Cigna Corp.’s $52 billion proposed acquisition of Express Scripts Holding Co. may eventually lead to lower drug costs for workers compensation payers, but it’s too early to tell how big those savings might be, experts say. Continue reading
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The inclusion of cyber attacks in Terrorism Risk Insurance Act coverage could be an additional benefit to covering cyber risk in a captive, but owners should be aware that there are numerous unknowns in triggering TRIA coverage, including designation of the perpetrator of the cyber attack. Continue reading
In the wait for self-driving technology, cell-phone toting tech bros may have to cede their spot in line to pizzas, Craigslist couches and the mounting ephemera of e-commerce. Continue reading
Reuters) — Yahoo Inc. has been ordered by a federal judge to face much of a lawsuit in the United States claiming that the personal information of all 3 billion users was compromised in a series of data breaches. Continue reading
Over 20 years, Brian Komoto built a thriving pharmacy in California’s Central Valley. Each day, his nurses would travel the vast agricultural region’s roads to help hepatitis C patients take a grueling regimen of shots. Continue reading
The nonstandard auto market is characterized by substandard operating performance. Since 2007, carriers writing nonstandard auto policies have reported deteriorating operating performance and many are struggling to maintain market share.
But that hasn’t stopped interest in this large – and extremely volatile – segment of the property/casualty industry. Continue reading
Longer-term prescribing of opioids more than triples the duration of temporary disability among workers with work-related, nonsurgical, lower-back injuries when compared to claims with no opioid prescribing, according to a study released Thursday by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation Research Institute. Continue reading
Employers are struggling to hire workers in tightening U.S. job market. Marijuana is now legal in nine states and Washington, D.C., meaning more than one in five American adults can eat, drink, smoke or vape as they please. The result is the slow decline of pre-employment drug tests, which for decades had been a requirement for new recruits in industries ranging from manufacturing to finance. Continue reading
