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As COVID Cases Rise Again, U.S. Business Travelers Scale Back Travel Plans
With the COVID-19 Delta variant pushing infections higher again, U.S. business travelers are scaling back their travel plans, a new survey has determined. Approximately 67 percent of respondents said ...
COVID-19 Helping to Push Millennials Out of Housing Market: Legal & General Study
Home insurers should take note: the COVID-19 pandemic has apparently helped to dampen home ownership plans for U.S. millennials, according to a new Legal & General Study looking at the market ...
OSHA Urges Employers to Make Fully Vaccinated Workers Wear Masks
The U.S. agency that regulates workplace safety issued guidance on Friday urging employers to require many fully vaccinated workers to wear masks to protect unvaccinated colleagues and customers, ...
Who Is Returning to the Office? Carrier Management Wants to Know
Carrier Management wants to know when, and if, you're planning a return to the office after more than 18 months and counting of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some carriers and other companies in the ...
U.S. Explores Authority Businesses Have to Mandate Vaccines
The Biden administration is examining what authority businesses have to mandate vaccines, a top U.S. official told Reuters on Friday, as it considers what more steps can be done to halt the spread of ...
As Workers Return to Office, Insurers Worry About COVID-19 Discrimination Claims
Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected wave of discrimination claims as employers call staff back to their desks after ...
London Struggles to Lure Back Financial Workers, Legal & General Warns
The head of one of the UK's largest insurers and investors warned that the City of London is struggling far more than the country's other office districts in luring workers back to their desks. Since ...
COVID-19-Related Labor, Material Price Hikes Propelling Property Claim Cost Increases
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a sharp increase in the price of materials and labor and driving increases in property claim costs, experts said during a webinar hosted by ATI Restoration on ...