Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arizona Dispensary Ordered to Stop Selling Virus ‘Stabilizer’
Apr 13 2020 // Arizona’s top prosecutor has ordered a Phoenix, Ariz., dispensary to stop marketing its products as treatments for the coronavirus. Attorney General Mark Brnovich says he sent a cease-and-desist letter to YiLo...
Washington Nursing Home Sued Over Coronavirus Death
Apr 13 2020 // The daughter of a woman who died of a suspected coronavirus case at a Seattle-area nursing home connected to dozens of COVID-19 deaths is suing the company that owns the Life Care Center of Kirkland. The Life Care Center...
P/C Insurance Is Industry Least Likely to Default Due to Coronavirus: S&P Credit Analysis
Apr 13 2020 // Compared to others, the property/casualty insurance industry is weathering the coronavirus crisis rather well. The property/casualty insurance is the least-impacted industry by the coronavirus pandemic, at least so far,...
New Jersey Directs Insurers to Provide Emergency Grace Period Amid COVID-19
Apr 13 2020 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance has directed insurers to provide financial relief to residents and businesses, as they continue to suffer financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance...
California Orders Insurers to Refund Premiums to Drivers, Businesses Hit by COVID-19
Apr 13 2020 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday ordered insurance companies to return insurance premiums to consumers and businesses and provide financial relief during the COVID-19 emergency. The...
How P/C Insurance Industry Can Maximize Its Response to Coronavirus: Crisis Manager
Apr 13 2020 // “I’m shocked, just shocked that you’re suggesting that during a crisis that insurance companies might in fact be considered the villains. I’ve never heard that before.” That’s Richard...
Auto Insurers Offering $8-$10B in Discounts in Coronavirus Relief Effort; Updated List
Apr 13 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. State...
Quote Requests to Insurance Agencies Down 30% Since Coronavirus Shutdowns
Apr 13 2020 // While consumers may have more time to consider their insurance needs during this period of stay at home orders and non-essential business shutdowns brought on by the nationwide COVID-19 pandemic, they aren’t...
Eli Lilly Begins Clinical Trial for COVID-19 Therapies
Apr 12 2020 // Eli Lilly and Co. reports it has begun clinical trials for testing therapies for COVID-19. The drug company said it has entered into an agreement with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part...
Does Prop 103 Allow Auto Insurers to Provide COVID-19 Rebates? Maybe Not
Apr 9 2020 // As is by now obvious to everyone, Americans are driving less these days amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the country, schools and businesses are shut down. Many areas have curfews and stay-at-home orders that ask...
4 Ways COVID-19 Will Change Cannabis and Insurance
Apr 9 2020 // One may not need to be able to read the cannabis leaves to divine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cannabis and insurance. Some good guesses from any insurance professional with their foot in the door of a...
Florida Directs Workers’ Comp Insurers to Comply with COVID-19 Treatment Order
Apr 9 2020 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an informational memorandum to all insurers and entities authorized to write workers’ compensation insurance providing guidance on the treatment of policyholders...
Anticipated Coronavirus Claims Scenarios Across Major Coverage Lines: Viewpoint
Apr 9 2020 // As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed over the past several months, participants in the insurance industry have recognized the likelihood of a resulting increase in claims volume. Much of the early focus has been on the...
Lessons on Trade-Offs From the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Viewpoint
Apr 9 2020 // LONDON — Lockdowns have brought most of the world’s advanced economies to a near standstill as policymakers fight the coronavirus pandemic by banning all but essential movement outside the home. Tens of...
Canada’s Insurers to Cut Auto Premiums as Drivers Stay Home During COVID-19 Crisis
Apr 9 2020 // Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), an industry association for Canada’s home, auto and business insurers, on Wednesday said its members would lower costs for auto insurance to reflect reduced driving during the...
PartnerRe’s Parent EXOR Vows to Go Ahead with Deals Despite Pandemic
Apr 9 2020 // The boss of EXOR showed confidence on Wednesday in the success of three transformative deals set to reshape its multi-billion portfolio of corporate holdings, despite being caught at mid-air by the coronavirus crisis. In a...
California’s Workers’ Comp Bureau Will Skip Mid-Year Filing Due to COVID-19
Apr 8 2020 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s governing committee has decided not to submit a July 1, 2020 rate. The committee met this week to review the WCIRB actuarial committee’s...
Death Toll Climbs to 9 From COVID Outbreak at Tennessee Nursing Home
Apr 8 2020 // Nine people have now died in a coronavirus outbreak at a Tennessee nursing home that saw more than 100 people test positive. Sumner Regional Medical Center spokesman Kyle Brogdon on Tuesday confirmed the new total of...
‘Uncertainty Is the Only Certainty’ When it Comes to Pandemic Modeling
Apr 8 2020 // A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. – a projection designed to help officials plan for the...
How Agencies Can Manage Employees Working from Home During Coronavirus Crisis
Apr 8 2020 // Millions of Americans are currently subject to shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders as efforts to slow the spread of the current strain of coronavirus expand, thus requiring employees across all industries to shift to...
