Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways Offers Passengers Coronavirus Insurance
Sep 8 2020 // Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways on Monday said it would cover medical and quarantine costs for passengers if they contract the new coronavirus after traveling on one of its flights. Airlines around the world are trying to...
9 Coronavirus Vaccine Developers Pledge to Uphold Scientific Safety Standards
Sep 7 2020 // Nine leading U.S. and European vaccine developers pledged on Tuesday to uphold the scientific standards that their experimental immunisations will be held against, amid a hurried global race to contain the pandemic. The...
Changing How We Recruit — The Future of Insurance Post COVID-19
Sep 7 2020 // Typically each spring, a crop of fresh college graduates enters the workforce, making the critical first steps to determine personal and professional paths. Today, the job landscape differs greatly from what it was even a...
Property/Casualty Insurance First-Half Underwriting, Net Income Drops Tied to COVID
Sep 7 2020 // U.S. property/casualty insurance underwriting income dropped 5.5% in the first half of 2020 versus the same period last year. Higher underwriting expenses and policyholder dividends largely connected to COVID-19 costs are...
Defendants in Separate COVID-19 Business Interruption Suits Score Wins in Texas Courts
Sep 7 2020 // Rulings in two lawsuits originating in Texas over business income losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic were handed down in August in favor of insurance firms. In one, an insurance agency was added to a restaurant...
Federal Judge Dismisses Florida Dentist’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Claim
Sep 4 2020 // A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a suit for business interruption insurance payments by a Florida dentist who claimed the damages were caused by COVID-19 virus and related civil authority shutdowns of dental...
Insurers, Covid-Hit Businesses May Be at Odds Over Interruption Claims for Disasters
Sep 4 2020 // As insurers brace for an expensive natural-disaster season because of storms and wildfires ravaging parts of the United States, the novel coronavirus is giving them an odd financial break. Many companies that were damaged...
China Offers Experimental Coronavirus Vaccines to Aviation Frontline Workers
Sep 4 2020 // China has offered experimental coronavirus vaccines to aviation industry workers, according to a regulatory notice seen by Reuters, in a push to inoculate high-risk groups to prevent a possible resurgence as economies...
Even If Only Few Use Them, Contact Tracing Apps May Help Curb COVID
Sep 4 2020 // Contact tracing apps can sharply reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus even when only a few people use them, a study published on Thursday by researchers at Google and Oxford University showed. An app used by 15% of...
Michigan Cites 6 Businesses for COVID-19 Workplace Safety Violations
Sep 3 2020 // In late August, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) issued a round of COVID-19 “general duty” citations, citing six different businesses with serious violations for failing to...
South Florida Eases Coronavirus Restrictions on Restaurants, Tattoo Parlors
Sep 3 2020 // Some coronavirus restrictions started easing up Monday in parts of South Florida. In Miami-Dade County, restaurants were allowed to welcome back diners to indoor seating for the first time in almost two months, provided...
Officials Report Nearly 1K COVID Cases in Tennessee Private Prison
Sep 3 2020 // Nearly 1,000 inmates at a Tennessee prison have tested positive for COVID-19, corrections officials said Monday. Officials tested 1,410 inmates at South Central Correctional Facility late last week after several inmates...
States Told COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Ready for High Risk Groups in Late October
Sep 3 2020 // The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked state public health officials to prepare to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine to high-risk groups as soon as late October, documents published by...
Missouri’s COVID-19 Lawsuit Against China Stalled in Federal Court
Sep 2 2020 // More than four months after Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sought to hold China and the Chinese Communist Party accountable for the COVID-19 pandemic, the lawsuit remains stalled in federal court. Neither the...
Georgia Extends COVID-19 Orders as Cases Fall to Lowest Level Since June
Sep 2 2020 // Georgia’s governor is extending the two main executive orders that govern Georgia’s response to COVID-19. Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a 15-day extension of the order that mandates requirements on social...
Despite Pandemic, Derecho, Midwest Economy Improves, Survey Finds
Sep 2 2020 // The rural economy in Middle America showed improvement in August, despite the effects of a global pandemic and a rare devastating windstorm earlier in the month, according to a monthly survey of nine Midwest and Plains...
AM Best Finds Global Reinsurers ‘Maintain Equilibrium’ Through COVID-19
Sep 2 2020 // Ratings agency AM Best says its continued stable outlook on the global reinsurance industry reflects negative market forces largely driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, social inflation and previous years’ property...
Study: Fewer Vehicle Collisions with Wildlife in California as Traffic Dips During Pandemic
Sep 1 2020 // A study shows California’s stay-at-home order in response to the coronavirus seems to have reduced wildlife collisions, as decreased traffic resulted in fewer collisions with mountain lions, deer and other large...
Why Some Organizations Are Managing Coronavirus Risk Better Than Others
Sep 1 2020 // While few, if any, organizations saw the coronavirus pandemic and all of its death and disruption coming, some were better positioned to deal with it than others. According to risk expert Jim Wetekamp, some organizations...
University of Alabama COVID Cases Top 1K in First 2 Weeks of School
Sep 1 2020 // The University of Alabama reported Friday that an additional 481 students have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to more than 1,000 infections since students returned to campus for the fall. The University...
