Lloyd’s Faces COVID-19 Claims from Multiple Insurance Lines, Says CEO Neal March 27, 2020 By L.S. Howard Lloyd’s insurers face COVID-19 related claims from approximately 14 categories of insurance, said Chief Executive Officer John Neal during a...
China’s Factories Hit with 2nd Blow from Coronavirus as External Demand Drops March 27, 2020 By Jinshan Hong and Lin Zhu Since last week, emails from foreign clients have been flooding into export manager Grace Gao’s in-box, asking to delay orders...
COVID-19 Quarantined Doctors Turn to Telemedicine to Keep Seeing Patients March 27, 2020 By Amy Thomson and Helene Fouquet Marie-Pascale Schuller started feeling sick last week. The 57-year-old doctor specializes in respiratory illnesses, and she had a strong suspicion...
West Virginia Nursing Home Now ‘Ground Zero’ for Virus March 27, 2020 By Anthony Izaguirreirre A West Virginia nursing home with at least 20 coronavirus cases has become “ground zero” for the state’s growing virus...
Home Health Providers at ‘Breaking Point’ as Coronavirus Ups Demand, Saps Supplies March 27, 2020 By Michael Berens Home healthcare providers, the lifelines to 12 million vulnerable Americans, are scrambling to decide how to serve patients who show...
New York Court Rules Gig Drivers Are Employees Eligible for Unemployment Benefits March 27, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Drivers for the online food delivery service Postmates Inc. are employees who are eligible for state unemployment insurance, New York’s...
We Oppose Nearly Every Government Insurance Program. We Could Support One for Pandemics. March 26, 2020 By R.J. Lehmann Over the eight years of our existence, the R Street Institute has offered critiques of government-backed entities that provide insurance...
Cannabis Deemed an ‘Essential’ Business. Will Insurance Landscape Change? March 26, 2020 By Don Jergler It’s not just toilet paper and hand sanitizer people have been stocking up on during the COVID-19 crisis. Inventory levels...
Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Postpones Launch of New Online Filing System March 26, 2020 The release of the Surplus Lines Stamping of Office of Texas’ (SLTX’s) new online filing system, SMART, will be postponed...
Oil Industry Seeks Easing of Environmental Regulation During Pandemic March 26, 2020 By Ellen Knickmeyer The Environmental Protection Agency said this week that it’s reviewing a request from the oil and gas industry to ease...