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

Viewpoint: Key Property Loss Provisions Attorneys Keep Forgetting

Are you tired of talking about COVID? I am. Are you as tired of the COVID business income coverage debates? I am. Because I’m so worn out, this article focuses on ONE, ok two, key policy provisions every attorney and …

Hospital Costs Rising Even Though Claimants Avoiding Emergency Rooms

Auto casualty claimants are avoiding hospital emergency rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic but are generating increased hospital charges anyway, according to a new report by Mitchell, a San Diego-based claims administrator. “Anecdotally, we have heard that some people have been …

Longest Arctic Sailing Season Tops Off a Year of Climate Disasters

Thinning ice in the Arctic Ocean made this year’s navigation season for natural gas tankers the longest on record, the latest sign that the pace of climate change is accelerating in the Earth’s northernmost latitudes. The Northern Sea Route, stretching …

Lloyd’s, Parsyl to Insure Emerging Market COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

LONDON, Dec 15 — Lloyd’s of London and insurtech firm Parsyl have launched a program to insure the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in emerging markets as drugmakers race to address the biggest global logistical challenge since the Second World War. …

‘External Source’ Causes Oil Tanker Blast Off Saudi Arabia

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jiddah suffered an explosion early Monday after being hit by “an external source,” a shipping company said, suggesting another vessel has come under attack off …

Federal Judge in Louisiana Approves Hurricane Lawsuit Plan

LAKE CHARLES, La. — A federal judge in western Louisiana has approved a plan on how to settle thousands of lawsuits expected to be filed against insurance companies over damage from a pair of hurricanes that hit the region six …

US Agencies Hacked in Monthslong Global Cyberspying Campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers on Monday after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce departments were hacked in a global cyber-espionage campaign tied to a …

Claims Business: CCC and PDP Group, Zesty.ai, PLNAR

CCC Integrates with PDP Group CCC Information Services Inc. has signed an agreement with Amynta’s PDP Group to digitally connect lenders on the PDP platform to insurers as part of the CCC Total Loss Care workflow. The single sign-on integration …

Claims People: SCA Appraisal, Goldberg Segalla and Trawick International

SCA Appraisal Appoints VP and Asst. VP SCA Appraisal, a national independent appraisal service, has promoted Nick Napier to vice president of operations and Mark Bewley to assistant vice president of field operations. Napier is responsible for SCA’s field appraisal …

Wildfires Receding Give Globe Rare Bit of Positive Climate Data

The dystopian images of wildfires ravaging vast swathes of woodland around the globe belie a rare positive signal for the Earth’s climate — the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by burning forests actually fell in 2020. That’s the conclusion of …