Return-to-Work Safety: Employers Find Testing Employees More Trouble Than It’s Worth July 6, 2020 By Christopher Palmeri, Emma Court and Angelica LaVito From nursing homes in New York and a landfill in Utah to Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip, employers...
Exclusive Coronavirus Survey: P/C Insurance Return to ‘Normal’ Office May Take Time July 1, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Many property/casualty insurance professionals, most of whom have been working at home during the pandemic, may need some convincing not...
Exclusive: How P/C Insurance Pros Are Faring Working From Home During Pandemic June 25, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson According to Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, there’s no place like home. For many in the property/casualty insurance industry,...
Health Workers Processing Shock of Virus Fight, Uneasiness in Current Quiet June 18, 2020 By Jennifer Peltz Outside a back door to a hospital where the coronavirus hit like a hurricane, a half-dozen staffers gathered recently to...
Health Experts Caution Over Disinfectants, Cleaning Methods Used in Rush to Reopen June 16, 2020 By Arianne Cohen Businesses across the U.S. have begun intensive Covid-19 disinfection regimens, exposing returning workers and consumers to some chemicals that are...
Smart Cameras at Amazon Provide Real-Time Social Distancing Feedback to Employees June 16, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Amazon Inc. is pairing cameras with artificial intelligence to enforce social distancing among employees in its offices and warehouses. The...
Absenteeism at Meatpacking Plants Tied to Workplace Safety Concerns June 15, 2020 By Tom Polansek and Andy Sullivan Smithfield Foods Inc. is missing about a third of its employees at a South Dakota pork plant because they are...
Coronavirus Spreading Among U.S. Fruit, Vegetable Packers Raising Concern June 11, 2020 By Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Christopher Walljasper, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting From apple packing houses in Washington state to farm workers in Florida and a California county known as “the world’s...
Senate Weighs Broad Coronavirus Liability Shield for Employers June 11, 2020 By Laura Litvan Senate Republicans are drafting legislation that would let employers choose which government coronavirus safety guidelines to follow in order to...
S&P Pegs Coronavirus Losses at $15-$30B. Chief Risk Officers Think That’s Low. June 9, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane Analysts for Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings shared a view that U.S. underwriting losses from COVID-19 would fall in the...