Claims & Reserving
A Crisis Within a Crisis: How COVID-19 Is Driving the Opioid Epidemic
While the current national health conversation has largely centered on the COVID-19 pandemic, another ongoing and deadly battle has been looming in the background: the opioid crisis. The misuse of ...
Zurich, Farmers to Pay Nearly $4B for MetLife’s U.S. P/C Biz
Zurich Insurance and Farmers Exchanges have agreed to buy MetLife's U.S. property and casualty business for $3.94 billion, the insurers said on Friday, after the COVID-19 pandemic made motor and home ...
COVIDigation Part 3: What’s the Deal With Business Interruption Claims?
Well, 2020 is almost over. Am I right? Following up on previous work exploring the relationships between COVID-19 and business interruption insurance litigation, in this article we evaluate trends ...
Automated Police Drones Raise Privacy Concerns, and Other Risk Alerts
Police can now dispatch flying drones to answer 911 calls with the press of a button. Coastal cities in the U.S. could be facing a new housing crisis in the next few decades. Some ransomware gangs ...
Reopening Offices Amid Pandemic Could Leave Companies Exposed—and Other Risk Alerts
Businesses thinking of reopening their office spaces will have to navigate new safety requirements and liability risks. Hurricanes are taking longer to weaken after landfall. Hackers are targeting ...
Nearly 1 in 5 Car Crashes Caused by Phone Distractions: Study
Despite education programs and state laws, phone-based driving distraction is still on the rise—and is likely responsible for far more accidents than widely reported, says a new study from ...
COVID Challenges of Workforce Mgmt., Risk Aggregation Continue for P/C
Given that business-as-usual is unlikely to return soon due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. property/casualty insurers will continue to face challenges related to virus-related insurance losses and ...
Companies Hope to Take California Gig Worker Classification Law Nationwide
Gig economy companies want to turn California voters' decision to make ride-service drivers contractors into a model for the nation, as several states consider requiring drivers from Uber, Lyft and ...