Latest COVID-19 Headlines

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

NCCI: Almost One Quarter of COVID Claimants Suffer Prolonged Symptoms

Nov 7 2022 // Nearly a quarter of workers’ compensation claimants who were treated for COVID-19 experienced persistent symptoms or a relapse months later, according to a new study by the National Council on Compensation...

Court Dismisses 32 COVID-19 Business Insurance Cases Against Erie Insurance

Nov 7 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed 32 lawsuits over COVID-19 business interruption insurance claims against Erie Insurance, concluding the claimants failed to “plausibly plead” that they are entitled to coverage...

Study Traces COVID-19 Impact on New York Workers’ Compensation Claims

Oct 21 2022 // During the height of the pandemic, New York workers’ compensation indemnity payments increased while medical payments decreased.That’s according to a new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute...

NCCI: Almost One Quarter of COVID Claimants Suffer Prolonged Symptoms

Oct 21 2022 // Nearly a quarter of workers’ compensation claimants who were treated for COVID-19 experienced persistent symptoms or a relapse months later, according to a new study by the National Council on Compensation...

Taiwan’s Watchdog Says Insurers Have Enough Capital to Withstand COVID Claim Surge

Oct 21 2022 // Taiwan’s insurance industry has buffered itself against surging COVID claims after raising capital, the head of the island’s market regulator said.The property insurance companies have no problems fulfilling...

Climate Concern Dropped Amid the Pandemic, but Not for Everyone

Oct 20 2022 // Evidently, climate concern dropped last year.A new Gallup World Risk Poll shows fewer than half of those questioned said climate change poses a “very serious threat” to their nations in the next 20 years. It...

Amazon Workers in New York City Win Partial Revival of COVID-19 Safety Lawsuit

Oct 20 2022 // Amazon.com Inc. must face a claim that it failed to protect New York City warehouse workers and their families from COVID-19, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday while dismissing the bulk of the workers’ 2020...

Court Dismisses 32 COVID-19 Business Insurance Cases Against Erie Insurance

Oct 20 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed 32 lawsuits over COVID-19 business interruption insurance claims against Erie Insurance, concluding the claimants failed to “plausibly plead” that they are entitled to coverage...

Court Dismisses 32 COVID-19 Business Insurance Cases Against Erie Insurance

Oct 19 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed 32 lawsuits over COVID-19 business interruption insurance claims against Erie Insurance, concluding the claimants failed to “plausibly plead” that they are entitled to coverage...

Federal Judge Dismisses Multiple Pennsylvania COVID-19 Claims

Oct 18 2022 // A Western Pennsylvania federal district judge has dismissed eight cases seeking payment for COVID-19 business interruption coverage from several insurers including Cincinnati Insurance, Travelers Insurance and Hartford....

Insurers Win Key Parts of Stonegate COVID-19 Business Interruption Case: MS Amlin

Oct 17 2022 // Insurers have won key parts of a complex legal battle with British pubs group Stonegate, MS Amlin said after Monday’s judgment on the 1 billion pound ($1.13 billion) lawsuit against three top insurers over losses...

Thousands of New Independent Agencies Opened During the Pandemic: Study

Oct 13 2022 // The number of independent insurance agencies has increased and business conditions for agencies remain favorable, according to the 2022 Agency Universe Study. While the majority of agencies experienced increased revenue,...

Report: More than Half of California COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Claims in Healthcare

Oct 13 2022 // More than a half of all reported COVID-19 indemnity claims in California continue to arise from workers in the healthcare sector, according to a new report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau.The...

Judge Nixes Mars COVID-19 Insurance Bid But Leaves $1M Door Ajar

Oct 11 2022 // The U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia has dismissed a complaint by petcare and food company Mars Inc. seeking insurance coverage for COVID-19-related business interruption claims.Insurer FM Global sought and won the...

Revival Sought for Outspoken Louisiana Pastor’s Lawsuit Over COVID Restrictions

Oct 6 2022 // An outspoken Christian conservative attorney from Alabama has asked a federal appeals court to revive a Louisiana pastor’s damage claims against state officials over long-expired COVID-19 restrictions.A federal judge...

Judge Dismisses Suit By Veterans’ Home Employees Over COVID Work Conditions

Oct 6 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by employees of the Massachusetts veterans’ home at the center of a devastating COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 who said their constitutional rights were violated because they...

California Tells Auto Insurers to Disclose Pandemic Profits

Oct 4 2022 // California’s insurance commissioner ordered nearly 50 auto insurers to provide detailed information about their claim costs during the pandemic, his latest attempt to compensate consumers he says were overcharged as...

Vermont Supreme Court Revives COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Claim

Sep 26 2022 // The Vermont Supreme Court has kept alive a COVID-19 business interruption loss claim by major shipbuilder against a group of reinsurers.The state’s high court ruled that the case brought by Huntington Ingalls...

Barbados Issues 1st Pandemic-Protected Bond, Which Also Covers Natural Disasters

Sep 22 2022 // Barbados has issued the world’s first government bond with a clause allowing payments to be suspended in the event of another global pandemic, a move expected to attract interest from dozens of other countries...

New York City Lifts COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses

Sep 21 2022 // New York City Mayor Eric Adams is encouraging private businesses to put in place their own vaccine policies after making the private sector vaccine mandate optional.The city has also now made vaccines optional for students...