Lloyd’s of London CEO Says Insurers Facing $200 Billion Pandemic Loss

Kim Kardashian sold out of her SKIMS face masks in minutes. In just under 30 minutes, fans got their hands on the new range of fashionable face masks to wear amid the ongoing pandemic. The businesswoman, 39, designed the face masks to match her SKIMS Solutionwear range to ensure her fans were keeping up their…

A popular Black Country restaurant has reopened as a takeaway with limit operating hours amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mad O’Rourkes Pie Factory, based on Tipton Road, Tipton, began serving people on Thursday. The restaurant will be offering a limited menu while food can only be purchased for collection. Initially, the restaurant will only be open…

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Only one in five UK businesses that have applied for government-backed coronavirus emergency loans have been granted funding, the latest figures show.A total of 6,020 loans worth £1.1bn have been issued under the coronavirus business interruption loan scheme (Cbils) so far, with half of the loans approved coming from the Royal Bank of Scotland, according…

Despite production being shut down around Hollywood and the rest of the world, the second season of The Mandalorian is still getting work done on its new episodes. The new episodes were promised for October of 2020 but there has been no comment on whether or not the target release date will remain as the…

CORONAVIRUS: Nine more deaths in Swindon, 657 in England News   Breaking CORONAVIRUS: Nine more deaths in Swindon, 657 in England NHS England has confirmed there have been nine more deaths at GWH.  All of the deaths happened between April 7 and April 11.  Deaths in England rose by 657 meaning the UK total is…

Two of the world’s biggest vaccine companies have joined forces in an “unprecedented” collaboration to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi, which combined have the largest vaccine manufacturing capability in the world, are working together on a hi-tech vaccine they say could be in human trials within months. The pairing is significant because, if…

Bryan Alexander USA TODAYPublished 9:34 PM EDT Apr 12, 2020Andrea Bocelli and the power of his voice sent an awe-inspiring Easter message in “Music for Hope: Live From Duomo di Milano,” a livestreamed concert that echoed around the world from the empty cathedral.Bocelli, 61, who has been blind since age 12, spoke only during the opening scenes, which…

Image copyright Getty Images The government has set out plans to restart England’s housing market, which has been in deep freeze since the coronavirus lockdown.From Wednesday, estate agents can open, viewings can be carried out and removal firms and conveyancers can restart operations.Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said the changes must be carried out under social…

Amazon has bought cameras to take the temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic from a firm the US previously blacklisted over allegations it helped China detain and monitor the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. China’s Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd shipped 1,500 cameras to Amazon this…

Donald Trump reacted angrily to a fly-on-the-wall account of his first nine months in the White House. The president’s lawyers tried, but failed, to stop publication of “Fire and Fury” (the book submits that some of Mr Trump’s aides question his mental capacity). Stephen Bannon, Mr Trump’s former right-hand man, in particular earned the president’s…

HBO Max promises a lot. Screenshot by CNET HBO Max, the HBO-anchored streaming service finally announced to be launching May 27, has much in common with its competitors in the streaming wars like Disney Plus and Peacock, not to mention Netflix. Like those, HBO Max will have a sprawling catalog of hit shows and movies, plus a big-budget slate of…

The Television Critics Association’s summer press tour, an annual marketing ritual held at LA’s Beverly Hilton, has become the latest industry event to be canceled by the coronavirus. In a memo sent Friday to its members, the TCA said it is “working with the networks to explore virtual alternatives both within the original press tour…

Actor Kevin Spacey has opened up about his swift downfall in a talk about the effects of the coronavirus on business.“I don’t think it will come as a surprise for anyone to say that my world completely changed in the fall of 2017,” Spacey said on an April episode of the podcast Bits and Pretzels.…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox.  Sign up here.  Anne Glenconner, Princess Margaret’s Lady-in-Waiting and close confidant to Queen Elizabeth II’s sister, believes history has prepared the British royal family to address the devastating coronavirus pandemic.The 87-year-old recently wrote a memoir about her decades-long friendship with the late princess…