All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 18 2020 // From the deck of their tanker, Captain Samig Nabiyev and his crew could see the smoke and fire rising over the Port of Beirut, 900 meters away. When the flaming warehouse exploded, the force of the blast knocked Nabiyev...
Dec 18 2020 // A federal district court in Virginia has ruled that a spa’s COVID-19-related business income loss lawsuit can move forward despite a virus exclusion in its insurance policy.The United States District Court for the...
Dec 18 2020 // It would be just a temporary precaution.When the viral pandemic erupted in March, employees of the small digital insurance firm Thimble fled their Manhattan offices. CEO Jay Bregman planned to call them back soon — as...
Dec 18 2020 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Decision Diagnostics Corp. and its chief executive for allegedly misleading investors by promising the biotechnology company could test for COVID-19 with a finger-prick of...
Dec 18 2020 // LONDON – There will be no judgment in an appeal over business interruption insurance this year, Britain’s markets watchdog said on Tuesday, dashing hopes of an early outcome in a case that could affect billions of...
Dec 18 2020 // JOHANNESBURG – South African insurer Guardrisk will not further challenge a court process that has found it liable to pay clients’ rejected coronavirus-related claims, it said late on Thursday.Guardrisk, the...
Dec 18 2020 // Similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change ultimately will be managed by “bending the curve” of temperature rises and greenhouse gas emissions, according to Rowan Douglas, Head of Climate and Resilience...
Dec 18 2020 // LONDON – Speedy global delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by air and sea in ultra cold conditions will lead to a jump in cargo insurance rates and spur demand for new areas of coverage, leaving underwriters on high...
Dec 18 2020 // Origami Risk, a risk, safety and insurance software as a service (SaaS) technology firm, has developed new online tools for healthcare providers, nursing homes and employers in all sectors to track employee COVID-19...
Dec 17 2020 // A new report finds that despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century, a mark that is well beyond the Paris...
Dec 17 2020 // The family of a man who died from COVID-19 while working at a Tyson pork plant in Storm Lake, Iowa, has filed a lawsuit accusing the company and several plant executives of gross negligence.Michael Everhard, 65, of Fonda,...
Dec 17 2020 // The owners of a restaurant in the heart of the New Orleans French Quarter are asking a Louisiana judge to order some Lloyd’s of London insurers to cover losses from the Covid-19 outbreak — the first of a...
Dec 17 2020 // JOHANNESBURG – A South African court on Thursday dismissed insurer Guardrisk’s appeal against a previous ruling that found it was liable pay a Cape Town cafe’s rejected coronavirus claim.Like other insurers...
Dec 17 2020 // North Carolina worker and civil rights advocates are unhappy with the outgoing state labor commissioner’s refusal to put more regulations upon employers they say will protect employees from COVID-19.Representatives...
Dec 17 2020 // Tyson Foods Inc. said on Wednesday it had fired seven managers at an Iowa pork plant after investigating allegations that they took bets on how many employees would catch COVID-19.The independent investigation, led by...
Dec 16 2020 // The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released updated guidance on the responsibilities and rights of employers and employees related to the COVID-19 vaccine, including in cases where employers require...
Dec 16 2020 // Here’s a question we’re sure to see in the courts before long: What if your employer mandates a Covid-19 vaccination and you’d rather not take it?President-elect Joe Biden might insist that he has no...
Dec 16 2020 // While the COVID-19 pandemic presents risks for directors and officers (D&O), it is far from the only force these insureds and their insurers will be dealing with in the year ahead.Rising insolvency exposures, growing...
Dec 16 2020 // Spurred by a combination of financial hardship, a decrease in miles driven and a general lack of awareness of the historic relief efforts the industry initiated in 2020, auto insurance customer loyalty has given way to a...
Dec 15 2020 // The insurance committees of the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives will hear about the impact of multiple 2020 hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic on insurance rates in a joint meeting on Dec. 16.Presenters...