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07 January 2025 - by Christine M. Fleming, Travis J. Grulkowski, Alex York
Amid new regulations from the Department of Labor, federal black lung liabilities – which are complex and often unpredictable – present unique and challenging opportunities for transactions.
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23 May 2022 - by Travis J. Grulkowski, Christine M. Fleming, Alex York, Sam Sager, Brekk Hayward, Joseph R. Michels
Federal black lung claims differ from other workers’ comp due to multiple potential payers, complex adjudication, much longer reporting and payment lags.
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04 March 2022 - by Alex York, Christine M. Fleming
One in 10 underground coal miners who worked for at least 25 years have black lung disease, according to National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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03 September 2020 - by Christine M. Fleming, Travis J. Grulkowski
The unusual liabilities of black lung require actuarial and case reserving models that are truly unique.
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06 May 2020 - by Christine M. Fleming, Travis J. Grulkowski
Black lung disease presents a significant, long-term liability exposure for coal companies, risk pools, and governments, as Milliman consultants Christine Fleming and Travis Grulkowski discuss in this episode of Critical Point.
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09 April 2020 - by Adam Blais, Christine M. Fleming
The COVID-19 pandemic is raising many questions regarding what is a compensable workers’ compensation claim.
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30 November 2018 - by Christine M. Fleming, Nina Plail
Milliman’s Christine Fleming and Nina Plail discuss how insurtech is transforming claims management in the trucking industry for both companies and consumers.
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02 March 2016 - by Christine M. Fleming
The number of obese people in the United States is getting higher, and the proportion of obese and overweight workers filing workers' compensation claims is very high.
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03 September 2014 - by Christine M. Fleming
Even a “claims-made” pollution liability policy may not prevent disputes and litigation.
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23 June 2014 - by Christine M. Fleming
Commercial general liability policies may be triggered by abuse settlements, though these policies were probably not written with such damages in mind.