Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
From Insurers to Landlords, Retailers to Restaurants, COVID Reshapes Economies
Dec 18 2020 // It would be just a temporary precaution. When the viral pandemic erupted in March, employees of the small digital insurance firm Thimble fled their Manhattan offices. CEO Jay Bregman planned to call them back soon — as...
SEC Lawsuit Alleges Biotech Firm, CEO Misled Investors About COVID-19 Tests
Dec 18 2020 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Decision Diagnostics Corp. and its chief executive for allegedly misleading investors by promising the biotechnology company could test for COVID-19 with a finger-prick of...
Judgment in UK COVID Business Interruption Appeal Will Be Handed Down in January
Dec 18 2020 // LONDON – There will be no judgment in an appeal over business interruption insurance this year, Britain’s markets watchdog said on Tuesday, dashing hopes of an early outcome in a case that could affect billions of...
S. African Insurer Guardrisk Will Not Challenge Court Ruling on COVID-19 Claims
Dec 18 2020 // JOHANNESBURG – South African insurer Guardrisk will not further challenge a court process that has found it liable to pay clients’ rejected coronavirus-related claims, it said late on Thursday. Guardrisk, the...
Climate Change Poses Much Greater Existential Risk for the World Than COVID-19
Dec 18 2020 // Similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change ultimately will be managed by “bending the curve” of temperature rises and greenhouse gas emissions, according to Rowan Douglas, Head of Climate and Resilience...
COVID Vaccine Rollout Spurs Demand for Extra Insurance Coverage
Dec 18 2020 // LONDON – Speedy global delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by air and sea in ultra cold conditions will lead to a jump in cargo insurance rates and spur demand for new areas of coverage, leaving underwriters on high...
Origami Risk Tools Track COVID-19 Vaccinations, Outbreaks
Dec 18 2020 // Origami Risk, a risk, safety and insurance software as a service (SaaS) technology firm, has developed new online tools for healthcare providers, nursing homes and employers in all sectors to track employee COVID-19...
Report: Despite Pandemic-Driven Emission Redux, We’re Headed to 3-Degrees Warming
Dec 17 2020 // A new report finds that despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century, a mark that is well beyond the Paris...
Storm Lake, Iowa, Tyson Plant Sued Over Worker’s COVID-19 Death
Dec 17 2020 // The family of a man who died from COVID-19 while working at a Tyson pork plant in Storm Lake, Iowa, has filed a lawsuit accusing the company and several plant executives of gross negligence. Michael Everhard, 65, of Fonda,...
First Coronavirus Business Interruption Trial Gets Underway
Dec 17 2020 // The owners of a restaurant in the heart of the New Orleans French Quarter are asking a Louisiana judge to order some Lloyd’s of London insurers to cover losses from the Covid-19 outbreak — the first of a...
South Africa Court Dismisses Insurer Guardrisk’s Appeal in Coronavirus Claims Case
Dec 17 2020 // JOHANNESBURG – A South African court on Thursday dismissed insurer Guardrisk’s appeal against a previous ruling that found it was liable pay a Cape Town cafe’s rejected coronavirus claim. Like other insurers...
North Carolina Labor Chief Faces Backlash Over Response to New COVID Rules
Dec 17 2020 // North Carolina worker and civil rights advocates are unhappy with the outgoing state labor commissioner’s refusal to put more regulations upon employers they say will protect employees from COVID-19. Representatives...
Tyson Fires 7 Managers at Iowa Plant Over Betting on COVID-19 Cases
Dec 17 2020 // Tyson Foods Inc. said on Wednesday it had fired seven managers at an Iowa pork plant after investigating allegations that they took bets on how many employees would catch COVID-19. The independent investigation, led by...
EEOC Releases Updated Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccinations and Employment Laws
Dec 16 2020 // The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released updated guidance on the responsibilities and rights of employers and employees related to the COVID-19 vaccine, including in cases where employers require...
Don’t Force Employees to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine: Viewpoint
Dec 16 2020 // Here’s a question we’re sure to see in the courts before long: What if your employer mandates a Covid-19 vaccination and you’d rather not take it? President-elect Joe Biden might insist that he has no...
Directors & Officers Risk Landscape Shaped by Insolvencies, COVID, Activism: Allianz
Dec 16 2020 // While the COVID-19 pandemic presents risks for directors and officers (D&O), it is far from the only force these insureds and their insurers will be dealing with in the year ahead. Rising insolvency exposures, growing...
Top Performing Auto Insurers During COVID and What’s Driving Customer Behavior
Dec 16 2020 // Spurred by a combination of financial hardship, a decrease in miles driven and a general lack of awareness of the historic relief efforts the industry initiated in 2020, auto insurance customer loyalty has given way to a...
Joint Louisiana Insurance Committees to Hear About Hurricane Claims, Pandemic
Dec 15 2020 // The insurance committees of the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives will hear about the impact of multiple 2020 hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic on insurance rates in a joint meeting on Dec. 16. Presenters...
FDA Appears Close to Approving ‘Highly Effective’ Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
Dec 15 2020 // Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to be set for regulatory authorization this week after U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff members did not raise any major new concerns about it in documents released on...
Lloyd’s, Insurtech Parsyl Launch Insurance Facility for COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments
Dec 15 2020 // Lloyd’s and insurtech start-up Parsyl Inc. announced the launch of the Global Health Risk Facility (GHRF), which will provide billions of dollars of insurance coverage, together with risk mitigation services, to help...
