Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Lawmakers Call for First Responder Workers’ Comp Coverage for COVID-19
Mar 30 2020 // A group of Republican lawmakers from the Oklahoma House of Representatives are asking the Oklahoma Municipal League (OML), Oklahoma Municipal Assurance Group (OMAG), CompSource Oklahoma and self-funded municipalities to...
P/C Insurers Put a Price Tag on Uncovered Coronavirus Business Interruption Losses
Mar 30 2020 // The property/casualty industry estimates that business interruption losses from the coronavirus just for small businesses in the U.S. could be between $220-$383 billion per month — or a quarter to half of the total...
The Longer Coronavirus Crisis Lasts, the More Uncertain Is P/C Insurance Outlook
Mar 30 2020 // North American property/casualty insurers reported improved 2019 operating performance, but near-term performance will likely be more challenging with the onset of coronavirus and the resulting economic impact, according...
Ohio Bill Would Expand Business Interruption Coverage During COVID-19 Emergency
Mar 30 2020 // Two Democratic state representatives in Ohio have filed a bill in the General Assembly that would require insurers that provide business interruption insurance to cover losses that arise from viruses and pandemics,...
How Coronavirus Crisis Has Changed Underwriting at Lloyd’s of London
Mar 30 2020 // Thousands of London’s underwriters took their stamps and fountain pens home last week, which they use to sign insurance contracts, but they won’t need them. Working at home due to the coronavirus lockdown, they...
Restaurateur Sues The Hartford, Seeking Coverage for Coronavirus Business Interruption
Mar 27 2020 // A well-known California restaurateur has filed a lawsuit against a unit of The Hartford, seeking a declaration that the owner’s commercial insurance policy covers losses caused by a statewide business shutdown...
Federal Disaster Declaration Approved for Louisiana Due to COVID-19
Mar 27 2020 // President Donald Trump has granted a federal disaster declaration in Louisiana and ordered assistance to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by COVID-19. Louisiana’s governor asked the White House to...
Florida Declared Federal Disaster Due to Virus
Mar 27 2020 // President Donald Trump declared Florida a disaster area Wednesday because of the new coronavirus outbreak, while another of the state’s largest metropolitan areas moved toward a near-shutdown. The president acted a...
Aetna Waiving Patient Co-Pays for Coronavirus Hospital Stays
Mar 27 2020 // One of the nation’s biggest health insurers is waiving patient payments for hospital stays tied to the coronavirus. CVS Health’s insurer Aetna said Wednesday that many of its customers will not have to make...
Lloyd’s Faces COVID-19 Claims from Multiple Insurance Lines, Says CEO Neal
Mar 27 2020 // Lloyd’s insurers face COVID-19 related claims from approximately 14 categories of insurance, said Chief Executive Officer John Neal during a media call to discuss the market’s 2019 results. Neal said it is too...
China’s Factories Hit with 2nd Blow from Coronavirus as External Demand Drops
Mar 27 2020 // Since last week, emails from foreign clients have been flooding into export manager Grace Gao’s in-box, asking to delay orders already made, putting goods ready to be shipped on hold until further notice, or asking...
COVID-19 Quarantined Doctors Turn to Telemedicine to Keep Seeing Patients
Mar 27 2020 // Marie-Pascale Schuller started feeling sick last week. The 57-year-old doctor specializes in respiratory illnesses, and she had a strong suspicion as to what her fever, cough and aches meant. She wanted to keep seeing...
West Virginia Nursing Home Now ‘Ground Zero’ for Virus
Mar 27 2020 // A West Virginia nursing home with at least 20 coronavirus cases has become “ground zero” for the state’s growing virus caseload, officials said Wednesday. Carl Shrader, medical director for the Sundale...
Home Health Providers at ‘Breaking Point’ as Coronavirus Ups Demand, Saps Supplies
Mar 27 2020 // Home healthcare providers, the lifelines to 12 million vulnerable Americans, are scrambling to decide how to serve patients who show symptoms of coronavirus — and how to ensure that the providers themselves neither...
Disaster Aid Available for Tennessee Small Businesses Affected by Virus Outbreak
Mar 26 2020 // Tennessee small businesses that have been economically harmed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak can apply for U.S. Small Business Administration disaster loans, the state said. Small businesses and nonprofit...
Oil Industry Seeks Easing of Environmental Regulation During Pandemic
Mar 26 2020 // The Environmental Protection Agency said this week that it’s reviewing a request from the oil and gas industry to ease enforcement of hazardous air and water pollution and other regulatory issues during the...
Boeing Suspending Production in Seattle over Virus
Mar 26 2020 // Boeing will suspend operations at its Seattle area facilities due to the spread of coronavirus, idling tens of thousands of aerospace workers, the company said Monday. At least 110 people have died from COVID-19 in...
U.S. Lawsuit Wants China to Pay for Business Income Losses from Coronavirus
Mar 26 2020 // An attorney who represented victims of the Las Vegas shooting massacre has filed a federal lawsuit against China’s government over the new coronavirus, saying that officials hid information about the outbreak and...
Pandemic Hampers World’s Weather Forecasts with Halting of Commercial Flights
Mar 26 2020 // The pandemic that has idled scores of commercial flights is having a little-noticed consequence for meteorologists, whose forecasts rely in part on data collected from planes. That means a crucial eye in the sky has...
Australia Firms Begin to Use Legal Clause to Terminate M&A Deals Amid Virus
Mar 26 2020 // Several Australian companies are reviewing or even terminating takeover deals by using a legal escape route because of the devastating impact of the coronavirus, a template that some lawyers expect to be replicated in...
