Special Coverage: COVID-19
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday announced immediate changes to the state’s workers compensation rules to provide comp coverage for health care workers and first responders who are quarantined following exposure to the coronavirus.
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
Coronavirus dominated this week's news, accounting for five stories in the Business Insurance Top 10. The most highly read story, though, focused on the acceleration in commercial insurance rate hikes in February.
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus across the world surpassed 100,000 on Friday as the economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling. An increasing number of people faced a new reality …
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
Business districts around the world began to empty and stock markets tumbled on Friday as the number of coronavirus infections neared 100,000 and the economic damage wrought by the outbreak intensified. An increasing number of people faced a new reality …
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
Massachusetts officials are launching an aggressive plan to regularly disinfect the state transit system and are calling on colleges and high schools to cancel study abroad programs as more than 700 residents have been quarantined amid the global spread of …
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
The International Air Transport Association said that the coronavirus outbreak has cost the Middle East airlines nearly $100 million in lost revenue.
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed and sent to President Donald Trump an $8.3 billion funding bill to help state and local governments combat the spreading coronavirus, as public health experts outlined efforts to rapidly accelerate testing for the disease. …
Posted: Mar 06, 2020
President Donald Trump signed a $7.8 billion emergency coronavirus spending bill on Friday after the number of infections continued to rise and stocks tumbled. The amount of money provided in the legislation far exceeds Trump’s original request — $1.25 billion …
Posted: Mar 05, 2020
EP 43 - This episode provides you with risk management ideas to consider in the event your office needs to shut down due to the coronavirus. Most people will telework but there are areas to address with this from servers to IP protocols, internet access to telephone trees. Also consider remote call...
Posted: Mar 05, 2020
Insurers, brokers and others say they are cautiously monitoring the situation with regards to the coronavirus, with some imposing limited travel restrictions and canceling events.
Posted: Mar 05, 2020
Financial firms in New York City were testing remote-work capabilities, implementing new travel restrictions and canceling or modifying upcoming events as the coronavirus outbreak – already on the finance capital’s doorstep – showed little sign of abating. MetLife Inc, whose …
Posted: Mar 05, 2020
Aviva Posts Record Profit, Though CEO Tulloch Warns of Coronavirus Uncertainty Aviva shares jumped on Thursday as the life and general insurer posted a record profit in its first year under chief executive Maurice Tulloch, although he said coronavirus added uncertainty to the ...
Posted: Mar 05, 2020
Coronavirus Business Lawsuits Are Coming 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 ...
Posted: Mar 05, 2020
PARIS — The Louvre is no longer taking cash, because of the coronavirus outbreak. The world’s most-visited museum is shifting to card-only payments as part of new measures that helped persuade employees worried about getting sick to return to work …
Posted: Mar 05, 2020
(Reuters) — The European Central Bank has asked euro zone banks to review their business continuity plans and the actions they can take to prepare for and minimize the potential adverse effects of the coronavirus, a letter seen by Reuters shows.
Posted: Mar 05, 2020
Substandard plane-cleaning practices on a Qantas Airways Ltd. plane may have put workers and passengers at risk of catching the new coronavirus, according to a workplace safety watchdog. The airline’s method of cleaning planes that could have carried infected passengers …
Posted: Mar 05, 2020
(Reuters) - U.K.-based insurer Aviva PLC shares jumped on Thursday as it posted a record profit in its first year under CEO Maurice Tulloch, although he said the coronavirus outbreak added uncertainty to the outlook.
Posted: Mar 05, 2020
The Association of British Insurers has said that thousands of businesses may not be able to claim losses due to the coronavirus outbreak, despite the government reclassifying the illness as a "notifiable disease."
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