Latest COVID-19 Headlines

All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Philadelphia Eagles Seek to Extend Covid-19 Business Insurance Bid Into Overtime

Nov 19 2024 // The Philadelphia Eagles football organization wants to force its case for Covid-19 business interruption insurance against insurer Factory Mutual Insurance Co. into overtime, arguing that its situation is unlike any other...

Michigan Jury Awards $12M to Woman Fired for Refusing to Get COVID Vaccine

Nov 12 2024 // DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.Much of the award — $10 million — is for punitive...

Management Liability in the Post-COVID Era – What’s Brewing Podcast (Episode 5)

Nov 4 2024 // In this episode, John Passaro, EVP of Management Liability, discusses trends that impacted Management Liability in the post-COVID era – like PPP loans, corporate governance, upticks in ADA compliance claims, and...

Long COVID Claims Still Impact California’s Workers Comp System, Report Shows

Oct 21 2024 // The impact and surge of long-term COVID on the California workers’ compensation system since 2020 has been prevalent, including long-term impacts on disability and long-term patterns of medical cost and treatment on...

Judge Tosses Philadelphia Eagles and 76ers Covid Loss Cases

Oct 18 2024 // Two Philadelphia professional sports team have lost their appeals over denied business interruption insurance claims tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson this week dismissed lawsuits by the...

GSK Sues Moderna for Patent Infringement Over COVID, RSV Vaccines

Oct 15 2024 // British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline sued Moderna in federal court in Delaware on Tuesday, accusing its American rival of violating GSK’s patent rights in messenger RNA (mRNA) technology with its blockbuster COVID-19...

Long COVID Claims Still Impact California’s Workers Comp System, Report Shows

Oct 7 2024 // The impact and surge of long-term COVID on the California workers’ compensation system since 2020 has been prevalent, including long-term impacts on disability and long-term patterns of medical cost and treatment on...

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Yanks Dentist’s COVID Insurance Coverage Win

Oct 4 2024 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings and denied a dentist’s bid for insurance coverage for loss of use of his offices due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The high court concluded in a case...

US Court Declines to Dismiss Mandarin Hotel COVID-19 Claim Against Insurers

Sep 25 2024 // Insurers have failed to win dismissal of a federal COVID-19 business interruption lawsuit against them by the luxury hotel chain Mandarin Oriental.Judge John P. Cronan of U.S District Court in New York found that...

London’s ExCel Centre Wins Insurance Appeal Over COVID-19 Losses

Sep 6 2024 // The owners of London’s ExCel conference center on Friday won an appeal brought by insurers, including Allianz, over pandemic-related losses, which its lawyers said could help thousands of other policyholders.London...

Oklahoma Manufacturer Sued For Firing Employees Over COVID Vaccine Exemptions

Sep 3 2024 // AG Equipment Company, a Broken Arrow, Oklahoma compressor packaging manufacturer, violated federal law when it fired 10 employees for failing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination because of their religious beliefs or medical...

Michigan Court: Businesses Can’t Get State Compensation Over Pandemic Closures

Sep 3 2024 // DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday shut the door on businesses seeking to be paid by the state for restrictions that harmed sales during the COVID-19 pandemic.The court, in a pair of 5-2 orders, let...

Michigan Golf Club Pays $440K Settlement for Alleged Fraudulent Pandemic Loan

Aug 28 2024 // RICHLAND, Mich. (AP) — A golf club in southwestern Michigan has agreed to pay $440,000 to settle allegations that it wrongly obtained a loan through a federal program during the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said...

North Carolina Supreme Court Says Speedway Can Sue Over COVID Closure

Aug 27 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina racetrack, shuttered briefly for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic, can sue the top health regulator on allegations that Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration...

Pandemic Shifted US Jobs Out of Big Cities Into Smaller Metros

Aug 8 2024 // The pandemic changed where Americans are likely to live and work, with a growing portion of job openings moving away from the biggest cities and into smaller metro areas, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York...

California Workers’ Comp Report Shows ‘Relatively Stable’ System Post-Pandemic

Jul 30 2024 // The California workers’ compensation system has been relatively stable in the post-pandemic era, as premium levels rose by 1% in 2023 and are forecast to increase modestly in 2024—while decreases in average insurer...

Minnesota Workers’ Comp System Stable Despite COVID-19 Impact

Jul 17 2024 // Workers’ compensation claim rates and benefits paid in Minnesota continue to be stable or follow their long-term downward trajectories, a new Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) report shows.The 2024 Minnesota...

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Manufacturer’s COVID-19 Claims

Jul 16 2024 // A Connecticut-based manufacturer has been denied another opportunity to seek $100 million in insurance coverage for business losses it claims it sustained because of the COVID-19 virus.Amphenol Corp.– a manufacturer of...

Texas Health System Loses COVID-19 Business Interruption Suit

Jul 15 2024 // A Texas nonprofit health system who purchased a specialized commercial property insurance policy is not covered for business interruption losses caused by COVID-19, a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled, relying on...

Scientists Concerned That a Bird Flu Pandemic Is ‘Unfolding in Slow Motion’

Jul 2 2024 // Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease...