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Olympics Delay, Not Cancellation, Provides Reprieve for Insurers
Delaying the Olympics is likely to cost insurers much less than canceling the Tokyo Games altogether, with a chance that some of those involved may not have policies specifically covering a postponement, industry sources say. The Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday were postponed to 2021, the first such delay in the modern Games’ 124-year history, as the coronavirus crisis forced […]
Avalanche of Legislation Passed in Response to COVID 19
I wrote my last column in the shadow of the coronavirus shutting down wide swaths of the northeast and California and Washington State doing the same. Since then, nearly all of the country has followed suit. Hundreds of thousands have now been diagnosed with COVID 19 in the United States and tens of thousands have […]
Coronavirus could affect medical malpractice rates, say experts
The coronavirus pandemic could lead to increased medical malpractice claims, but much remains uncertain at this point, including the possibility of federal and state governments acting to relieve health care provider liability, say observers.
Surge in working from home raises cyber exposure issues
By Judy Greenwald Companies directing large numbers of employees to work from home for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic face a host of cybersecurity issues, including concerns over tthe security of workers’ personal computers and vulnerability to phishing attacks.In addition, data lines may be strained as the number of staffing corporate systems […]