Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Midwest Business Leaders Optimistic Despite Coronavirus: Survey
Jun 4 2020 // Business leaders are optimistic the economy will begin to recover later this year in a nine-state region of the Midwest and Plains despite the ongoing impact of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a monthly survey...
Insurance Survey: How Is Pandemic Affecting Your Life, Your Work, Your Industry?
Jun 4 2020 // No matter where you work in the P/C insurance industry, your experience is important. How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting you now? Going forward? What do you expect to change? When will you be ready to travel? How do...
Amazon Sued Over Warehouses After N.Y. Worker Brings Coronavirus Home
Jun 4 2020 // Amazon.com Inc has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions, causing at least one employee to contract COVID-19, bring it home, and see her cousin die. The...
Another Resident of Wyoming Nursing Home Dies of COVID-19
Jun 3 2020 // A second resident of a Wyoming nursing home has died of the coronavirus. The older man had been hospitalized and was a resident of a Washakie County long-term care facility where testing identified 12 cases among residents...
All Mississippi Businesses Allowed to Reopen Amid Virus
Jun 3 2020 // All types of Mississippi businesses were being allowed to reopen Monday as Gov. Tate Reeves lifted his final orders that had closed them for several weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. The openings were taking place...
Fishing Trawler in Washington Has 86 COVID-19 Cases
Jun 3 2020 // A fishing trawler in Washington state has 86 crew members who tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said. Ship operator American Seafoods said the American Dynasty trawler first docked in Bellingham May 26, The...
COVID-19 Outbreak in Oregon Area Linked to Pear Packer
Jun 3 2020 // Oregon officials disclosed that a Hood River County, Ore. pear-packing company is the site of the latest COVID-19 outbreak connected to the agriculture industry. Six employees of Duckwall Fruit have tested positive for...
UK Brokers Rely on Face-to-Face Meetings, Hampering Client Support During Lockdown
Jun 3 2020 // Brokers have been slow to adopt social media and digital technologies as a whole, which is hampering their ability to keep the clients satisfied during the lockdown, said GlobalData in a report. The entire industry will...
No-Deal Brexit Could Hobble UK’s Recovery from Coronavirus Pandemic
Jun 3 2020 // The threat of a no-deal Brexit is back — and with it the risk that the UK economy’s shaky recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will be hobbled. As British and European Union negotiators head into the last...
French Insurer AXA Plans to Cut Dividend by 50% on COVID-19 Impact
Jun 3 2020 // French insurer AXA plans to cut its dividend to 0.73 euros per share from a planned payout of 1.43 euros, the firm said on Wednesday, in order to preserve cash amid the coronavirus pandemic. AXA added that it could...
How Florida’s Strained Insurance Market is Facing COVID-19, Hurricane Season
Jun 3 2020 // From the threat of insurer ratings downgrades to mounting carrier losses because of excessive litigation to increasing insurance rates, Florida’s insurance market got off to a rocky start in 2020. Then came the...
Insurance Survey: How Is Pandemic Affecting Your Life, Your Work, Your Industry?
Jun 3 2020 // No matter where you work in the P/C insurance industry, your experience is important. How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting you now? Going forward? What do you expect to change? When will you be ready to travel? How do...
Mississippi Establishes Small Business Website for Virus Relief Grants
Jun 2 2020 // Mississippi has established a website where owners of small businesses can soon start applying for grants funded by a federal coronavirus pandemic relief package, Gov. Tate Reeves said Friday. The site –...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Issues Data Call for COVID-19 Injuries
Jun 2 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has issued a mandatory data call for certain information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to selected insurance carriers on or after...
Michigan Orders Auto Insurers to Issue COVID-19 Refunds or Waivers
Jun 2 2020 // Auto insurers in Michigan have been ordered to issue refunds or premium waivers to policyholders due to reduced driving and resulting decrease in risk to insurers brought on by the stay at home orders related to the...
Big Publishers Sue Digital ‘Emergency Library’ Offering Free Books During Coronavirus
Jun 2 2020 // Four of the country’s biggest publishers have sued a digital library for copyright infringement, alleging that the Internet Archive has illegally offered more than a million scanned works to the public, including...
Nevada Property Manager Paying $300K in Virus Eviction Ban Lawsuit
Jun 2 2020 // A Nevada-based property management company that issued eviction notices to tenants in Tacoma during the coronavirus pandemic has agreed to pay nearly $350,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed by Washington state Attorney General...
States Adding Laws to Shield Businesses From Liability for Coronavirus Claims
Jun 2 2020 // Four states have passed laws that grant businesses immunity from civil liability for claims relating to COVID-19, while legislation in at least three other states is advancing. The bills signed into law by the governors of...
How COVID-19 Court Lockdowns May Turn the Social Inflation Tide
Jun 2 2020 // Defense attorney Ellen Greiper reported receiving more than the usual number of phone calls from plaintiffs attorneys earlier this month, suggesting that the call dynamics could be signaling a COVID-driven change in social...
Insurance Survey Asks: How Is Pandemic Affecting Your Life, Your Work, Your Industry?
Jun 2 2020 // How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting you and your work? Now and going forward? No matter where you work in the P/C insurance industry, your experience is important. Learn how your experience compares with that of your...
