Labor Spreads Lies That Insurers Aren't Paying COVID Claims, Insurance Exec Says

Insurance carrier representatives at a national conference Thursday accused organized labor and claimants' attorneys of spreading misleading information about the number of COVID-19 workers' compensation claims that have been denied by insurers. “Quite frankly, COVID and COVID claims continue to be a huge disinformation campaign on the part of labor unions,” Mark Walls, vice president of communications and strategic analysis at Safety National Insurance, said at the Southern Association of Workers' Compensation Administrators annual conference. “Th...