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18 12, 2020

Hospital Charges Rise Despite Fewer Visits to Emergency Rooms

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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 …

17 12, 2020

Cyber Insurers Scale Back as Ransomware Attacks Rise

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Ransomware attacks increased in terms of both severity and costs this year, forcing insurers to become more selective and even scale back on the cover they offer against cyber crimes, a report from a leading insurer showed. The total costs …

17 12, 2020

Tyson Fires 7 Managers at Iowa Plant Over Betting on COVID-19 Cases

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Tyson Foods Inc. said on Wednesday it had fired seven managers at an Iowa pork plant after investigating allegations that they took bets on how many employees would catch COVID-19. The independent investigation, led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric …

16 12, 2020

Pfizer Vaccine Faces Some Storage, Production, Snowstorm Challenges

By | December 16th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Pfizer Vaccine Faces Some Storage, Production, Snowstorm Challenges

The first days of Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout have seen unexpected hitches including some vaccines being stored at excessively cold temperatures and Pfizer reporting potential challenges in its vaccine production, U.S. officials said on a Wednesday press call. At …

16 12, 2020

Tech Firms Form Coalition to Defend Internet Liability Shield Law

By | December 16th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Tech Firms Form Coalition to Defend Internet Liability Shield Law

A number of internet companies that are not big social media players are organizing to defend the law that shields them from lawsuits. The companies have formed a coalition called Internet Works to protect what they see as the benefits …

16 12, 2020

How Dominance of One Management Software Became Cyber Liability for U.S.

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On an earnings call two months ago, SolarWinds Chief Executive Kevin Thompson touted how far the company had gone during his 11 years at the helm. There was not a database or an IT deployment model out there to which …

16 12, 2020

Don’t Force Employees to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine: Viewpoint

By | December 16th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Don’t Force Employees to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine: Viewpoint

Here’s a question we’re sure to see in the courts before long: What if your employer mandates a Covid-19 vaccination and you’d rather not take it? President-elect Joe Biden might insist that he has no plans to compel the shots, …

16 12, 2020

QBE Names 4 From Berkshire Hathaway to Financial Lines Team

By | December 16th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on QBE Names 4 From Berkshire Hathaway to Financial Lines Team

QBE North America announced the appointment of four senior industry veterans to leadership positions within its Financial Lines business. Joining QBE are: Danielle Librizzi as head of Professional Liability Thomas Kocaj as head of Management Liability Michael McGuinness as senior …

16 12, 2020

Top Performing Auto Insurers During COVID and What’s Driving Customer Behavior

By | December 16th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Top Performing Auto Insurers During COVID and What’s Driving Customer Behavior

Spurred by a combination of financial hardship, a decrease in miles driven and a general lack of awareness of the historic relief efforts the industry initiated in 2020, auto insurance customer loyalty has given way to a nationwide surge in …

16 12, 2020

GEICO’s Massaro Joins BTIS Underwriting Team

By | December 16th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on GEICO’s Massaro Joins BTIS Underwriting Team

Philip Massaro has joined small business intermediary BTIS as vice president of Underwriting. Massaro has 25 years of commercial insurance underwriting and product management experience. Most recently, he was with GEICO as director of Auto and Excess for 20 western …