The most popular Off Beat stories of 2018 featured Netflix’s 5-second staring rule, a Kanye West win against Lloyd’s of London, the high cost of insuring Ben Affleck, and more.
1. Netflix views five seconds of staring as sexual harassment
2. Kanye West prevails in lawsuit against Lloyd’s of London
3. Insurance may not be able to save the day for Ben Affleck
4. Missing Oxford comma costs dairy $5 million
5. Magician David Copperfield worried his money will disappear
6. Giants player brought down by comp fraud
7. California dreamin’? Woman suing state over alleged Bigfoot sighting
8. ‘Real housewife’ dishes on life insurance policy on ex-husband
9. Genetic testing kits could affect life insurance
10. Alien-abduction insurance still sells in low-risk Florida
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The most popular stories featured in Business Insurance’s workers compensation newsletters in 2018 included articles about comp insurer AmTrust Financial Services Inc. going private, efforts to protect injured workers from retaliation, the new red flags to detect comp fraud, Uber Technologies Inc.’s comp-like insurance program and how technological and analytic advances are changing the face of the comp industry.