All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 10 2006 // “Pandemics happen. What we don’t know is when it’s going to happen and how bad it’s going to be,” according to Rick Casse, former director of business continuity planning for Gap Inc. Speaking...
Oct 9 2006 // It’s reasonable to assume that an avian flu pandemic could take flight in the near future, and companies need to prepare a response, according to Rick Casse, former director of business continuity planning for Gap...
Oct 9 2006 // It’s reasonable to assume that an avian flu pandemic could take flight in the near future, and companies need to prepare a response, according to Rick Casse, former director of business continuity planning for Gap...
May 22 2006 // Risk experts are warning insurance companies that they may be underestimating their risk if they assume that a new influenza pandemic would be no worse than the 1918 influenza pandemic.While some published studies have...
May 22 2006 // Risk experts are warning insurance companies that they may be underestimating their risk if they assume that a new influenza pandemic would be no worse than the 1918 influenza pandemic.While some published studies have...
May 2 2006 // Risk experts are warning insurance companies that they may be underestimating their risk if they assume that a new influenza pandemic would be no worse than the 1918 influenza pandemic.While some published studies have...
Mar 30 2006 // A global survey study conducted by Marsh Mac’s Mercer Human Resource Consulting has determined that while “evidence of the global spread of avian flu increases, there is a striking gap between companies’...
Mar 28 2006 // Fitch Ratings has issued a report, “Bird-Flu – Will It Ruffle The Industry’s Feathers?” which indicates that “life insurers and their reinsurers would be most likely to be the hardest hit by a...
Mar 28 2006 // The federal government cannot be relied upon to protect Virginia from a potential flu pandemic, and no state is fully prepared to handle such an outbreak, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt told Virginia...
Feb 21 2006 // The Society of Actuaries (SOA) is beginning research on the possible implications of an avian flu pandemic on the insurance industry. The SOA expects to provide insight into the potential impact a pandemic could have on...
Jan 26 2006 // Risk Management Solutions Inc. (RMS) released the findings of an in-depth study that provides life and personal accident insurers in Japan with key benchmarks for the potential risk of human casualties from catastrophic...
Jan 17 2006 // A moderate avian flu outbreak similar to the 1957 and 1968 flu pandemics could significantly impact the life insurance industry, generating $31 billion in additional death claims, according to a new analysis by the...
Dec 19 2005 // The possibility of a global avian flu outbreak is haunting insurers–property/casualty, life and health–and it appears that there’s not much they can do to mitigate losses prior to a pandemic.Nevertheless,...
Dec 18 2005 // The possibility of a global avian flu outbreak is haunting insurers-property/casualty, life and health-and it appears that there’s not much they can do to mitigate losses prior to a pandemic.Nevertheless, carriers...