Virus from Africa Kills Horses in Thailand, Showing Dangers of Biosecurity Gaps May 29, 2020 By Margo Towie and Jason Gale When horses suddenly started dying in Thailand as the nation locked down to stem the spread of COVID-19, researchers feared...
Concern Escalates as Ebola Outbreak in Congo Reaches City May 20, 2018 The Democratic Republic of Congo’s health minister said an outbreak of Ebola has entered a “new phase” after a case...
AIR Worldwide Expands Global Pandemic Model to Include 6 Additional Diseases July 26, 2016 Boston-based catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced it has expanded its Global Pandemic Model to include outbreaks of...
Swine Flu, Avian Flu, Ebola, the Zika Virus and Workers’ Compensation April 25, 2016 By Christopher J. Boggs Two tests must be satisfied before an illness or disease can be considered occupational and thus compensable under workers’ compensation:...
Nations Must Wake Up to Catastrophic Potential of Pandemic Risk: Report January 14, 2016 By John Tozzi In October of 2000, an Ebola outbreak was detected in Gulu, Uganda. The virus spread across the country, infecting 425...
Report: Connecticut City’s Insurer Paid $30K to Settle Ebola Fear Lawsuit June 15, 2015 The insurance carrier for a Connecticut city paid $30,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a third-grader...
Texas Hospital Seeks Dismissal Of Ebola Nurse’s Lawsuit April 6, 2015 The operator of a Dallas, Texas hospital has denied allegations of poor training and seeks dismissal of a lawsuit filed...
Nurse Who Caught Ebola Sues Dallas Hospital Where She Worked March 2, 2015 By Andrew Harris and Tom Korosec Nina Pham, a nurse who contracted Ebola while treating a man who died of the disease, sued the Dallas hospital...
New York to Be Reimbursed $32M for Ebola Readiness, Treatment February 26, 2015 U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says the federal government is allocating $32 million to the state of New York to...
Lockton, Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Offer Income Protection without Physical Loss November 2, 2014 By Bonnie Cavanaugh Lockton Cos. and wholesale broker Burns & Wilcox Brokerage have joined the Ebola-sensitive insurance protection movement with a product that...