Insurers Pressured to Be Part of COVID-19 Business Solution
Lawmakers, insureds looking for help wherever they can get it.
Working from Home Creates New Cyber Risks
Huge problem: employees using own equipment.
- Restaurateur Sues The Hartford, Seeking Coverage for Coronavirus Business Interruption
- Employers Deploy Spy Software to Monitor At-Home Workers
- Commentary: Does Business Income Insurance Cover Coronavirus Shutdowns?
- Demotech Affirms Ratings of 37 Florida Insurers; Still Reviewing Others
- Lloyd’s Faces COVID-19 Claims from Multiple Insurance Lines, Says CEO Neal
- U.S. Lawsuit Wants China to Pay for Business Income Losses from Coronavirus
- New York Court Rules Gig Drivers Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Benefits
- Owner of WWII-Era Bomber Banned from Carrying Passengers After Connecticut Crash
- Judge Declines to Dismiss Class-Action Suit Against New Hampshire Gun Manufacturer
- Massachusetts Contractor to Pay for Clean-Up Costs Following Chemical Explosion
- Willis Re Appoints Melanson as SVP, Health Practice Leader in Massachusetts
- Freeborn & Peters LLP Hires Gould in Virginia
- Restaurateur Sues The Hartford, Seeking Coverage for Coronavirus Business Interruption
- California Commissioner Wants Data on Business Interruption Coverage
- PG&E’s Falling Stock Price Worries California Wildfire Victims Eyeing Deal
- Washington State Asks Insurers to Extend Coverage to Delivery Drivers
- Tech Issues Hampered Information on Tsunami Watch for Hawaii
- Just in California Announces Telematics Product for Low-Income Drivers
- Demotech Affirms Ratings of 37 Florida Insurers; Still Reviewing Others
- North Carolina, Georgia Regulators: Insurance Is Essential Business
- Florida Declared Federal Disaster Due to Virus
- West Virginia Nursing Home Now ‘Ground Zero’ for Virus
- Florida Insurers Omega, Tower Hill Select to Merge into Tower Hill Signature
- Florida Regulator Outlines How Industry Can Help Insureds During COVID-19 Response
- World Insurance Associates Acquires Texas’ TAB Insurance Agency
- Oklahoma to Issue Temporary New Licenses for Insurance Producers, Adjusters
- Federal Disaster Declaration Approved for Louisiana Due to COVID-19
- Oklahoma Commissioner: Allstate Eases Personal Auto Terms for Delivery Drivers
- Hamilton Named Partner at Hotchkiss Insurance in Texas
- Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Postpones Launch of New Online Filing System
- Ohio Workers’ Comp Insurance Provider OKs Deferred Premium Payments
- AM Best: Outlooks Negative for Wisconsin’s McMillan Warner Mutual Insurance
- Ferguson Settles Lawsuit Over Court Fees Deemed Discriminatory for $1.7M
- In Suit, Nurse Says Chicago Hospital Fired Her for Warning About Masks
- Favorable Flood Forecast Offers Relief to Parts of Minnesota
- Man Dies in Accident at Tyson Meats Plant in Kansas
National News
- Employers Deploy Spy Software to Monitor At-Home Workers
- Restaurateur Sues The Hartford, Seeking Coverage for Coronavirus Business Interruption
- Chubb Investigating Possible Cyber Attack; Says Network Unaffected
- Lloyd’s Faces COVID-19 Claims from Multiple Insurance Lines, Says CEO Neal
- Aetna Waiving Patient Co-Pays for Coronavirus Hospital Stays
- Home Health Providers at ‘Breaking Point’ as Coronavirus Ups Demand, Saps Supplies
East News
- New York Court Rules Gig Drivers Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Benefits
- Owner of WWII-Era Bomber Banned from Carrying Passengers After Connecticut Crash
- Judge Declines to Dismiss Class-Action Suit Against New Hampshire Gun Manufacturer
- Massachusetts Contractor to Pay for Clean-Up Costs Following Chemical Explosion
- Willis Re Appoints Melanson as SVP, Health Practice Leader in Massachusetts
- Freeborn & Peters LLP Hires Gould in Virginia
Midwest News
- Ohio Workers’ Comp Insurance Provider OKs Deferred Premium Payments
- AM Best: Outlooks Negative for Wisconsin’s McMillan Warner Mutual Insurance
- Ferguson Settles Lawsuit Over Court Fees Deemed Discriminatory for $1.7M
- In Suit, Nurse Says Chicago Hospital Fired Her for Warning About Masks
- Favorable Flood Forecast Offers Relief to Parts of Minnesota
- Man Dies in Accident at Tyson Meats Plant in Kansas
Coronavirus Impact on Workers' Comp Is Limited
But some healthcare and other workers may be covered.
Texas / South Central News
- World Insurance Associates Acquires Texas’ TAB Insurance Agency
- Oklahoma to Issue Temporary New Licenses for Insurance Producers, Adjusters
- Federal Disaster Declaration Approved for Louisiana Due to COVID-19
- Oklahoma Commissioner: Allstate Eases Personal Auto Terms for Delivery Drivers
- Hamilton Named Partner at Hotchkiss Insurance in Texas
- Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Postpones Launch of New Online Filing System
Southeast News
- Demotech Affirms Ratings of 37 Florida Insurers; Still Reviewing Others
- North Carolina, Georgia Regulators: Insurance Is Essential Business
- Florida Declared Federal Disaster Due to Virus
- West Virginia Nursing Home Now ‘Ground Zero’ for Virus
- Florida Insurers Omega, Tower Hill Select to Merge into Tower Hill Signature
- Florida Regulator Outlines How Industry Can Help Insureds During COVID-19 Response
High School Program Eyes Apprenticeships for Agencies
Help for industry needing to fill 400,000 jobs over next decade.
West News
- Restaurateur Sues The Hartford, Seeking Coverage for Coronavirus Business Interruption
- California Commissioner Wants Data on Business Interruption Coverage
- PG&E’s Falling Stock Price Worries California Wildfire Victims Eyeing Deal
- Washington State Asks Insurers to Extend Coverage to Delivery Drivers
- Tech Issues Hampered Information on Tsunami Watch for Hawaii
- Just in California Announces Telematics Product for Low-Income Drivers
International News
- Lloyd’s Faces COVID-19 Claims from Multiple Insurance Lines, Says CEO Neal
- COVID-19 Quarantined Doctors Turn to Telemedicine to Keep Seeing Patients
- China’s Factories Hit with 2nd Blow from Coronavirus as External Demand Drops
- Blenheim Gets Initial Approval from Lloyd’s to Launch New Managing Agency
- Former Lloyd’s CEO Beale to Become Chair of South Africa’s Mediclinic
- Lloyd’s Returns to Profit, Says in ‘Strong Position’ to Respond to COVID-19
Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns
- We Oppose Nearly Every Government Insurance Program. We Could Support One for Pandemics.
- Coronavirus and the CGL
- Guest Post: The Insurance Professional’s Guide to Depositions, Part 1 – What to Expect in a Deposition
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): Does Business Income Respond?
- Coronavirus and the Auto Exposure
- COVID-19 Should Force Rethink of Wisdom of Monopoly State Funds
