Archive for May 2024

MedRisk is acquiring the Casualty Claims Solutions business from Conduent for $240 million. This business encompasses workers’ compensation and auto casualty bill review services, which include the processing of medical bills and clinical services. The sale consists of Conduent’s workers’ … Source: Claims Journal

The number of wildfires per year is going down, but the increasing size and intensity of the fires is creating more property damage than ever before – in fact, the average fire size has tripled over the past 30 years, … Source: Claims Journal

Uber Technologies Inc. was sued by thousands of London’s black cab drivers in a suit seeking hundreds of million pounds accusing it of unlawfully operating in the capital city. The claim alleges Uber improperly obtained a license to operate in … Source: Claims Journal

A sting operation in Manatee County, Florida, has led to the arrest of 16 men who were working without a contractor’s license and without securing workers’ compensation insurance on their employees. The sting was led by the Manatee Sheriff’s office … Source: Claims Journal

Dozens of Google workers who were fired after internal protests surrounding a lucrative contract that the technology company has with the Israeli government have filed a complaint with labor regulators in an attempt to get their jobs back. The complaint … Source: Claims Journal

RYZE Claim Solutions added Stuart Myers and Christopher Conti to its board of directors. Myers is the former president and chief operating officer for York Insurance Services, which was acquired by American International Group. At AIG, he was senior vice … Source: Claims Journal

Drugmakers GSK Plc and Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH prioritized profits over consumer safety by hiding the cancer risks of their once-blockbuster heartburn drug Zantac, according to lawyers representing a Chicago woman in the first of thousands of such claims to go … Source: Claims Journal

Claims Journal recently reported on a new Ohio State University study, which examines who is at fault when cars hit pedestrians shows that vehicle/pedestrian accidents occur much more frequently in certain environments than in others. The study showed that pedestrians … Source: Claims Journal

Chubb, the insurer of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed in March, is preparing to make a $350 million payout to the state of Maryland, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The payment is expected to be authorized … Source: Claims Journal

Overall opioid utilization is down nearly 10%, and the use of sustained-release opioids dropped by more than 10%, a new report shows. Authors of the report credit efforts by workers’ comp regulators and professionals to control opioid prescriptions and distribution, … Source: Claims Journal