pandemic News
Sustaining Culture in a Virtual World
Nearly a year has passed since the industry largely transitioned to a virtual workforce due to COVID-19. While organizations likely used Zoom, GoToMeeting or other web conferencing tools prior to the ...
Texas Bill Would Force Business Interruption Policies to Cover Pandemic Losses
A bill filed in Texas would require business interruption insurance policies to cover losses from a pandemic. Under SB 249, filed by Sen. Charles Schwertner, business interruption insurance would be ...
Was COVID-19 Really a Business Interruption Wake-Up Call?
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a wake-up call for the insurance industry in how it approaches cover for non-damage business interruption (NDBI). This is according to Lloyd's Chief Executive John ...
UK Supreme Court Rules Businesses Should Be Insured for COVID-19 Claims
Small businesses, from restaurants to nightclubs and wedding planners to beauty parlors, on Friday won the right to insurance payouts after Britain's highest court ruled many policies should cover ...
Initial Reactions to UK Supreme Court’s Ruling on Business Interruption Claims
Insurers, policyholders and industry observers have issued comments on the UK Supreme Court's ruling that insurers should pay small businesses for many business interruption claims from the COVID-19 ...
UK Insurance Ruling Is ‘Massive Boost’ for Businesses: Hiscox Action Group
A UK Supreme Court insurance judgment substantially in favor of policyholders will be a "massive boost" for British businesses currently suffering from a third government lockdown, the Hiscox Action ...
Responding to the Impact of COVID-19 on Workers Compensation
The workers compensation system has faced extraordinary challenges in the past 12 months. They just aren't the same issues we thought we would be addressing when the pandemic hit the U.S. in March ...
How Insurers Can Move Past ‘Unprecedented’: 3 Lessons Learned in 2020
"Unprecedented" is hands-down the word of 2020. It has been used to describe everything that's occurred during the pandemic from Supreme Court nominees to infection rates, lock downs, social ...