Special Coverage: COVID-19
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
The coronavirus has upended markets, disrupted supply chains and forced quarantines. It’s all fertile ground for lawsuits. Hospitals, restaurants, day care centers, nursing homes and hotels may face claims that they didn’t take adequate steps to protect people. Shareholders can …
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
Concern about the spread of the coronavirus has triggered the largest “work-from-home” mobilization in history. Here are practical steps that organizations can take to remain cyber resilient amid the crisis. The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused significant disruption to businesses and a degree of...
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have warned seven companies for allegedly selling unapproved products that may violate federal law by making deceptive or scientifically unsupported claims about their ability to treat coronavirus (COVID-19). The …
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
WCRI policy analyst Vennela Thumula discusses trends in opioid use with Dr. Albert Rielly of Massachusetts General Hospital. By James Lynch, Chief Actuary, Insurance Information Institute It’s a heavy pour in first class on the train back from Boston (Woodford Reserve), but it lets me absor...
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
Six global and national insurance companies have agreed to offer ‘cancel for any reason’ travel policies in New York state after Governor Cuomo on Friday confirmed 11 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total number of cases to 44. …
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
A report by U.S.-based insurance rating agency A.M. Best Co. Inc. has said that the coronavirus outbreak could put European insurers’ balance sheets under stress, although the biggest impact is likely to come from the ensuing economic fallout rather than from direct exposure to the virus.
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
Italy's decision to put up to 16 million people under quarantine in northern Italy, to contain the coronavirus, will effectively shut down a significant part of the economy.
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
The number of people infected with coronavirus topped 110,000 across the world as the outbreak reached more countries and caused more economic damage. DEATHS/INFECTIONS * More than 110,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus across the world and over …
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
COVID-19 has upended lives and businesses around the world. These articles provide valuable insights on insurance coverage, preparation tips and more to help individuals and businesses reduce exposures as the virus continues to spread.
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
As U.S. employers ask employees to work from home to avoid exposure to coronavirus, they may be exposing themselves to another kind of risk: Cyberattacks. Aon on Friday issued an advisory cautioning employers to take steps to ensure that work-from-home …
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
As coronavirus cases exploded across the world, federal medical workers tasked with screening incoming passengers at U.S. airports grew alarmed: Many were working without the most effective masks to protect them from getting sick themselves. Screeners with the U.S. Centers …
Posted: Mar 09, 2020
Anna Alexander, a property manager in Virginia Beach, Virginia, started the day Monday thinking that she might avoid shaking hands because of the coronavirus outbreak. Then somebody stuck out a hand to shake. She took it. “I’m a business person,”Alexander, …
Posted: Mar 08, 2020
Some global companies are losing about $71K a day, among other losses, as a result of the coronavirus, a new survey shows.
Posted: Mar 08, 2020
A major insurance claims industry conference scheduled to start Sunday, March 8 has been cancelled due to events related to the coronavirus. The event was scheduled for the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C. The Property …
Posted: Mar 08, 2020
A major insurance claims industry conference scheduled to start Sunday, March 8 has been cancelled due to events related to the coronavirus. The event was scheduled for the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Maryland, outside Washington, D.C. The Property …
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
Austin Mayor Steve Adler declared a local disaster on March 5 that effectively cancels this year’s South by Southwest festival. The 10-day event was scheduled to begin March 13 and expects hundreds of thousands of attendees to fly in from …
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
Coronavirus Spread Raises Govt. and Bank Demand for Debt Insurance The cost of insuring exposure to sovereign as well as corporate debt rose almost across the board on Friday as the spread of coronavirus raised the prospect of debt distress and government bailouts. ...
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
NEW YORK — Anna Alexander, a property manager in Virginia Beach, Virginia, started the day Monday thinking that she might avoid shaking hands because of the coronavirus outbreak. Then somebody stuck out a hand to shake. She took it. “I’m …
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
The AFL-CIO is calling on the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to create an emergency temporary standard to protect workers from the potential coronavirus pandemic and future infectious agents.
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