Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
31% of Workers Filing COVID Claims Suffer Long-Term, but Rate Declining: New York Fund
Feb 10 2023 // A report released this month by New York State Insurance Fund found that 31% of workers who filed claims for COVID-19 continued medical treatment or took time off work more than 60 days after the initial...
New York City Ending Covid-19 Vaccination Mandate for City Employees
Feb 8 2023 // New York City, which once had the nation’s strictest workplace vaccination rules for COVID-19, is ending one of its last such mandates, saying it will no longer require the shots for municipal employees including...
Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Insurers in Two Covid-19 Business Loss Appeals
Jan 31 2023 // The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld insurers in two cases where claims for business interruption losses blamed on Covid-19 were denied because there was no direct physical damage. One case involved healthcare...
‘American Horror Story’ TV Production Firms Sued Over Driver’s COVID Death
Jan 12 2023 // The wife of a late Massachusetts man is suing the companies involved in the 2021 production of “American Horror Story” on Cape Cod, alleging their lack of precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 led to...
5th Circuit Rejects La. Restaurant’s COVID-19 Business-Interruption Claim
Jan 11 2023 // The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday against a New Orleans restaurant’s claim for business interruption losses after the restaurant could not prove direct and sole cause by an accidental contamination of...
Thailand Mandates COVID Insurance for Visitors From Some Nations
Jan 5 2023 // Thailand is mandating Covid insurance for foreign visitors from countries that require negative RT-PCR test results before returning home, reinstating the entry rule ahead of the likely arrival of Chinese tourists in large...
Tory Peer-Linked Firm Supplied Unsafe Gowns During COVID, Health Department Alleges
Jan 5 2023 // The controversial firm linked to a Tory peer supplied 25 million protective gowns that were unusable and failed safety tests during the pandemic in 2020, the UK’s health department alleged in a lawsuit seeking to...
Judge Sends Philadelphia Eagles, 76ers Covid Insurance Ruling Into Overtime
Dec 21 2022 // Rather than rule on them, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has allowed similar Covid-19 business insurance cases brought by owners of the Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia 76ers sports teams against their insurers to...
Maryland High Court Joins Others in Backing Insurer in Covid-19 Claims Denial
Dec 19 2022 // The Maryland Supreme Court has backed an insurer in rejecting a luxury brand company’s claim that its all-risk commercial property insurance policy should cover its Covid-19 business losses. The ruling is in accord...
California Occupational Safety Board Votes to Adopt COVID Prevention Regulations
Dec 19 2022 // The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has adopted COVID-19 prevention non-emergency regulations. The COVID-19 prevention emergency temporary standards will continue to remain in effect while the...
Ohio Supreme Court: No Coverage Owed for COVID Business Shutdown
Dec 13 2022 // The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Monday that COVID-19 cannot cause any direct physical damage or loss that is covered by a commercial property insurance policy, joining nine other state high courts that have rejected similar...
EPL Exposures Redefined Post Pandemic: PLUS Panel
Dec 13 2022 // Post-Covid changes in the workplace have created a slew of new issues and exposures for employers. From the changing attitudes toward job flexibility and accommodations to the need for employee training to prevent...
Insurer Liable for COVID Shutdown of Tina Turner Play, New York Appellate Court Rules
Dec 9 2022 // Producers of a Broadway play based on the life of pop star Tina Turner, which was shut down because of COVID-19, may pursue its business-interruption claim despite a communicable disease exclusion in the policy, a New York...
AmTrust: Mental Stress, Other Restaurant Injuries Up Since COVID
Dec 8 2022 // According to a new report by AmTrust Financial Services, while overall restaurant injuries are down, specific injuries, including crushing, fainting, inflammation, strains and mental stress, are up significantly compared...
Texas Dept. of Insurance Extends COVID Data Call
Dec 7 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced it has extended its mandatory data call through December 2022 for certain information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to...
COVID Infections Boost Heart-Related Deaths, Top Africa Health Insurer Says
Dec 7 2022 // Africa’s biggest health insurer said the number of heart-related deaths rose more than sixfold during the COVID-19 pandemic among the clients of one of its units. Discovery Employee Benefits, a unit of...
Louisiana Court to Hear Appeal of Rare Policyholder Victory in COVID Claim
Dec 5 2022 // The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to review an appellate court decision that found the COVID virus caused a direct physical loss that was covered by insurance. The Louisiana high court announced that it will take up...
What to Watch In Healthcare D&O, EPLI Post-COVID
Dec 5 2022 // The dark days of the pandemic are finally easing for the healthcare industry, bringing much needed insurance capacity back for directors and officers (D&O) and employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) coverage...
State Court Splits on COVID Coverage: Yes on Dentist, No on Tavern
Dec 1 2022 // A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled Wednesday that a dental practice was entitled to coverage for income lost because of the state’s COVID-19 shutdown, but a tavern was not. Policy language made all the difference...
FEMA COVID-19 Reimbursement Surpasses $4 Billion in Mid-Atlantic States
Dec 1 2022 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided more than $4 billion to the Mid-Atlantic region for costs related to protecting the public from COVID-19. The federal funding reimbursed communities for costs associated...
