Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurance Premium Discounts, Other Relief Offered During Coronavirus Crisis
Apr 24 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers. Most...
Everest Re Estimates $150 Million in Pandemic-Related Losses During First Quarter
Apr 24 2020 // Everest Re Group estimated pre-tax losses of $150 million during the first quarter from claims related to the coronavirus pandemic. The company expects that the majority of pandemic losses will come from the Reinsurance...
5 North Carolina Food Processors Have Employees Infected by COVID-19
Apr 24 2020 // Five food processing facilities in the state are each experiencing multiple cases of COVID-19 among employees, North Carolina health officials said Tuesday. A news release from state health and agriculture officials said...
Disease Experts Are Better Than the Covid-19 Contrarians: Opinion
Apr 24 2020 // One of the most vexing questions in life is: Should you trust the experts? The fundamental conundrum is that sometimes the experts make big mistakes — think of medieval doctors who killed their patients by bleeding...
5,000 Meat, Food Plant Workers Exposed to Coronavirus, Union Says
Apr 24 2020 // More than 5,000 U.S. meat and food-processing workers have been infected with or exposed to the new coronavirus, and 13 have died, the country’s largest meatpacking union said on Thursday. The statistics reflect how...
Louisiana Hospital Cheers as 1,500th Virus Patient Released
Apr 23 2020 // A hospital in New Orleans celebrated the discharge of their 1,500th coronavirus patient amid cheers from doctors and nurses more than a month after getting their first virus patient. A video on the Ochsner Medical Center...
Missouri Sues China Over Coronavirus Pandemic
Apr 23 2020 // The state of Missouri filed a lawsuit on April 21 against the Chinese government over the coronavirus, alleging that nation’s officials are to blame for the global pandemic. The lawsuit, filed in federal court by the...
Key Lawmaker Eyes Ban on Mergers to Protect Small Firms During Coronavirus Crisis
Apr 23 2020 // The chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel on Thursday called for a moratorium on mergers in the next coronavirus stimulus package and a ban on deals that are not directly related to companies about...
More States Making Plans to Lift Coronavirus Restrictions
Apr 23 2020 // More states in the U.S. South and Midwest signaled readiness on Wednesday to reopen their economies in hopes the worst of the coronavirus pandemic had passed, but California’s governor held firm to sweeping...
White House Vows Liability Protections for Businesses Facing Coronavirus Claims
Apr 23 2020 // Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said the administration will look at limiting liability for businesses over the spread of the coronavirus. “I think liability reforms and safeguards are going to be a very...
Tyson Foods Halts Work at Large Iowa Pork Plant to Curb Coronavirus Spread
Apr 23 2020 // Tyson Foods Inc. plans to indefinitely suspend operations at its largest pork plant in the United States to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus, the company said on Wednesday. It said the Waterloo, Iowa plant had...
China’s Ping An Reports Q1 Profit Drop of 42.7% on Coronavirus Business Disruption
Apr 23 2020 // Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd, on Thursday reported a 42.7% drop in first-quarter profit, its biggest fall in quarterly profits in more than eight years, as the coronavirus outbreak disrupted its...
Preferred Mutual Launches Relief Program for Auto Customers During Pandemic
Apr 23 2020 // Preferred Mutual Insurance Company has announced its Stay Home, Stay Assured Auto Program, which will provide more than 65,000 customers with a 15% credit on their April and May personal auto insurance premiums. The credit...
China Slams Coronavirus Lawsuit Brought by Missouri as ‘Very Absurd’
Apr 23 2020 // China on Wednesday slammed a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. state of Missouri over the coronavirus pandemic as “very absurd.” Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the legal action has “no...
New Coverage to Assist Businesses Impacted by COVID-19 — Temporary Insurance for Suspended Businesses
Apr 23 2020 // Los Angeles, CA, April 23, 2020 – Anderson and Murison is proud to announce a new coverage from one of our partners directed at businesses that have been forced to temporarily close as a direct result of...
Georgia Gambles on Reopening Business Amid Pandemic
Apr 23 2020 // A handful of mostly southern U.S. states will begin loosening economic restrictions this week in the midst of a still virulent pandemic, providing a live-fire test of whether America’s communities can start to reopen...
Travelers, W.R. Berkley CEOs Sound Alarm Over Coronavirus Lawsuits, Workers’ Comp
Apr 23 2020 // During an earnings conference call Tuesday, the leader of Travelers insurance alerted listeners to the possibility that frivolous lawsuits by plaintiffs lawyers could slow down the economic recovery from COVID-19...
Texas to Insurers: Credit Score Exemption Rules Apply During Pandemic
Apr 22 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued a reminder to carriers that Insurance Code Section 559.103 provides for exceptions to the use of credit scores affected by certain events, including temporary job...
How COVID-19 Impacts the Surplus Lines Insurance Industry
Apr 22 2020 // COVID-19 has majorly disrupted the global economy, and while many business sectors are subjected to temporary shutdowns or bare minimum operations, the insurance industry is racing forward while confronting unprecedented...
Despite Virus Outbreak, Midwest States Work to Keep Meat Plants Open
Apr 22 2020 // Governors in the Midwest are working to keep large meatpacking plants operating despite coronavirus outbreaks that have sickened hundreds of workers and threaten to disrupt the nation’s supply of pork and beef. In...
