All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 4 2020 // Florida’s emergency manager is expressing complete confidence that the state is prepared for a hurricane during the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, but some local directors aren’t sharing the same level of...
Jun 4 2020 // The Mississippi State Department of Health said Tuesday that it will start releasing the names of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities where people have tested positive for the new coronavirus.The action comes...
Jun 4 2020 // As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, experts said restarting wells and refineries will take longer and prove more costly this...
Jun 4 2020 // The Navajo Department of Health has reported 131 new cases of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation and two more known deaths.That pushes the numbers to 5,479 positive COVID-19 cases and 248 known deaths as of Monday night....
Jun 4 2020 // Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission gave underwriters an additional year to recapitalize as companies deal with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The industry recapitalization program scheduled to end in...
Jun 4 2020 // Employee union Unite has called on finance firms to do more to protect call center staff after a survey of almost 3,000 employees exposed widespread fears about catching COVID-19 in workplaces where social distancing...
Jun 4 2020 // French insurer AXA has identified 1,700 contracts signed with restaurant owners in France where the terms are not clear as to whether business interruption losses due to the COVID-19 crisis should be covered, its CEO told...
Jun 4 2020 // Business leaders are optimistic the economy will begin to recover later this year in a nine-state region of the Midwest and Plains despite the ongoing impact of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a monthly survey...
Jun 4 2020 // No matter where you work in the P/C insurance industry, your experience is important. How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting you now? Going forward? What do you expect to change? When will you be ready to travel? How do...
Jun 4 2020 // Amazon.com Inc has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions, causing at least one employee to contract COVID-19, bring it home, and see her cousin die.The...
Jun 3 2020 // A second resident of a Wyoming nursing home has died of the coronavirus. The older man had been hospitalized and was a resident of a Washakie County long-term care facility where testing identified 12 cases among residents...
Jun 3 2020 // All types of Mississippi businesses were being allowed to reopen Monday as Gov. Tate Reeves lifted his final orders that had closed them for several weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic.The openings were taking place...
Jun 3 2020 // A fishing trawler in Washington state has 86 crew members who tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said.Ship operator American Seafoods said the American Dynasty trawler first docked in Bellingham May 26, The...
Jun 3 2020 // Oregon officials disclosed that a Hood River County, Ore. pear-packing company is the site of the latest COVID-19 outbreak connected to the agriculture industry.Six employees of Duckwall Fruit have tested positive for...
Jun 3 2020 // Brokers have been slow to adopt social media and digital technologies as a whole, which is hampering their ability to keep the clients satisfied during the lockdown, said GlobalData in a report.The entire industry will...
Jun 3 2020 // The threat of a no-deal Brexit is back — and with it the risk that the UK economy’s shaky recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will be hobbled.As British and European Union negotiators head into the last...
Jun 3 2020 // French insurer AXA plans to cut its dividend to 0.73 euros per share from a planned payout of 1.43 euros, the firm said on Wednesday, in order to preserve cash amid the coronavirus pandemic.AXA added that it could consider...
Jun 3 2020 // From the threat of insurer ratings downgrades to mounting carrier losses because of excessive litigation to increasing insurance rates, Florida’s insurance market got off to a rocky start in 2020. Then came the...
Jun 3 2020 // No matter where you work in the P/C insurance industry, your experience is important. How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting you now? Going forward? What do you expect to change? When will you be ready to travel? How do...
Jun 2 2020 // Mississippi has established a website where owners of small businesses can soon start applying for grants funded by a federal coronavirus pandemic relief package, Gov. Tate Reeves said Friday.The site –...