We here at Claims Pages realize pandemic-related claims can be a difficult process to work through and we're here to support insurance professionals however we can. Recently, we posted two new database tools that should help.

Also, we put together a Coronavirus Dashboard that covers everything you would need to know. This includes multiple databases like hospitals, health departments, police and fire rescue, and medical examiners.

In addition to these databases, the dashboard also offers daily updates on new case totals by country and an interactive global map.

Insurance companies are facing political pressure to pay what could be a crippling sum of coronavirus-related claims - even though many of them say their policies don't cover pandemics.

As AI, image quality and cloud-based services improve, the insurance industry is slowly moving closer to an era where many claims may soon be processed without any human touch at all.

Dr. Richard Victor, founder of WCRI and senior fellow at the Sedgwick Institute, recently released a book focusing on futuristic scenarios for the workers' compensation industry in macroeconomic terms. Victor's book, entitled "Scenarios for the 2030s: Threats and Opportunities for Workers' Compensation Systems", is a wide-ranging and rigorously researched manifesto, addressing everything from the intricacies of labor shortages in the U.S. to health care reform and case shifting.

Right now, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, it is tough to imagine the fertile environment for insurtech start-ups that the sector has enjoyed can last much longer. The crunch from social distancing, if not out-and-out restrictions on economic activity, will undeniably freeze the flow of cash to untested ideas.

The insurance impacts of the coronavirus pandemic remain unclear, but experts agree that the effects will reverberate through the industry and economy for years to come.