Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
First Coronavirus Business Interruption Trial Gets Underway
Dec 17 2020 // The owners of a restaurant in the heart of the New Orleans French Quarter are asking a Louisiana judge to order some Lloyd’s of London insurers to cover losses from the Covid-19 outbreak — the first of a...
South Africa Court Dismisses Insurer Guardrisk’s Appeal in Coronavirus Claims Case
Dec 17 2020 // JOHANNESBURG – A South African court on Thursday dismissed insurer Guardrisk’s appeal against a previous ruling that found it was liable pay a Cape Town cafe’s rejected coronavirus claim. Like other insurers...
North Carolina Labor Chief Faces Backlash Over Response to New COVID Rules
Dec 17 2020 // North Carolina worker and civil rights advocates are unhappy with the outgoing state labor commissioner’s refusal to put more regulations upon employers they say will protect employees from COVID-19. Representatives...
Tyson Fires 7 Managers at Iowa Plant Over Betting on COVID-19 Cases
Dec 17 2020 // Tyson Foods Inc. said on Wednesday it had fired seven managers at an Iowa pork plant after investigating allegations that they took bets on how many employees would catch COVID-19. The independent investigation, led by...
EEOC Releases Updated Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccinations and Employment Laws
Dec 16 2020 // The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released updated guidance on the responsibilities and rights of employers and employees related to the COVID-19 vaccine, including in cases where employers require...
Don’t Force Employees to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine: Viewpoint
Dec 16 2020 // Here’s a question we’re sure to see in the courts before long: What if your employer mandates a Covid-19 vaccination and you’d rather not take it? President-elect Joe Biden might insist that he has no...
Directors & Officers Risk Landscape Shaped by Insolvencies, COVID, Activism: Allianz
Dec 16 2020 // While the COVID-19 pandemic presents risks for directors and officers (D&O), it is far from the only force these insureds and their insurers will be dealing with in the year ahead. Rising insolvency exposures, growing...
Top Performing Auto Insurers During COVID and What’s Driving Customer Behavior
Dec 16 2020 // Spurred by a combination of financial hardship, a decrease in miles driven and a general lack of awareness of the historic relief efforts the industry initiated in 2020, auto insurance customer loyalty has given way to a...
Joint Louisiana Insurance Committees to Hear About Hurricane Claims, Pandemic
Dec 15 2020 // The insurance committees of the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives will hear about the impact of multiple 2020 hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic on insurance rates in a joint meeting on Dec. 16. Presenters...
FDA Appears Close to Approving ‘Highly Effective’ Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
Dec 15 2020 // Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to be set for regulatory authorization this week after U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff members did not raise any major new concerns about it in documents released on...
Lloyd’s, Insurtech Parsyl Launch Insurance Facility for COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments
Dec 15 2020 // Lloyd’s and insurtech start-up Parsyl Inc. announced the launch of the Global Health Risk Facility (GHRF), which will provide billions of dollars of insurance coverage, together with risk mitigation services, to help...
Insurers, Regulators Warn About Safety of Jets Reactivated After Pandemic Storage
Dec 15 2020 // SYDNEY – Regulators, insurers and experts are warning airlines to take extra care when reactivating planes left in extended storage during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing potential pilot rustiness, maintenance errors and...
Bipartisan COVID-19 Plan Helps Businesses, Unemployed; Splits State Aid, Liability Shield
Dec 15 2020 // A bipartisan group of lawmakers released proposed Covid-19 relief legislation that may provide momentum for breaking a months-long impasse, by separating out coronavirus liability protections and state aid — the two...
California Seeks Court Help With Investigation of Amazon Coronavirus Policies
Dec 15 2020 // California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday petitioned a court to force Amazon.com Inc. to comply with outstanding subpoenas over a state investigation into its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The petition,...
Kansas Fitness Studio Sues State Over COVID-19 Restrictions, Losses
Dec 14 2020 // A Wichita fitness studio’s owner and his business are suing Kansas for compensation for being forced to shut down and reopen with restrictions this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that the state...
Impact of Coronavirus on U.S. Economy Could Be $3-$5 Trillion Over 2 Years: USC Study
Dec 14 2020 // The COVID-19 pandemic could result in net losses from $3.2 trillion and up to $4.8 trillion in U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) over the course of two years, a new University of Southern California (USC) study...
Bipartisan COVID Relief Plan Expected to Put State Aid, Liability Shield in Separate Bill
Dec 13 2020 // Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed developments on federal funding, including pandemic relief, during a roughly half-hour phone call on Sunday and agreed to speak again on Monday,...
Students Seek Refund of Tuition, Fees from Georgia’s University System Amid Pandemic
Dec 11 2020 // Students who took online classes at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology due to the pandemic are now seeking a return of some tuition and fees. The students filed two class-action lawsuits this...
Global Banks Battle COVID-19 Crime Wave
Dec 11 2020 // LONDON — Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March heralded a new era, of tackling criminals seeking to cash in on coronavirus. A...
FDA Expected to Quickly Approve Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine
Dec 11 2020 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was working rapidly to issue an emergency use authorization for Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine, with the first Americans set to be immunized as early as Monday...