All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 8 2020 // Overcrowded cells, a lack of personal protective equipment and limited access to cleaning and sanitation supplies are putting people in a Georgia jail at risk of exposure to the coronavirus outbreak, a federal lawsuit...
Jul 8 2020 // Arkansas health officials have shut down a Little Rock bar after tracing it to a cluster of coronavirus cases and finding the business wasn’t complying with virus safety measures.The Department of Health on Saturday...
Jul 8 2020 // Just over 81,000 Arizona small businesses were approved for loans worth $8.6 billion under a government program meant to keep people employed during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released Monday by the federal...
Jul 8 2020 // Circus Circus Hotel and Casino has filed a lawsuit against AIG Specialty Insurance Co. alleging that AIG wrongfully denied coverage for the company’s losses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.The lawsuit was filed...
Jul 8 2020 // Generali’s P&C unit Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) Iberia & LatAm has developed a new system for remote facility inspection to address the consequences of COVID-19 and to provide value-added...
Jul 8 2020 // Lloyd’s has started work with three insurtech startups to help the market respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.As part of its package of measures to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lloyd’s has expanded the scope,...
Jul 8 2020 // How reinsurers will respond when cedents pay their insureds for COVID-related business interruptions remains an open question, legal and insurance professionals suggested recently, adding more wrinkles to an already...
Jul 8 2020 // Commercial insurers are facing hefty claims from the coronavirus crisis but are also seeing a steep rise in premiums – tempting companies and industry veterans to raise capital, launch new businesses or expand into new...
Jul 7 2020 // Arkansas’ governor on July 3 signed an order allowing cities to enact measures requiring masks in public to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, relenting after opposing such mandates at the state or local...
Jul 7 2020 // Nevada health officials reported 843 more confirmed cases of coronavirus on Sunday and four more known deaths.The cumulative number of statewide COVID-19 cases now is 22,418 with 534 known deaths. That’s 1,700 more...
Jul 7 2020 // The Anchorage Department of Health released a list of businesses where people who later tested positive for COVID-19 spent extended periods of time.The health department named 19 locations in the Municipality of Anchorage,...
Jul 7 2020 // Chubb’s disclosure of second quarter 2020 global net catastrophe losses underscores the damage COVID-19 is doing to some carriers’ bottom lines.The global property/casualty insurer estimated $1.8 billion in...
Jul 7 2020 // A trial court judge in Lansing, Michigan handed a victory to insurers in what may be the nation’s first final ruling on the question of whether a property insurer is liable for financial damages caused by a...
Jul 7 2020 // Just a few weeks ago, Tennessee looked like a sure bet to become the latest state to protect businesses and other organizations from lawsuits by people impacted by the coronavirus in the push to reopen the economy....
Jul 7 2020 // Has the coronavirus experience changed how property/casualty insurance professionals view their jobs?Yes and no. The biggest change is that many in the industry learned they can do their job from home, and most, although...
Jul 6 2020 // Leaders in two of Texas’ biggest cities are calling on the governor to empower local governments to order residents to stay home as the state’s continued surge in coronavirus cases tests hospital...
Jul 6 2020 // Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday the state is pausing its efforts to reopen the economy after a recent surge in new reported coronavirus cases.“Things are getting worse, not better,” Reeves said at a...
Jul 6 2020 // North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest has filed his lawsuit challenging Gov. Roy Cooper’s decisions to shutter businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic without getting the backing of other elected officials.Forest...
Jul 6 2020 // Florida health officials say the state has reached a grim milestone: more than 200,000 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the start of the outbreak.State statistics released Sunday show an...
Jul 6 2020 // A U.S. judge will not stop Hawaii from enforcing a quarantine on arriving travelers, saying in a ruling that the emergency mandate is reasonable during the public health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.A group of...