span>July 2020</span>

Response Team 1 and Venturi Restoration Complete Brand Consolidation

Schaumburg, IL July 13, 2020 – Response Team 1, an award winning property damage emergency response and restoration provider, announced today that it is consolidating its active brand names into a single brand – Venturi Restoration. With this step, all …

Legislation to Force Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Claims Stalls as Virus Rages

California legislation that would have forced insurers to pay more coronavirus business-interruption claims was put on hold last week when state lawmakers decided not to return from their summer recess because of a resurgence of the disease. Assembly Bill 1552 …

Tropical Storm Fay Gains Strength on Its Way to New York

Quick-moving Tropical Storm Fay strengthened as it moved toward southern New Jersey, where it was expected to make landfall Friday afternoon before sweeping north to New York with a curtain of heavy rain and thrashing winds. Winds should start to …

China Floods Blamed for Fresh African Swine Fever Outbreaks

BEIJING — Outbreaks of deadly African swine fever are surging in some parts of southern China following heavy rains, analysts and industry sources said, in what could be a big setback for Beijing’s goal of replenishing pork supplies. China’s hog …

Pandemic-Proofing: Insurance May Never Be the Same Again

Insurers are creating products for a world where virus outbreaks could become the new normal after many businesses were left out in the cold during the COVID-19 crisis. While new pandemic-proof policies might not be cheap, they offer businesses from …

Lonza Expects Approval ‘Very Soon’ to Make Covid-Killing Claims for Disinfectant

Lonza Group AG is in the “last step” of discussions with U.S. regulators for approval to claim that its formulation is effective in killing the novel Coronavirus on surfaces, an executive at the pharmaceutical and chemical giant told Reuters. Earlier …

Germany Seizes Server Hosting Pilfered U.S. Police Files

BOSTON — At the behest of the U.S. government, German authorities have seized a computer server that hosted a huge cache of files from scores of U.S. federal, state and local law enforcement agencies obtained in a Houston data breach …

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claims Guard Kept Knee on Man’s Neck

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The parents of a California man who died while being detained on suspicion of trespassing at Sacramento’s basketball arena has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging a security guard kept his knee on the man’s neck for …

Claims People: Crawford & Co., Davies Group and Provencher & Co.

Crawford Appoints President of Complex Claims Team Crawford & Co. has appointed Paul Kottler as president of Global Technical Services. Kottler will assume a role previously held by Terry Hunt, who retired after a 27-year career. Hunt had been president …

Union Files Grievance Against Walt Disney World Ahead of Saturday Reopening

The actors’ union representing 750 Walt Disney World performers has filed a grievance against the Orlando, Florida-based theme park alleging retaliation against its members over the union’s demand that they be tested for the coronavirus. Walt Disney Co plans to …