Latest COVID-19 Headlines

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

Insurance Advisory Organization’s Pandemic Endorsement Approved by 6 States

Sep 22 2020 // AAIS (the American Association of Insurance Services) has received approval from six state insurance departments for its health-emergency policy endorsement, clarifying coverage and cancellation provisions in the wake of...

Eateries Face Restrictions, Workers Return Home as England Faces Virus Resurgence

Sep 22 2020 // British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell people on Tuesday to work from home where possible and will curb timings for bars and restaurants to tackle a fast-spreading second coronavirus wave, but the opposition...

Business Income: When a Covered Cause of Loss Occurs During a Coronavirus Shut Down

Sep 21 2020 // To analyze the business income policy’s response to the crossover of an excluded event and a covered event, we begin with the Business Income Insuring Agreement found in Insurance Services Offices (ISO’s)...

California Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Law Protecting Workers from Virus

Sep 21 2020 // California companies must warn their workers of any potential exposure to the coronavirus and must pay their employees workers compensation benefits if they get sick with the disease under two laws that Gov. Gavin Newsom...

FCA to Insurer CEOs: Don’t Delay in Paying Valid COVID Business Interruption Claims

Sep 21 2020 // In a follow-up to the High Court’s ruling on coronavirus-related business interruption claims by businesses, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is advising insurers that they must pay all valid claims...

How Insurance Industry Might Respond if a Pandemic Is an Act of Terror

Sep 21 2020 // Imagine a scenario where COVID-19 was manufactured in a lab and was released as an act of terror. Tracey Gibbons, senior vice present, Underwriting, at Third Point Re, considers this possibility during a presentation for...

Startups Developing Technologies to Clean Air in Workplaces of Coronavirus

Sep 21 2020 // Smithfield Foods Inc. thought it was doing great. In the first quarter of this year, the pork giant’s earnings were up 190% over the same period in 2019. Then the pandemic hit, and the close quarters of meatpacking...

Reporting Who Gets It: Coworkers and Coronavirus

Sep 21 2020 // Does an employer have to say if a coworker has the virus?Employers are generally not required to tell workers when someone in the workplace has tested positive for the coronavirus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

Schools Find Lessons About Insurance Liability and COVID-19 Are Complicated

Sep 21 2020 // School officials and insurers across the country are facing questions about COVID-19-related insurance liability as classes begin, but answers remain elusive, according to A.M. Best.“Uncertainty about the plethora of...

Agents Warned of ‘Creative’ Attorneys and COVID-19 Lawsuits

Sep 21 2020 // Agents and brokers should be on alert that plaintiffs’ attorneys in COVID-19 related business interruption claims lawsuits may be eyeing them as more cases against insurance companies begin to fail and claimants...

New Mexico Officials Say Teachers Are Safe from Legal Liability Amid Virus

Sep 21 2020 // New Mexico officials have clarified that teachers won’t be on the hook for lawsuits that might stem from COVID-19 outbreaks as in-person classes began for some students.“In no way will teachers or school...

Some Reinsurers Will Try Pandemic Exclusions for Casualty at Jan. 1 Renewals

Sep 18 2020 // Whether they are convinced that they absolutely need them or not, some reinsurers aim to try to put pandemic exclusions into casualty reinsurance contracts next year, a reinsurance broker representative revealed...

Fitness Centers in California Suing State Over Virus Closures

Sep 17 2020 // California fitness centers have filed a lawsuit alleging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus unfairly target the industry and are demanding they be allowed to reopen.The...

How Spain’s COVID Tracing App Navigates Europe’s Privacy Protections

Sep 17 2020 // “What does RadarCOVID not do?” a promotional video for Spain’s contact-tracing app asks. The answer: while navigating the country’s decentralized healthcare system, it does not locate users,...

Software Glitch Blamed for Incorrect COVID Notifications to 7K in North Carolina

Sep 17 2020 // A county in North Carolina incorrectly told nearly 7,000 residents they had tested positive for the coronavirus due what officials say was a technical glitch.The messages were sent by text messages to more than 6,700...

Virus Deaths Surpass 2,000 in Washington State

Sep 16 2020 // More than 2,000 people in the state have now died due to the coronavirus, according to The Washington state Department of Health.As of Monday afternoon, KUOW reports there have been 2,006 recorded deaths from COVID-19, and...

Manulife to Begin Offering Canadians COVID-19 Travel Insurance

Sep 16 2020 // Canadian insurer Manulife Financial Group will restore some coverage for coronavirus-related trip interruptions in a new travel insurance policy that also includes COVID-19 in its emergency medical coverage.The policy will...

UK Businesses Wait to See if Their Insurers Will Appeal COVID-19 Insurance Ruling

Sep 16 2020 // LONDON — Murray Pulman says he is as tough as they come, but battles with his insurer have left him close to tears after a coronavirus lockdown forced his family-run cafe The Posh Partridge to close.Pulman was...

South Carolina Halts Temporary Producer Licenses Related to COVID-19 Emergency

Sep 16 2020 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance will no longer issue temporary producer licenses related to the COVID-19 State of Emergency, according to a bulletin issued by the department on Sept. 15.SCDOI said as of the...

Louisiana Health System Cited for Coronavirus Safety Violations

Sep 15 2020 // A healthcare system in Shreveport, Louisiana, has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for failing to protect employees from coronavirus exposure.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and...