Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
EPL Exposures Redefined Post Pandemic: PLUS Panel
Dec 13 2022 // Post-Covid changes in the workplace have created a slew of new issues and exposures for employers. From the changing attitudes toward job flexibility and accommodations to the need for employee training to prevent...
Insurer Liable for COVID Shutdown of Tina Turner Play, New York Appellate Court Rules
Dec 9 2022 // Producers of a Broadway play based on the life of pop star Tina Turner, which was shut down because of COVID-19, may pursue its business-interruption claim despite a communicable disease exclusion in the policy, a New York...
AmTrust: Mental Stress, Other Restaurant Injuries Up Since COVID
Dec 8 2022 // According to a new report by AmTrust Financial Services, while overall restaurant injuries are down, specific injuries, including crushing, fainting, inflammation, strains and mental stress, are up significantly compared...
Texas Dept. of Insurance Extends COVID Data Call
Dec 7 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced it has extended its mandatory data call through December 2022 for certain information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to...
COVID Infections Boost Heart-Related Deaths, Top Africa Health Insurer Says
Dec 7 2022 // Africa’s biggest health insurer said the number of heart-related deaths rose more than sixfold during the COVID-19 pandemic among the clients of one of its units. Discovery Employee Benefits, a unit of...
Louisiana Court to Hear Appeal of Rare Policyholder Victory in COVID Claim
Dec 5 2022 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to review an appellate court decision that found the COVID virus caused a direct physical loss that was covered by insurance. The Louisiana high court announced that it will take up...
What to Watch In Healthcare D&O, EPLI Post-COVID
Dec 5 2022 // The dark days of the pandemic are finally easing for the healthcare industry, bringing much needed insurance capacity back for directors and officers (D&O) and employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) coverage...
State Court Splits on COVID Coverage: Yes on Dentist, No on Tavern
Dec 1 2022 // A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled Wednesday that a dental practice was entitled to coverage for income lost because of the state’s COVID-19 shutdown, but a tavern was not. Policy language made all the difference...
FEMA COVID-19 Reimbursement Surpasses $4 Billion in Mid-Atlantic States
Dec 1 2022 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided more than $4 billion to the Mid-Atlantic region for costs related to protecting the public from COVID-19. The federal funding reimbursed communities for costs associated...
La. Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Rare Policyholder Victory in COVID Claim
Nov 30 2022 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to review an appellate court decision that found the COVID virus caused a direct physical loss that was covered by insurance. The Louisiana high court announced Tuesday that it will...
Louisiana Court to Hear Appeal of Rare Policyholder Victory in COVID Claim
Nov 23 2022 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to review an appellate court decision that found the COVID virus caused a direct physical loss that was covered by insurance. The Louisiana high court announced Tuesday that it will...
U.S. Supreme Court Rebuffs Dispute Over Nursing Home COVID Suits
Nov 22 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear California nursing home operator Glenhaven Healthcare’s bid to avoid a lawsuit filed in state court over the COVID-19 death of a resident, turning away the...
Judge Approves $56M Settlement Over COVID Deaths in Veterans’ Home in Massachusetts
Nov 16 2022 // A federal judge in Springfield has given the green light to a $56 million settlement between the state of Massachusetts and families of 76 veterans who died from COVID-19 while living in the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in...
NCCI: Almost One Quarter of COVID Claimants Suffer Prolonged Symptoms
Nov 7 2022 // Nearly a quarter of workers’ compensation claimants who were treated for COVID-19 experienced persistent symptoms or a relapse months later, according to a new study by the National Council on Compensation...
Court Dismisses 32 COVID-19 Business Insurance Cases Against Erie Insurance
Nov 7 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed 32 lawsuits over COVID-19 business interruption insurance claims against Erie Insurance, concluding the claimants failed to “plausibly plead” that they are entitled to coverage...
Study Traces COVID-19 Impact on New York Workers’ Compensation Claims
Oct 21 2022 // During the height of the pandemic, New York workers’ compensation indemnity payments increased while medical payments decreased. That’s according to a new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute...
NCCI: Almost One Quarter of COVID Claimants Suffer Prolonged Symptoms
Oct 21 2022 // Nearly a quarter of workers’ compensation claimants who were treated for COVID-19 experienced persistent symptoms or a relapse months later, according to a new study by the National Council on Compensation...
Taiwan’s Watchdog Says Insurers Have Enough Capital to Withstand COVID Claim Surge
Oct 21 2022 // Taiwan’s insurance industry has buffered itself against surging COVID claims after raising capital, the head of the island’s market regulator said. The property insurance companies have no problems fulfilling...
Climate Concern Dropped Amid the Pandemic, but Not for Everyone
Oct 20 2022 // Evidently, climate concern dropped last year. A new Gallup World Risk Poll shows fewer than half of those questioned said climate change poses a “very serious threat” to their nations in the next 20 years. It...
Amazon Workers in New York City Win Partial Revival of COVID-19 Safety Lawsuit
Oct 20 2022 // Amazon.com Inc. must face a claim that it failed to protect New York City warehouse workers and their families from COVID-19, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday while dismissing the bulk of the workers’ 2020...
