Swiss Re to Report $1.1 Billion Loss During First Half on Hit from COVID-19 July 23, 2020 Reinsurance company Swiss Re said on Wednesday that claims and reserves of $2.5 billion related to COVID-19 will lead to...
Traffic Down 25%, Motor Vehicle Fatalities Down 8% in May During Lockdowns July 23, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Preliminary estimates indicate that deaths from motor vehicle accidents fell in May but the death rate per miles driven jumped...
Vegas Casino Unions Drop MGM from COVID-10 Safety Suit July 22, 2020 Unions representing 65,000 Las Vegas-area casino workers have dropped two MGM Resorts International properties from a lawsuit accusing companies of...
Mississippi Governor Adds 10 Counties to Mask Mandate July 22, 2020 By Leah Willingham Starting Monday, people are required to wear masks in public in 23 out of 82 counties in Mississippi, per a...
QBE Expects H1 2020 Loss of US$750M on COVID-19, Natural Catastrophe Claims July 22, 2020 QBE Insurance Group expects to report a first-half, after-tax loss of around $750 million, mainly due to COVID-19 claims and...
85 Crew Members on Alaskan Fishing Boat Infected with COVID July 22, 2020 A factory fishing vessel that docked in the Alaska fishing port of Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands has 85...
Workers Turn Into Sleuths to Track Sicknesses Where Employers Keep Covid Data Secret July 22, 2020 By Joseph Pisani and Alexandra Olson Jana Jumpp spends eight hours a day updating a spreadsheet — not for work, but a recent hobby: figuring out...
Program Suspended After 40K Apply for COVID-19 Rent Help in Louisiana July 21, 2020 Louisiana has suspended an emergency rent assistance program to help with the economic slowdown caused by COVID-19 after more than...
Los Angeles Mayor Concedes City Reopened Too Soon as Virus Surges July 21, 2020 Mayor Eric Garcetti has conceded that Los Angeles reopened too quickly and again warned that the city was “on the...
France Weighs Insurance Options to Protect Companies, Jobs from Future Pandemics July 21, 2020 By Alexandre Rajbhandari The French government is looking at ways to shield companies from the impact of future pandemics. The goal is to...