Judge Advances Multidistrict COVID Business Interruption Case Against Society Insurance February 24, 2021 By Jim Sams A federal judge denied Society Insurance’s motions to dismiss three “bellwether” lawsuits filed by hospitality businesses that were denied coverage...
AXA, Other Mega-Investors Seek to Avoid Portfolios with Global Warming Potential February 24, 2021 By Alastair Marsh All good money managers expect to outperform their benchmark, and by one such metric the French insurer and investor AXA...
Munich Re Stops Insuring Nord Stream 2 Pipeline on Fears of U.S. Sanctions February 23, 2021 A subsidiary of Germany’s Munich Re will no longer insure the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Europe amid...
Judge Tosses Wife’s Suit Blaming Employer for Her Husband’s Covid February 22, 2021 By Joel Rosenblatt A federal judge tossed out a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that sought to hold an employer responsible for a worker’s spouse getting...
Risks of Business Failures ‘Remain Considerable,’ Says Fed February 22, 2021 By Howard Schneider The risks of ongoing business failures in the United States “remain considerable” even as the economy emerges from the coronavirus...
Researchers Testing If Wearable Wristwatch Can Detect COVID-19 Infection February 22, 2021 University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers are recruiting health care workers to study whether a wearable device, a...
Wife Sues Husband’s Employer Over COVID-19 Infection February 18, 2021 By Joel Rosenblatt A federal judge is weighing what she called a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that would hold an employer responsible for a worker’s...
Many Firms Aren’t Paying OSHA Fines Levied for COVID-19 Safety Violations: Reuters February 18, 2021 By Chris Kirkham U.S. workplace safety regulators have announced more than $4 million in penalties on more than 300 employers they say put...
Viewpoint: Post-Pandemic: Will Employers or Workers Have Upper Hand? February 16, 2021 By John Graham It’s been a year now since we came under the relentless domination of the coronavirus. After all this time, the...
COVID-19 Infections in U.S. Nearly 3X Greater Than Reported, University Model Estimates February 12, 2021 World health experts have long suspected that the incidence of COVID-19 has been higher than reported. Now, a machine-learning algorithm...