Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Jersey Urges Vigilance as Data Breaches, Online Threats Rise During Pandemic
Oct 12 2020 // As October’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is underway, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal warned residents of the state that data breaches, internet fraud and online threats are on the rise. With...
Lloyd’s Reviews Product Design of Insurance Contracts in Response to COVID-19
Oct 12 2020 // Lloyd’s of London is reviewing the way insurance products are designed and sold as it calls for simpler products in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the commercial insurance market said on Monday. Insurers have...
Insurers Remain Unfazed by Risks of Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Vaccine
Oct 12 2020 // The world is racing towards a vaccine in record time, stirring public concerns about safety to the extent that nine leading developers have felt compelled to issue a pledge to uphold scientific standards and testing...
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Hit with Shareholder Lawsuit Over Coronavirus
Oct 9 2020 // A Palm Beach County, Florida city’s retirement plan is suing a cruise ship company for allegedly misleading it and other shareholders over the financial impact of the coronavirus on its business. The securities...
How Pandemic, Contracts Focus Intellectual Property Insurance on Intangible Assets
Oct 9 2020 // The demand for intellectual property (IP) cover has been increasing year on year as businesses become more aware of the threat not only to their own IP, but also the potential that they may face a claim of infringement by...
Firms’ Employee Benefit Offerings Reflect Pandemic-Reshuffled Priorities
Oct 9 2020 // During the past year, there is a good chance that you and your priorities changed significantly. The things you used to think were important are not so important anymore. And issues you did not even think about before are...
How Coronavirus Is Changing Claims, Risks, Work, Habits, Supply Chains and More
Oct 7 2020 // The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic as an economic loss events is unprecedented for companies and insurers alike and claims trends and risk exposures are likely to evolve in both the mid- and long-term as a result of...
Children of Deceased Tyson Worker in Iowa Allege Lax COVID-19 Safety
Oct 7 2020 // The children of a Tyson Foods worker who died of the coronavirus in April have filed a lawsuit claiming his plant took few safety precautions before he and others became infected in Iowa’s first major outbreak. Pedro...
North Carolina Sets Oct. 31 Continuing Education Deadline After COVID Delay
Oct 7 2020 // All licensed insurance producers and adjusters operating in North Carolina with a continuing education compliance period that ended in February, March, April, May and June 2020 must complete the state mandated CE...
Hollywood’s Insurer Braces for Claims Due to COVID-Related Movie, TV Shutdowns
Oct 6 2020 // Allianz SE, Europe’s largest insurer, is bracing for a flood of claims after movie and television studios were forced to curtail production during lockdown. A unit of Allianz, which says it’s the largest...
Allianz CEO Cautions European Governments on Spending for Coronavirus Recovery
Oct 6 2020 // Allianz CEO Oliver Baete said on Tuesday that European governments needed to be careful about spending record amounts on the COVID-19 crisis as many ordinary people would be angry when they were handed such a vast...
Georgia Extends Virus State of Emergency Until November
Oct 5 2020 // Georgia’s governor extended his emergency rules regarding COVID-19 again Wednesday as the state surpassed 7,000 deaths from the respiratory illness. Gov. Brian Kemp extended the underlying state of emergency that...
Pandemic Economic Uncertainty Could See Insurers Buying, Partnering with Insurtechs
Oct 5 2020 // Insurance carriers could increasingly target insurtechs for acquisition and partnerships in the coming months due to pandemic-related economic uncertainty, according to a report. “As insurers move toward late 2020...
Arkansas Elementary School Teacher Dies From Coronavirus
Oct 5 2020 // An Arkansas teacher died from COVID-19, her husband said Friday, the second coronavirus death from the state’s public schools this week. Susanne Michael, 47, an elementary school teacher from Harrisburg, died...
Illinois Topped 300,000 Coronavirus Cases, Adds 31 Deaths
Oct 5 2020 // Illinois topped 300,000 confirmed coronavirus infections since the pandemic hit the state about seven months ago, state health officials said over the weekend. The Illinois Department of Public Health has recorded 300,088...
Michigan Governor’s Coronavirus Powers Upended After Court Ruling
Oct 5 2020 // A 1945 law repeatedly used by Gov. Gretcher Whitmer to respond to the coronavirus pandemic was declared unconstitutional Friday by the Michigan Supreme Court, a striking decision that puts months of restrictions in...
Insurers Gain Early Wins in COVID-19 Business Interruption Lawsuits
Oct 5 2020 // Insurers have succeeded in dismissing COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuits in 17 out of 23 cases heard so far, with a growing number of judges finding that some tangible alteration of a property is required to trigger...
Alabama Insurance Dept. Makes COVID-Related Producer Licensing Modifications
Oct 5 2020 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has issued a bulletin providing information and directives regarding current deadlines/requirements in the Producer Licensing Division related to the COVID-19 emergency. The Oct. 1, 2020...
COVID-19: No One Avoids the Impact
Oct 5 2020 // Workers’ Compensation Premiums Down 8% in First Half of 2020 Prior to discussing the results of our review of aggregate workers’ compensation insurance written in the U.S. during the first half of 2020 versus...
Plaintiffs Win One, Lose One in COVID-19 BI Legal Fight
Oct 5 2020 // A federal judge in Florida late last month denied an insurer’s petition to dismiss a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit, while a federal magistrate judge in California threw out a similar claim. Both lawsuits...
