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Lloyd’s of London reported its first annual pretax profit in three years on Thursday, thanks to tighter underwriting and robust investment returns, and signaled it was well prepared to cope with the cost of the coronavirus pandemic. The 330-year-old insurance … Source: Claims Journal
WASHINGTON — Thieves steal surgical masks. A clinic sells fake COVID-19 tests. Hate groups encourage sick members to infect law enforcement officers. Imposters pose as public health officials. Con artists peddle fake cures and financial scams. As the coronavirus pandemic … Source: Claims Journal
WASHINGTON/BOSTON — White-collar crime prosecutors and defense attorneys are likely to be busy following a massive economic stimulus package from the U.S. Congress aimed at mitigating the fallout from the coronavirus, according to a new academic study of insider trading. … Source: Claims Journal
SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. funeral homes are adapting their businesses to social distancing and the rapidly spreading coronavirus. Like companies across the United States, funeral homes and mortuaries are limiting contact with customers in order to avoid spreading the highly … Source: Claims Journal
Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones said workers in the U.S. should start thinking about resuming a different kind of life after the worst of Covid-19 — one with widespread testing and periodic self-isolation. The legendary trader and hedge fund manager, who … Source: Claims Journal
Ford Motor Co.’s plan to restart production at some of its most important U.S. plants roughly a month after they shut down will have to overcome immediate skepticism from the United Auto Workers union. After halting North American production as … Source: Claims Journal
What may be the first U.S. securities lawsuits alleging misdeeds related to coronavirus were filed this month — one against a cruise line and another against a pharmaceutical company that claimed to have developed a vaccine for COVID-19. There are … Source: Claims Journal
Market turmoil from the coronavirus is spilling into the bankruptcy of California power giant PG&E Corp. Victims of wildfires blamed on PG&E’s equipment are concerned the sell-off on Wall Street could hobble stock payments that make up half of a … Source: Claims Journal
A Native American tribe on Tuesday sued a group of insurance companies, asking a court to declare that losses it is incurring from shutting down its casinos during the coronavirus pandemic are covered by insurance. Among the defendants named in … Source: Claims Journal
The pandemic that has idled scores of commercial flights is having a little-noticed consequence for meteorologists, whose forecasts rely in part on data collected from planes. That means a crucial eye in the sky has weakened just as spring flood … Source: Claims Journal