Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Different Federal, State Rules Confuse Employers Seeking COVID Vaccine for Workers
Dec 22 2020 // U.S. companies and industry groups trying to move their workers to the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine remain confused about conflicting state and local guidelines on how shots will be administered and to which...
Walgreens, CVS Lead COVID-19 Vaccination Drive for Nursing Homes
Dec 21 2020 // The U.S. government and two of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains kick off a nationwide campaign to vaccinate nursing home residents against COVID-19 on Monday, a week after the first vaccines authorized in the...
Many Nations Close Borders to British Travelers over Fears of New Coronavirus Strain
Dec 21 2020 // DOVER, England – A slew of countries closed their borders to Britain on Monday over fears of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, heightening global panic, causing travel chaos and raising the prospect of UK food...
COVID, Economy, Social Inflation Warrant Negative Commercial Lines Outlook: A.M. Best
Dec 21 2020 // U.S. commercial lines insurers will continue to be tarnished by an A.M. Best negative outlook, thanks to COVID-19 economic uncertainty, social inflation and other challenges. A.M. Best first revised its outlook for the...
Workers With Second Jobs May Be Factor in Nursing Home COVID Risk: Study
Dec 21 2020 // Nurses and other long-term care workers in nursing homes who hold multiple jobs may be one of the factors contributing to the spread of COVID-19 in these facilities. According to a new study published in Medical Care...
Expansion of Workers’ Comp for COVID-19 Created Narrow Benefit in 6 States
Dec 21 2020 // While at least 17 states have passed laws or issued orders that expanded access to workers’ compensation benefits for employees who contract COVID-19, many of those directives are creating new exposure for only a...
How One MGA Is Helping Nonprofits Manage a Tough COVID-19 Year
Dec 21 2020 // When he started building Convelo Insurance Group, founder and CEO Josh Lamberg likely never imagined that the managing general agency (MGA) would be just about two years old when a pandemic hit. “This is the most...
NIIC Fundraising for City of Hope Persisted Through Pandemic
Dec 21 2020 // Among the things that have become difficult in a year that has been marred by COVID-19, one key problem would seem to be fundraising, since in-person events have been quashed and the economy has been in the dumps. Overall,...
Sales Management & Producer Goals During COVID-19
Dec 21 2020 // Every insurance agency client we have today is seeing producers struggling with new production because of COVID-19 restrictions. They are used to cold calling and getting in front of prospects and that has been difficult,...
COVID-19 Fuels Abandonment of Ships – and Their Cargoes and Crews
Dec 18 2020 // From the deck of their tanker, Captain Samig Nabiyev and his crew could see the smoke and fire rising over the Port of Beirut, 900 meters away. When the flaming warehouse exploded, the force of the blast knocked Nabiyev...
Federal Court Advances COVID-19 Business Income Suit Despite Virus Exclusion
Dec 18 2020 // A federal district court in Virginia has ruled that a spa’s COVID-19-related business income loss lawsuit can move forward despite a virus exclusion in its insurance policy. The United States District Court for the...
From Insurers to Landlords, Retailers to Restaurants, COVID Reshapes Economies
Dec 18 2020 // It would be just a temporary precaution. When the viral pandemic erupted in March, employees of the small digital insurance firm Thimble fled their Manhattan offices. CEO Jay Bregman planned to call them back soon — as...
SEC Lawsuit Alleges Biotech Firm, CEO Misled Investors About COVID-19 Tests
Dec 18 2020 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Decision Diagnostics Corp. and its chief executive for allegedly misleading investors by promising the biotechnology company could test for COVID-19 with a finger-prick of...
Judgment in UK COVID Business Interruption Appeal Will Be Handed Down in January
Dec 18 2020 // LONDON – There will be no judgment in an appeal over business interruption insurance this year, Britain’s markets watchdog said on Tuesday, dashing hopes of an early outcome in a case that could affect billions of...
S. African Insurer Guardrisk Will Not Challenge Court Ruling on COVID-19 Claims
Dec 18 2020 // JOHANNESBURG – South African insurer Guardrisk will not further challenge a court process that has found it liable to pay clients’ rejected coronavirus-related claims, it said late on Thursday. Guardrisk, the...
Climate Change Poses Much Greater Existential Risk for the World Than COVID-19
Dec 18 2020 // Similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change ultimately will be managed by “bending the curve” of temperature rises and greenhouse gas emissions, according to Rowan Douglas, Head of Climate and Resilience...
COVID Vaccine Rollout Spurs Demand for Extra Insurance Coverage
Dec 18 2020 // LONDON – Speedy global delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by air and sea in ultra cold conditions will lead to a jump in cargo insurance rates and spur demand for new areas of coverage, leaving underwriters on high...
Origami Risk Tools Track COVID-19 Vaccinations, Outbreaks
Dec 18 2020 // Origami Risk, a risk, safety and insurance software as a service (SaaS) technology firm, has developed new online tools for healthcare providers, nursing homes and employers in all sectors to track employee COVID-19...
Report: Despite Pandemic-Driven Emission Redux, We’re Headed to 3-Degrees Warming
Dec 17 2020 // A new report finds that despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century, a mark that is well beyond the Paris...
Storm Lake, Iowa, Tyson Plant Sued Over Worker’s COVID-19 Death
Dec 17 2020 // The family of a man who died from COVID-19 while working at a Tyson pork plant in Storm Lake, Iowa, has filed a lawsuit accusing the company and several plant executives of gross negligence. Michael Everhard, 65, of Fonda,...
