Special Coverage: COVID-19

MEDICAL STOPLOSS

Posted: Apr 28, 2023

MEDICAL STOPLOSS Helping more employers fight the effects of inflation   By Len Strazewski When the World Health Organization declared the COVID pandemic more than three years ago, self-funded employers The post MEDICAL STOPLOSS appeared first on The Rough Notes Company Inc..

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Is Long-COVID a Simmering National Health Disaster? Here’s Why Some Experts Think So

Posted: Apr 25, 2023

In addition to updating job descriptions and assessing accommodations, employers should track cases of COVID and Long COVID, whether that means monitoring information from insurance companies or using an in-house method. The post Is Long-COVID a Simmering National Health Disaster? Here’s Why S...

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Legal Roundup: $3 Million Awarded in Tesla Discrimination Case, Pfizer/BioNTech COVID Vaccine Hit With Patent Suit and More

Posted: Apr 19, 2023

Pfizer/BioNTech was hit with a patent infringement suit by Arbutus Biopharma for its COVID vaccine. The post Legal Roundup: $3 Million Awarded in Tesla Discrimination Case, Pfizer/BioNTech COVID Vaccine Hit With Patent Suit and More appeared first on Risk & Insurance.

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Telehealth in Work Comp Is Here to Stay

Posted: Apr 17, 2023

Telehealth in Work Comp Is Here to Stay Commercial Lines ClareCarroll1 Mon, 04/17/2023 - 23:31 Workers’ compensation navigated the unprecedented waters of a global pandemic and, in response, the onslaught of telehealth. April...

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Insurers Are Feeling Prepared

Posted: Apr 17, 2023

Insurers Are Feeling Prepared PaulCarroll Mon, 04/17/2023 - 16:23 The annual Global Priorities survey by the International Insurance Society found that industry executives are feeling more prepared than in the previous two years on a whole range of issues: cybersecurity, climate chan...

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California Church Paying $1.2M over Broken COVID Rules

Posted: Apr 17, 2023

A California church that defied safety regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic by holding large, unmasked religious services must pay $1.2 million in fines, a judge has ruled. Calvary Chapel in San Jose was fined last week for ignoring Santa Clara …

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How Covid-19 Transformed the Insurance Industry

Posted: Apr 14, 2023

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Across the insurance distribution channel, everyone from the largest carriers to individual insurance consumers have witnessed a “digital transformation” to some extent in the past three years. We’ve seen it …

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3 New Trends in Life and Health

Posted: Apr 13, 2023

3 New Trends in Life and Health Life & Health ClareCarroll1 Thu, 04/13/2023 - 21:44 They are: ecosystem partnerships, the convergence of group and individual offerings and emergence of new opportunities for critical illness cover....

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Is "Face-to-Face" Passe in Sales?

Posted: Apr 12, 2023

Is "Face-to-Face" Passe in Sales? Agent & Broker sradomski Wed, 04/12/2023 - 16:54 Agent and Brokers Commentary: April 2023 April 13, 2023 Image...

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Students Flunk Test for Class Action Over Covid Cutbacks by University

Posted: Apr 10, 2023

A federal court has rejected a proposed class action by students against Boston University over alleged damages they suffered due to cutbacks by the school during the Covid-19 pandemic. The students sought a refund of payments they made for tuition …

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Florida Officials Cut Key Data from Vaccine Study, Report Finds

Posted: Apr 10, 2023

An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida’s surgeon general cautioning young men against getting the COVID-19 vaccine omitted information that showed catching the virus could increase the risk of a cardiac-related death much more …

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Digitization and Enablement of Agents

Posted: Apr 05, 2023

Digitization and Enablement of Agents Agent & Broker ClareCarroll1 Thu, 04/06/2023 - 00:35 Disintermediation didn't happen. Agents won. Still, agents who fail to adapt will have their lunch eaten by agents who do. April 5, 202...

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Legal Roundup: Restaurant’s COVID Coverage Win Reversed, Meta and Zuckerberg in Hot Water and More

Posted: Apr 05, 2023

A New Orleans-based restaurant was awarded a win against its insurer regarding COVID coverage. The victory was short lived. The post Legal Roundup: Restaurant’s COVID Coverage Win Reversed, Meta and Zuckerberg in Hot Water and More appeared first on Risk & Insurance.

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European reinsurers’ life business units profitability improved in 2022: Fitch

Posted: Apr 05, 2023

The life reinsurance business units of the four major European reinsurers have presented a strong return to profitability in 2022 as pandemic-related claims declined and the overall claims experience was positive, according to Fitch Ratings. Even though pandemic-related claims still burdened 1Q22 re...

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University Faces Class-Action by Students Over COVID Campus Lockdown

Posted: Apr 05, 2023

A lawsuit against the University of Delaware over its campus shutdown and halting of in-person classes because of coronavirus can proceed as a class action on behalf of thousands of students who were enrolled and paid tuition in spring 2020, …

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Latest Data on Fatal Occupational Injuries

Posted: Apr 03, 2023

Latest Data on Fatal Occupational Injuries Commercial Lines ClareCarroll1 Mon, 04/03/2023 - 23:33 The fatal work injury rate increased to 3.6 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers for 2021 in the U.S., the highest annual rate since 2016....

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Louisiana Supreme Court Reverses, Finds No Coverage Owed for COVID Shutdown

Posted: Apr 02, 2023

By Jim Sams The Louisiana Supreme Court has joined state high courts across the nation in rejecting a policyholder’s business-interruption claim for income lost because of government restrictions imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19. The high court on March …

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Texas Department of Insurance Updates COVID Data Call Results

Posted: Mar 31, 2023

The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) updated COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims data, with insurance carriers reporting 98,000 COVID-19 claims and 468 fatalities through February 2023. DWC put out a data call with 74 selected insurance carriers &#8...

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Is COVID claim covered?

Posted: Mar 30, 2023

INSURANCE-RELATED COURT CASES Digested from case reports published online COURT DECISIONS Is COVID claim covered? Tapestry, Inc., owns “modern luxury and lifestyle brands” including Coach, kate spade new york, and Stuart Weitzman. The post Is COVID claim covered? appeared first on The Rough Notes Co...

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