COVID-19

COVID-19 Can Be Occupational Disease Under Colorado Workers’ Compensation Act: Court

Colorado ruling establishes that COVID-19 can be considered an occupational disease under certain circumstances

A Duty to Protect: How Travel Insurance Can Address a Riskier World

Workers’ Compensation Claims in a Post-Pandemic Era

NASI Report Offers Insight to COVID-19 Impacts on Workers’ Compensation

2024 RIMS President David Arick Shares How COVID and AI Have Changed the Risk Management Space

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COVID-19 Is Threatening the Ability of Insurtech to Combat Business Interruption

As business interruption risks become increasingly complicated during COVID-19, will Insurtech be able to step up and find ways to cover losses?

Legal Roundup: Zoom User Sues Over Data Sharing, COVID-19 Income Loss Lawsuits and More

The latest court decisions impacting risk management and the insurance industry.

COVID-19 Can Detonate Cyber Landmines if You Don’t Pinpoint Your Exposures

Just as natural disasters threaten property losses, COVID-19 is having a profound effect on IT infrastructure and cyber security. Make sure you know your exposures.

9 Critical COVID-19 Risks for the Hospitality Industry

While many industries are playing a waiting game to learn the extent of the damage that COVID-19 will inflict on their businesses, hospitality is feeling the losses most immediately.

COVID-19 and Retail Supply Chains: What Panic Buying Is Teaching Us

COVID-19 business interruptions are hitting the retail sector particularly hard; here’s how supply chains are coping with panic-buyers.

5 Critical COVID-19 Risks for the Manufacturing Industry

COVID-19 is impacting every business in some way, but manufacturers are under unique pressure.

During COVID-19, Risk Managers Must Act Now to Be the Heroes Businesses Need

Businesses pivoting to address COVID-19 hold lessons for how we can create a more resilient society.

COVID-19 and Injured Workers: Telehealth Provides Digital Access to Recovery

As COVID-19 forces business closures, telemedicine programs are stepping up to keep injured worker care on track.

Legal Roundup: Okla. Tribes Sue Over COVID-19, Comcast’s Racial Discrimination Suit and More

The latest court decisions impacting risk management and the insurance industry.

Marsh Outlines COVID-19 BI and EPLI Considerations: Here’s What You Need to Know

Marsh explored COVID-19 liability by hosting a webinar on business interruption and employment law considerations.

5 Ways Ergonomics Can Help Improve Coronavirus Telecommuting

In the wake of COVID-19, work-from-home is a new reality that has hit corporate America and beyond. Here are five strategies to ensure proper ergonomics.

COVID-19 Business Interruption Relief Legislation Drafted by Butler University Risk Manager

A Butler University Risk Management professor is urging Congress to pass a pandemic risk insurance backdrop.

COVID-19 and Business Continuity: Is Your Plan Ready or Not?

As companies battle-test their continuity plans to varying degrees of success, it’s time to re-think our goals and risk tolerances and position our organizations to thrive in this new reality.

COVID-19 and Recession: How Both Could Impact Return to Work

A report from WCRI sheds light on how a coronavirus-related recession could affect return-to-work.

Is COVID-19 a Covered Pollution Exposure? What to Look for in Your Policy Language

This environmental broker examines whether or not pollution legal liability policies can provide some relief to enterprises struggling with the effects of COVID-19.

Has Coronavirus Altered Our Economic Future? Two Possible Scenarios from McKinsey

A new McKinsey report looks at how delayed coronavirus recovery or a prolonged contraction period will affect the economy.

Legal Roundup: New Orleans Restaurant Sues Lloyds, Katy Perry Sued for Copyright

A look at recent court cases and their effect on risk management and the insurance industry. 

7 Ways COVID-19 Is Impacting Workers’ Comp, According to One Call CEO Thomas Warsop

According to this workers’ compensation industry executive, COVID-19’s influence on his sector is already being felt tangibly.

Butler’s Risk Manager Calls for a Pandemic Risk Insurance Act

Butler University Risk Management professor Zach Finn recommends a Pandemic Risk Insurance Act to help mitigate coronavirus losses for businesses. 

COVID-19 and Business Interruption: How Insurance Can and Cannot Mitigate Losses

Coronavirus is causing massive disruptions and losses to businesses. Here’s where insurance may help.