Work From Home Is Fine . . . For Now: Opinion May 20, 2020 By Conor Sen, Bloomberg Opinion There are reasons to be optimistic about corporate America getting more comfortable with work-from-home arrangements brought on by the coronavirus...
P/C Insurers Back a Federal Pandemic Loss Fund But Not a Backstop Like TRIA May 19, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane Property/casualty insurance carrier groups are developing a proposal for a federal program to replace revenues lost by businesses shut down...
When Insurers Deny Claims, Brokers Are Next in Line for Allegations of Wrongdoing May 19, 2020 By Nicole C. Wixted and Jason Brost In the wake of government orders shutting down or seriously limiting the operations of businesses to deal with the COVID-19...
U.S. Employers Shying Away From Using Coronavirus ‘Immunity’ Tests in Reopening May 19, 2020 By Caroline Humer and Timothy Aeppel U.S. employers have cooled to the idea of testing workers for possible immunity to the coronavirus as they prepare to...
AM Best’s Stress Testing Indicates Most Insurers Can Withstand Pandemic Hit May 18, 2020 Analysts at the AM Best ratings firm say their initial stress tests of insurance companies globally to gauge the preliminary...
The Facts About Supposed ‘Illegal Acts’ Exclusions May 18, 2020 By Christopher J. Boggs Is the Insurance Policy Affected if the Business Opens Against a Governor’s Orders: The Facts About Supposed “Illegal Acts” Exclusions...
Citing 9/11 Victims Fund, Lawmakers Eye U.S. Compensation Pool For COVID-19 Workers May 18, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers last week unveiled a plan to compensate essential workers who fall sick or die...
Study Finds State, Local Measures Have Reduced Coronavirus Cases by 34 Million May 15, 2020 A new report titled, “Strong Social Distancing Measures in the United States Reduced the COVID-19 Growth Rate” finds that steps...
Few Coronavirus Liability Lawsuits Have Been Filed Thus Far May 15, 2020 By Tom Hals Businesses are urging U.S. lawmakers to shield companies from what they fear could be a flood of lawsuits by workers...
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...