Pandemic Pushes Insurers to Avoid Already Strained Senior Care Market July 9, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn The coronavirus pandemic has made it even harder for senior-care centers in the United States to find or afford standard...
Law Firms Tracking Wave of COVID-19 Employee v. Employer Litigation July 9, 2020 By Jim Sams A pandemic is no time to play favorites at the workplace, skimp on personal protective equipment or get too stingy...
Chubb Urges U.S. and Insurers to Team Up for Future Pandemic Costs July 9, 2020 By Katherine Chiglinsky Chubb Ltd. proposed that insurers and the U.S. government work together to cover future business-interruption losses from pandemics, as the...
CDC Says COVID-19 Hit Meat, Poultry Plant Workers Hard In April, May July 8, 2020 By Vishwadha Chander The coronavirus outbreak took a heavy toll on workers at U.S. meat and poultry processing facilities, with more than 17,000...
Bank of England Worried About Business Interruption Insurance Claims July 8, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Huw Jones LONDON — The biggest uncertainty now facing insurers is whether they will have to pay for a raft of business...
Lloyd’s Calls For State-Backed ‘Black Swan’ Reinsurance July 1, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn LONDON — “Black Swan” reinsurance schemes backed by governments could help businesses get insurance pay-outs after huge shocks such as...
COVID-19 Treatment to Cost Private Insurers $3,120 July 1, 2020 By Marilynn Marchione The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340...
Georgia Lawmakers: Block COVID-19 Lawsuits Against Business June 29, 2020 By Jeff Amy ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers want to protect businesses and other from being sued if someone blames them for contracting COVID-19,...
Some Disneyland Workers Protest Reopening Plans Amid Pandemic June 29, 2020 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Workers at California’s Disneyland Resort protested from their cars on Saturday, arguing that the Walt Disney Co...
COVID-19 Sweeps Away Matriarch in Flood-Ravaged Mid-Michigan June 29, 2020 By Christine Ferretti MIDLAND, Mich.–With floodwaters rising and his wife hospitalized with COVID-19, Kevin Hennig feared the worst — missing critical moments with...