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COVID Impacts Linger in Courtrooms, Often a Disadvantage for Defendants
Courts have reopened and trials have resumed, but the impacts of COVID-19 continue to linger in the judicial system, a panel of claims litigation experts said during the Combined Claims Conference on ...
What About Genomics and Workers Comp?
William Wilt and Kirk Hartley, the authors of the accompanying article, "Have Insurers Paid Too Much for Asbestos and Other Toxic Torts?" recently published a research note, in a Q&A format, ...
Lawyer-Turned InsurTech Founder Looks Into Cloud to Settle Tesla Claims
While Tesla has designs on using the data it collects to price insurance policies, the founder of an InsurTech is using it for the other end of insurance transactions—to unravel the story of ...
After Months of Decline, Florida Claims Litigation Rose Sharply in January
Just when insurers saw signs that last year's reform legislation may be having an impact on claims litigation, bad news appeared in the inbox Wednesday. CaseGlide, the maker of litigation management ...
Travelers Sets Aside ‘Modest Funds’ for Possible Exposure to Child Sex-Abuse Claims
Travelers Companies Inc has set aside a "modest" amount of additional money to cover its possible exposure to child sex-abuse claims, the insurer's finance chief, Daniel Frey, told analysts during an ...
A Bayer Roundup Settlement Will Take Some Time: Lawyer
Even after three big losses in court trials and a plunge in market value, Bayer AG isn't close to settling tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits claiming its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, according ...
Fewer Settlements on Courthouse Steps: What Insurance Execs Are Saying About Social Inflation
Is the political mood of the country increasingly conducive to social inflation? Analysts at Assured Research believe so. In addition, in the accompanying article, they note that a steady rise in ...
Social Inflation Is Back, Fueled by Lawyer Advertising and Other Factors: Assured Research Analysis
By the spring of this year, the financial press was filled with articles documenting the pause in numerical and medical inflation. But few outside the insurance industry are discussing—or maybe ...