Latest COVID-19 Headlines
All the headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page, ordered by recency.
China’s Tough COVID Policy Still Drags on Economy
Jul 15 2022 // China has been tweaking its stringent COVID curbs but shows no sign of backing off from its “dynamic zero” policy, and has lagged in vaccination efforts that would enable it to do so, casting a heavy shadow...
Nordic Insurer Finds Longer, More Expensive Trips More Popular Now Than Before COVID
Jul 14 2022 // Long-haul travel is back among Danes and even more popular than before the COVID-19 pandemic, as pent-up wanderlust increasingly drives them to venture outside Europe’s borders, Scandinavia’s largest insurer...
North Carolina Appeals Court Overturns COVID Coverage Ruling Against Insurer
Jul 7 2022 // A North Carolina appellate court has overturned a rare win by businesses seeking to compel insurance coverage for their COVID-19 shutdown losses. In North State Deli et al vs. The Cincinnati Insurance Co., a three-judge...
Pennsylvania Republican Campaigns on False Nursing Home COVID Claim
Jul 7 2022 // Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor, has made a campaign staple out of the allegation that Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s policy of readmitting COVID-19 patients from hospitals to nursing...
Doctors Look to Athletes for Clues to COVID’s Heart Impacts
Jul 6 2022 // Doctors learned early in the pandemic that COVID-19 was more than a respiratory disease. It was attacking bodily organs, including the heart – even in healthy, young athletes. Enough athletes with COVID were experiencing...
Appeals Court First to Rule in Favor of Coverage for COVID Shutdown
Jul 4 2022 // The attorney who filed the first U.S. lawsuit seeking insurance coverage for a business shut down because of coronavirus won the first policyholder victory in a state or federal appellate court that interpreted the meaning...
California Insurer’s Efforts to Keep Workers and Help During Pandemic Led to Viable New Business
Jun 29 2022 // In the annals of how the pandemic changed things, toss in a positive tale from insurer CSAA Insurance Group. Walnut Creek, California-based CSAA, a AAA Insurer, offers automobile, homeowners and other personal lines of...
Medical Society Accuses Insurers of Using ‘Junk Science’ to Deny Covid Business Claims
Jun 27 2022 // The medical profession in New Hampshire is accusing the insurance industry of using “junk science” in justifying its denials of Covid-related business insurance claims. In an amicus brief in a case between a...
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear COVID Business Interruption Case
Jun 20 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court decided on June 6 that it will not hear an appeal of a decision that denied coverage for losses caused by COVID-19 shutdown orders, effectively closing the last door for such claims in the federal...
Appeals Court First to Rule in Favor of Coverage for COVID Shutdown
Jun 17 2022 // The attorney who filed the first U.S. lawsuit seeking insurance coverage for a business shut down because of coronavirus won the first policyholder victory in a state or federal appellate court that interpreted the meaning...
From Pandemic to Cyber War, Clear Policy Wording Is Key for Insurers
Jun 15 2022 // Insurers and insureds alike agree that clear policy wording will be the path forward in dealing with concerns about cyber war in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. This isn’t the first time in recent history...
China’s Zero-COVID Policies Prompt U.S. Firms in Shanghai to Cut Forecasts: Survey
Jun 15 2022 // SHANGHAI – Over 90% of U.S. multinational firms surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Shanghai have cut their annual revenue projections in the wake of the city’s grueling two-month lockdown, the...
UK Pubs Group Sues Zurich, Liberty Mutual, MS Amlin for $1.2B Over COVID BI Losses
Jun 13 2022 // Britain’s biggest pubs group Stonegate, which is suing Zurich Insurance and two peers for 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) over lockdown losses, battled the COVID-19 pandemic “day by day, venue by venue,”...
Mohegan Sun Casino Dealt a Loss on COVID-19 Insurance Claim
Jun 10 2022 // A Connecticut casino and resort operator has lost its bid to obtain insurance reimbursement for business losses due to the COVID-19 virus. Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (FMI) has succeeded in having the resort’s...
Texas Division of Workers’ Comp Extends COVID-19 Mandatory Data Call
Jun 9 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) said it is extending its mandatory data call for information on COVID-19 injuries through Dec. 31, 2022. The DWC previously extended its...
Wisconsin Supreme Court: COVID Records Can be Released
Jun 8 2022 // A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday said the state health department can release data on coronavirus outbreak cases, information sought two years ago near the beginning of the pandemic. The court ruled 4-3 against...
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear COVID Business Interruption Case
Jun 8 2022 // The US Supreme Court decided Monday that it will not hear an appeal of a decision that denied coverage for losses caused by COVID-19 shutdown orders, effectively closing the last door for such claims in the federal court...
Audit Faults Florida’s COVID Data Tracking Efforts in 2020
Jun 8 2022 // A report from Florida’s auditor general appears to support what some officials said in 2020 – that the state’s COVID-19 data was inaccurate and incomplete during the first nine months of the pandemic, making...
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Oklahoma Goodwill COVID Business-Interruption Suit
Jun 7 2022 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a lawsuit from an Oklahoma Goodwill branch seeking coverage for COVID-19 business income loss. Goodwill Industries of Oklahoma had sought to appeal its lawsuit against Philadelphia...
Covid-19 Led to 20% Increase in Texas Workers’ Comp Claims
Jun 1 2022 // The number of workers’ compensation claims reported to the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) increased 20% during the first 27 months of the COVID-19 pandemic (January 2020...
