Insurance Journal The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt by the insurance industry and its customers well into 2021 as consumers and businesses continue to face economic challenges, according to a new survey by consumer credit reporting firm TransUnion. Insurance customers will also expect insurers to offer digital tools that make it easier… Continue reading 3 Ways COVID-19 Will Continue to Impact Insurance Industry in 2021
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The Altered Landscape of Mediation
Rebekah Ratliff | The CLM COVID-19 is driving change. Why some of it may be here to stay As claims professionals, we start the dispute-resolution process by adjusting losses. We consider the insurance policy contract as well as state and federal laws when making decisions on what is owed and all factors that influence settlement.… Continue reading The Altered Landscape of Mediation
Post-Covid Projects “Restarts”: Contractors Caught Between A Rock & A Hard Place?
Robert Fryman | Moritt Hock & Hamroff Even after New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s New York “PAUSE” program was replaced by the New York “FORWARD” program and its related executive orders (permitting both essential and non-essential projects to resume), many public and private improvement construction projects remained suspended. Now, more than six months after implementation… Continue reading Post-Covid Projects “Restarts”: Contractors Caught Between A Rock & A Hard Place?
The Pandemic May Be in Its Ninth Month, But Your Construction Contract Should Still Address COVID-19 Head On
Andrew R. Schindler and Ari C. Shapiro | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani Every construction contract MUST address COVID-19. Period. Full Stop. The virus impacts construction projects in several ways, just as it affects our daily lives in a myriad of ways. Regulations at the local, state, and federal levels—including workplace restrictions and total shutdowns—COVID-related materials… Continue reading The Pandemic May Be in Its Ninth Month, But Your Construction Contract Should Still Address COVID-19 Head On
How Will Today’s Pandemic Impact Tomorrow’s Construction Contracts?
Levi W. Barrett, Nathan A. Cohen and Mark A. Snyder | Peckar & Abramson The emergence of COVID-19 has created a new set of challenges in the already complex world of negotiating construction contracts. In the pre-COVID-19 era, general contractors, construction managers and those negotiating on their behalf, needed to balance a variety of fairly… Continue reading How Will Today’s Pandemic Impact Tomorrow’s Construction Contracts?