Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
COVID Passports Could Speed Up Revival of International Travel
Nov 24 2020 // Global airline lobby IATA is working on a mobile app that will help travelers demonstrate their coronavirus-free status, joining a push to introduce so-called COVID passports to speed up the revival of international...
COVID-19-Related Data Breach Affects Thousands in Delaware
Nov 24 2020 // Public health officials in Delaware on Sunday disclosed that the personal information of thousands of people who were tested for the coronavirus this summer was mistakenly shared with an unauthorized individual. The...
Mississippi Casino Sues Insurer Westchester for Not Paying COVID-19 Loss
Nov 23 2020 // A Mississippi Gulf Coast casino has become one of many businesses nationwide to sue its insurer for refusing to cover business losses because of the coronavirus pandemic. Island View Casino Resort in Gulfport contends in...
Praedicat Develops Insurance Tool for COVID-19 Liability
Nov 23 2020 // Praedicat, the Los Angeles-based liability emerging risk modeling firm, has developed an insurance tool for the casualty insurance market, which allows insurers to track exposures, establish reserves, and manage...
Health Officials Hope New Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps Attract More Users
Nov 20 2020 // A new wave of mobile apps that help track exposure to the coronavirus is coming to U.S. states ahead of the holidays as public health officials bet that recently introduced features from Apple Inc. and Alphabet...
South African Insurer Santam to Appeal COVID-19 Business Interruption Ruling
Nov 20 2020 // Santam said on Friday it would appeal against a court ruling that found South Africa’s largest non-life insurer liable to pay a client’s claim relating to a coronavirus lockdown. Like insurers in other...
Swiss Re Confirms Financial Targets Despite Pandemic
Nov 20 2020 // Reinsurance company Swiss Re said it was committed to a stable or increasing dividend as it confirmed its financial targets on Friday despite the coronavirus pandemic that has pressured the industry. The reinsurer has...
Kentucky Aims to Slow Virus Spread with New Restrictions on Restaurants, Events
Nov 20 2020 // Bidding to slow surging coronavirus cases and deaths in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear announced new restrictions Tuesday on in-person gatherings at restaurants, schools and event venues. “I don’t take this...
Tyson Suspends Meat Plant Managers Accused of COVID Betting Pool
Nov 20 2020 // Tyson Foods Inc. said it has suspended managers at an Iowa meatpacking plant accused in lawsuits of betting on how many workers would be infected in a Covid outbreak earlier this year. More than 1,000 of the 2,800...
Workers at North Dakota Company Go on Strike over COVID-19 Safety Concerns
Nov 19 2020 // About 70 drivers and warehouse workers at a Fargo, N.D., food distributor have gone on strike because they don’t believe the company is doing enough to protect them from exposure to COVID-19. Members of Teamsters...
Study: St. Louis Mask Mandates Cut Virus’ Spread
Nov 19 2020 // Mask mandates in St. Louis and St. Louis County slowed the spread of the coronavirus this summer when compared to neighboring counties that didn’t require face masks, a Saint Louis University study found. The study...
Pace of Broker Acquisitions Picks Up in 2nd Half, After COVID-Linked Lull in Q2
Nov 19 2020 // Insurance brokers have stepped up their acquisition pace in the second half of 2020 after a pause in the second quarter related to the coronavirus and the steep economic decline, according to a report published by...
Global COVID-19 Insurance Losses to Be Higher than Early Estimates: Lloyd’s Chairman
Nov 19 2020 // Global insurance losses from the COVID-19 pandemic will be higher this year than the $107 billion Lloyd’s of London had previously estimated, its Chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown said on Wednesday. Carnegie-Brown told...
Task of Tracking COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Falls to Multiple Federal Agencies
Nov 18 2020 // Monitoring Covid-19 vaccines for safety issues will fall to a group of U.S. health agencies that also will have a hand in their rollout, a potential hurdle in persuading skeptics to get the shots, say former government...
Pfizer Reports 95% Success Rate in COVID-19 Vaccine Final Trial
Nov 18 2020 // Final results from Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine trial showed its shot had a 95% success rate and two months of safety data, paving the way for the drugmaker to apply for an emergency U.S. authorization within days,...
Norwegian Cruise Ship Operator SeaDream Cancels All Sailings After Virus Outbreak
Nov 18 2020 // Norwegian-owned cruise ship operator SeaDream Yacht Club has canceled all sailing for the remainder of 2020 after positive COVID-19 test results onboard one of its cruises, it said on Tuesday, dealing a fresh blow to the...
South African Insurer Santam Loses COVID-19 Business Interruption Test Case
Nov 18 2020 // A Cape Town court ordered Santam Ltd. to pay out business-interruption claims to two South African hospitality companies, potentially opening up the industry to cover losses suffered because of the coronavirus...
Insurers Using Counter-Intuitive Arguments to Escape COVID Liabilities: UK Regulator
Nov 18 2020 // Insurers are trying to escape liability for pandemic-related business losses with counter-intuitive arguments that go against the essential purpose of insurance, Britain’s markets watchdog told the UK Supreme Court...
Oklahoma Places New Restrictions on Bars, Restaurants Amid Virus Surge
Nov 17 2020 // Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has announced new restrictions on bars and restaurants and plans to require mask wearing inside state buildings, the first state restrictions imposed since the economy reopened in May, as...
Kentucky High Court Says Governor Can Restrict Businesses in Virus Fight
Nov 17 2020 // Kentucky’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the governor’s authority to issue coronavirus-related restrictions on businesses and individuals to try to contain the spread of COVID-19. The ruling delivered a...
