Business Interruption Claimants Like How Some Localities Worded Emergency Orders May 15, 2020 By Jim Sams Cities and counties across the country may have handed plaintiff’s attorneys an argument to use in lawsuits against insurers that...
Typhoon Vongfong Tests Philippines’ Ability to Protect Evacuees from Coronavirus May 15, 2020 By Andreo Calonzo Typhoon Vongfong forced more than 150,000 people in the Philippines to leave their homes, risking coronavirus infection as they move...
Generali and Insurtech Descartes Underwriting to Develop Parametric Insurance Cover May 15, 2020 Generali’s P&C unit Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) and insurtech company Descartes Underwriting have formed a strategic partnership to develop...
Kansas Sausage Making Plant with COVID-19 Cases Shuts Down May 15, 2020 By John Hanna and Heather Hollingsworth A Kansas plant that makes sausage shut down on May 13 after employees tested positive for the coronavirus, and an...
Workers Protesting the Virus May Be Just the Start: Opinion May 15, 2020 By Stephen Mihm, Bloomberg Opinion In recent weeks, employees at sites as diverse as Amazon warehouses, meat-processing plants and emergency rooms have raised the alarm...
Bid to Force Interruption Insurance to Cover Virus Pulled from Louisiana Bill May 14, 2020 By Melinda Deslatte Louisiana lawmakers won’t try to force business interruption insurance policies to cover the widespread closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic....
SAFE Banking in Stimulus Could Put Cannabis Industry on Steroids May 14, 2020 By Don Jergler A big and long-awaited boost for cannabis – and those who offer financial products to cannabis businesses – now in...
Oklahoma Senate OKs Bill Limiting Coronavirus Liability for Businesses May 14, 2020 The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation giving liability relief to essential businesses and those working to safely reopen, as well...
Zurich Insurance Estimates Coronavirus Pandemic Claims to Hit $750 Million for 2020 May 14, 2020 By L.S. Howard Zurich Insurance estimates that the overall property and casualty (P&C) claims from the COVID-19 pandemic will be in the region...
Missouri Family Files Workers’ Comp Claim in Nurse’s Death from Virus May 14, 2020 Attorneys for the family of a Missouri nurse who died from COVID-19 filed a claim for death benefits under the...