Archive for April 2020
Walmart Starts Temperature Checks For Staff in Safety Ramp-Up Against Coronavirus
Walmart Inc said on Tuesday it would start taking the temperature of employees and provide them with masks as it addresses growing safety concerns among retail workers laboring through the coronavirus crisis. The retailer, which is the largest employer in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHackers ‘Without Conscience’ Target Health-Care Providers
When hackers broke into computers at Hammersmith Medicines Research, a London-based company that carries out clinical trials for new medicines, it was a nightmare scenario for managing director Malcolm Boyce. The coronavirus crisis was just beginning to take hold in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBarclays Wins Top Court Ruling Over Doctor’s Sex Abuse
Barclays Plc won a Supreme Court ruling over allegations that a doctor sexually assaulted patients while conducting physicals for the bank more than 30 years ago. The court said Barclays wasn’t financially liable for the assaults, which took place from … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreInsurers Back Government Fund for Employers, Workers Hurt by Virus Shutdowns
The property/casualty insurance industry has joined a broad business coalition in supporting and crafting a new federal relief fund for businesses and workers affected by the quarantine and stay-at-home measures necessitated by the coronavirus crisis. The new relief vehicle, the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMain Street Wig Shop Among New Litigants in COVID Claims Battle
As coronavirus spreads across the country, litigation against insurers for denying claims caused by the pandemic is spreading along with it. A group of Chicago businesses and a Houston-area wig store are the latest litigants to press business-interruption claims against … Source: Claims Journal
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