Special Coverage: COVID-19

Who Got Money in Small Business Paycheck Protection Program?

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 (Reuters) – Over two frantic weeks, the U.S. government pledged $350 billion to Main Street businesses across America desperate for cash after coronavirus lockdowns. Now a picture is emerging of who got the money. More than …

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Utah passes bill to provide first responders with comp for COVID

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

Utah lawmakers passed legislation Thursday that would create a rebuttable presumption for first responders who contract COVID-19 on the job.

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Florida Nursing Home COVID-19 Cases Top 1,300; 30 Test Positive at Tampa Bay Facility

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

About 30 patients and staff members at a Tampa Bay area nursing home have tested positive for the coronavirus and some patients have been taken to three hospitals for treatment, officials said. Other residents at the Freedom Square Seminole Nursing …

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Carnival CEO Says Company Followed Safety Protocols in Outbreaks on 2 Cruise Ships

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

Carnival Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arnold Donald defended the company’s safety record on Thursday, telling reporters in a media call that Carnival followed protocols from international authorities while handling high-profile coronavirus outbreaks aboard two of its ships. On Feb. 3 …

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Coronavirus: Hold Music, Noise Wreck Court Hearing by Phone

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

ATLANTA — It was a court hearing gone awry in the time of the coronavirus: Legal arguments in a lawsuit over gun carry licenses were repeatedly interrupted by hold music, background noise and failures of the mute button. And it …

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Allianz CEO Baete Warns Coronavirus Will Cause ‘Huge Losses’ for Insurers

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

Allianz CEO Baete Warns Coronavirus Will Cause ‘Huge Losses’ for Insurers Allianz SE Chief Executive Officer Oliver Baete warned the coronavirus has upended insurers' business models and will cause "massive" losses across the industry. The virus has forced closures across ...

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Short term car insurance Lenny has shut down

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

According to Nielsen, their backers are no longer in a position to provide them with the funding they need and with the Coronavirus outbreak so fresh they were forced to end their journey. 

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FBI Official Says Foreign Hackers Have Targeted COVID-19 Research

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

A senior cybersecurity official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday that foreign government hackers have broken into companies conducting research into treatments for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus. FBI Deputy Assistant Director Tonya Ugoretz …

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South Dakota COVID-19 Cases at Meat Plant Top 1.1K; One Worker Dies

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

The number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in South Dakota has surpassed 1,100, and more than half of those cases have some connection to the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls. Health officials said on April …

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Coronavirus Confirmed on Offshore Oil Platforms in Gulf

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

The new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been confirmed in more than two dozen people working on oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said. While an offshore rig might seem like an unlikely place for the …

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Tyson Foods: 2 Iowa Plant Employees Dead After Virus Outbreak

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

Two employees have died following a coronavirus outbreak that has sickened scores of Tyson Foods workers at a large pork plant in southeastern Iowa, the company said. The deaths of the workers at Tyson plant in Columbus Junction are the …

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Tyson Foods: 2 Iowa Pork Plant Employees Dead After Virus Outbreak

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

Two employees have died following a coronavirus outbreak that has sickened scores of Tyson Foods workers at a large pork plant in southeastern Iowa, the company said. The deaths of the workers at Tyson plant in Columbus Junction are the …

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Louisiana Extending License Renewal Dates for Insurance Agents, Adjusters

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

The Louisiana Department of Insurance says a new emergency rule extends the renewal dates for licenses of insurance producers and adjusters who have been negatively impacted by the business closures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Emergency Rule 44 applies …

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Mixed ReactionsTo Workers CompCOVID-19 Expansions

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

State workers’ compensation boards around the country are amending rules for benefits payouts related to coronavirus, and several states have expanded or are considering widening access to workers comp coverage for COVID-19 beyond first responders and health care workers. Kentucky and Illinoi...

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How Data, Automation and Collaboration Must Shape the Future of Risk Management

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

The risks of the future, both near and far, are growing in complexity because of their interconnectivity. This is precisely what makes risk mitigation so challenging; every action may cause an unknowable reaction on another area of business or on a business’s long-term viability. Advertisement Es...

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The BI Top 10: Week of April 13, 2020

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

Coronavirus coverage accounted for every story in this week’s Top 10, with particular interest in whether insurers could be forced to cover virus-related business interruption claims. Even President Trump weighed in on the issue.

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FBI official says foreign hackers have targeted COVID-19 research

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

A senior cybersecurity official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday that foreign government hackers have broken into companies conducting research into treatments for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus.

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California Nursing Home Reports 154 Virus Cases, 8 Deaths

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

A Central California nursing home has 154 cases of the coronavirus and eight residents have died in one of the largest single outbreaks in the state, it was reported. The numbers reported by Redwood Springs Healthcare Center in Visalia, a …

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Unico in California Offering Covid-19 Suspended Operations Insurance

Posted: Apr 17, 2020

Calabasas, Calif.-based Unico American Corp. announced that in response to the forced closure of so many small businesses due to the Covid-19 situation in California, Unico’s general agency subsidiary, Unifax Insurance System Inc., is now offering a Suspended Operations insurance …

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