U.S. Issues Mask Mandate on Public Transportation February 1, 2021 By David Shepardson The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a sweeping order late Friday requiring the use of face...
Workers Refusing Unsafe Work May Be Able to Get Unemployment Insurance February 1, 2021 By Ann Saphir and Jonnelle Marte Many workers called back by employers resuming or expanding operations despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic face a dilemma: return to...
OSHA Issues COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance February 1, 2021 By Joseph Pisani President Joe Biden’s administration released new workplace guidelines Friday that signaled a more proactive approach to protecting workers from the...
Industry Underestimating COVID-19 Biz Interruption Losses: RenRe CEO January 29, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane During an upbeat earnings call focused on how RenaissanceRe is using $1 billion of capital it raised last year in...
Trump Health Secretary Rule Slows COVID Court Claims Against Nursing Homes January 28, 2021 Garnice Robertson wants accountability for her mother’s death from COVID-19 caught while she was living at a Kansas nursing home...
Everest Re Cites Social Inflation for $400M Prior-Year Reserve Charge January 27, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane Everest Re is the most recent insurance and reinsurance company to announce catastrophe and COVID losses in advance of fourth-quarter...
Pandemic-Related Business Interruption, Cyber Top Business Risks for 2021: Allianz January 27, 2021 There was no escaping the coronavirus in 2020 and the pandemic will dominate the risk landscape again in 2021, according...
Top Trading Firms Vow to Help Merchants Sailors Stuck on Ships Due to Coronavirus January 26, 2021 By Jonathan Saul Over 300 leading companies said on Tuesday they would work together to help hundreds of thousands of merchant sailors stuck...
United Airlines CEO Urges Employers to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines January 25, 2021 United Airlines may make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for employees, and other companies should do the same, United Chief Executive...
Biden Orders OSHA to Step Up COVID Workplace Safety Guidance, Enforcement January 22, 2021 The Biden Administration has instructed federal workplace safety officials to do more to help halt the spread of the coronavirus...