Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
UK Brokers Rely on Face-to-Face Meetings, Hampering Client Support During Lockdown
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...
No-Deal Brexit Could Hobble UK’s Recovery from Coronavirus Pandemic
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...
French Insurer AXA Plans to Cut Dividend by 50% on COVID-19 Impact
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...
How Florida’s Strained Insurance Market is Facing COVID-19, Hurricane Season
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...
Insurance Survey: How Is Pandemic Affecting Your Life, Your Work, Your Industry?
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...
Mississippi Establishes Small Business Website for Virus Relief Grants
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 –...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Issues Data Call for COVID-19 Injuries
Jun 2 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has issued a mandatory data call for certain information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to selected insurance carriers on or after...
Michigan Orders Auto Insurers to Issue COVID-19 Refunds or Waivers
Jun 2 2020 // Auto insurers in Michigan have been ordered to issue refunds or premium waivers to policyholders due to reduced driving and resulting decrease in risk to insurers brought on by the stay at home orders related to the...
Big Publishers Sue Digital ‘Emergency Library’ Offering Free Books During Coronavirus
Jun 2 2020 // Four of the country’s biggest publishers have sued a digital library for copyright infringement, alleging that the Internet Archive has illegally offered more than a million scanned works to the public, including...
Nevada Property Manager Paying $300K in Virus Eviction Ban Lawsuit
Jun 2 2020 // A Nevada-based property management company that issued eviction notices to tenants in Tacoma during the coronavirus pandemic has agreed to pay nearly $350,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed by Washington state Attorney General...
States Adding Laws to Shield Businesses From Liability for Coronavirus Claims
Jun 2 2020 // Four states have passed laws that grant businesses immunity from civil liability for claims relating to COVID-19, while legislation in at least three other states is advancing. The bills signed into law by the governors of...
How COVID-19 Court Lockdowns May Turn the Social Inflation Tide
Jun 2 2020 // Defense attorney Ellen Greiper reported receiving more than the usual number of phone calls from plaintiffs attorneys earlier this month, suggesting that the call dynamics could be signaling a COVID-driven change in social...
Insurance Survey Asks: How Is Pandemic Affecting Your Life, Your Work, Your Industry?
Jun 2 2020 // How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting you and your work? Now and going forward? No matter where you work in the P/C insurance industry, your experience is important. Learn how your experience compares with that of your...
Pandemic Stay-at-Home Experience Raises P/C Insurers’ Bar for Delivering Digitally
Jun 2 2020 // Significant investments in direct-to-consumer website and mobile design have helped property/casualty insurance companies improve their digital service and shopping experiences. Consultants at J.D. Power say insurers have...
California Lowers Workers’ Comp COVID Estimate; Expects Claims Drop in Downturn
Jun 1 2020 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Monday released a study looking at the historic impact of economic downturns on workers’ comp claim frequency and the potential impact of...
Tennessee to Require COVID-19 Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities
Jun 1 2020 // Gov. Bill Lee’s administration announced Friday that long-term care facilities will soon be required to test all of their residents and staff for COVID-19 after initially just urging nursing homes to do so. According...
Georgia Nursing Home Cited for Delayed Reporting of Virus-Infected Workers
Jun 1 2020 // The federal agency that oversees workplace safety said Friday that it had issued its first citation in the U.S. related to the coronavirus outbreak: against a Georgia nursing home that delayed reporting the hospitalization...
Louisiana Lawmakers OK Bills to Limit Virus Lawsuits Against Businesses
Jun 1 2020 // Louisiana lawmakers want to give protections from most lawsuits for coronavirus deaths and injuries to businesses that never closed during the outbreak and those that are newly reopening. The Republican-led bills by Sen....
Pandemic Reinsurance Solution Gains Wide Support from UK Re/Insurance Industry
Jun 1 2020 // UK insurance executives have taken another step toward developing a public-private risk-financing mechanism for future pandemics with the creation of work streams to take the idea from the drawing board to an operating...
Arizona Judge Rules Against Releasing Nursing Home COVID-19 Stats
Jun 1 2020 // The state of Arizona doesn’t have to publicly reveal the number of coronavirus cases and deaths among residents of nursing homes, long-term facilities and retirement homes, a state judge ruled on Friday. The ruling...
