World’s Insurers Face $203 Billion Losses From Coronavirus May 14, 2020 By Benjamin Robertson Lloyd’s of London, the world’s largest insurance exchange, estimates the industry will suffer around $203 billion in losses from the...
Phishing Attacks Against Banks Jump With Pandemic Used as Lure May 6, 2020 By Yalman Onaran Cyber-attacks trying to trick bank employees to click on malicious links jumped in the first quarter, with criminals attempting to...
Blue Bell Pleads In Ice Cream Listeria Case; Ex-CEO Charged May 4, 2020 AUSTIN — A Texas ice cream company has pleaded guilty to distributing contaminated goods and its former CEO has been...
Back To Work, Owners Make Changes So Workers Feel Safe May 4, 2020 By Joyce M. Rosenberg NEW YORK — Before the coronavirus outbreak, furniture deliveries at Sunnyland Outdoor Living meant two employees sitting side-by-side in a...
Willis: COVID-19 Losses Offset by Reduced Claims for Auto Lines May 4, 2020 By Jim Sams If the novel COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control soon, the disease’s impact on the insurance industry as a whole...
Pandemic Job Actions May Push Renewed Labor Movement April 30, 2020 By Nicholas Riccardi and Dee-Ann Durbin Jordan Flowers never thought he would become a labor leader. Then the coronavirus forced him to risk his life every...
Swiss Re Swings to Q1 Loss as Coronavirus Outbreak Bites April 30, 2020 FRANKFURT — Reinsurer Swiss Re swung into a net loss in the first quarter of 2020 as the impact of...
For Meat Plant Workers, Virus Makes a Hard Job Perilous April 21, 2020 By Stephen Groves SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Kulule Amosa’s husband earns $17.70 an hour at a South Dakota pork plant doing a job...
Individual Ashtrays, Hourly Disinfection: French Carmakers Eye Production Restart April 16, 2020 By Gilles Guillaume PARIS — Peugeot-owner PSA and Renault are planning new safety measures in a push by France’s major industrial groups for...
Facebook Sues Over Deceptive Ads Linked to Coronavirus Scams April 13, 2020 By Malathi Nayak and Sarah Frier Facebook Inc. sued the founder of a software company for running deceptive advertisements on its social-media platforms, including links to...