Special Coverage: COVID-19

Battle Plays OutOver Coronavirusand Business Insurance

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

The Financial Times reports that U.S. lawmakers and lawyers are considering efforts to force insurance companies to pay claims related to the coronavirus pandemic. Congress also is debating the need for legislation to require insurers to cover costs from business interruption caused by the pandemic....

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P/C Insurance Industry Backs New Government Fund to Help Businesses, Workers Hurt by Coronavirus Shutdowns

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

The property/casualty insurance industry has joined a broad business coalition in supporting and crafting a new federal relief fund for businesses and workers affected by the quarantine and stay-at-home measures necessitated by the coronavirus crisis. The new relief vehicle, the …

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Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals the Science of Risk That Shapes Our Lives

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

Hours after the results of a risk model reached the public, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Donald Trump asked nearly 400 million people to upend their lives. A group of epidemiologists at Imperial College London published the …

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10 Nursing Homes in Colorado Have COVID-19 Outbreaks

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

The Colorado Department of Health has released the names and locations of nine of the 10 nursing homes and long-term care facilities that are facing outbreaks of COVID-19 in response to a public records request filed by The Denver Post. …

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Massachusetts Joins Ohio, N.J. in Proposing COVID-19 Business Interruption Bill

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

Massachusetts is one of the latest states to propose legislation that would mandate insurers cover COVID-19 related business interruption claims despite virus exclusions in many policies. This comes as Insurance Journal reported legislators in New Jersey and Ohio have floated …

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Coronavirus Infections on Rise in Already-Strained Urban Police Departments

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

When nine police officers showed up to make an arrest near Melrose Avenue in the Bronx last Wednesday, none wore a mask or gloves to protect them from coronavirus. Similar scenes play out all over the city daily: officers making …

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COVID-19: Moral Imperative for the Insurance Industry by Paul Carroll

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

When I saw this article in the Wall Street Journal this week, on how states are pressuring insurers to pay business interruption claims related to COVID-19 even though policies specifically exclude pandemics, I was reminded of my first encounter with the “deep pockets” theory that is driving the pr...

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CEO Viewpoint: How COVID-19 May Impact P/C insurance—Now And Going Forward

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

CEO Viewpoint: How COVID-19 May Impact P/C insurance—Now And Going Forward The spread of COVID-19 across the globe and the associated economic fallout are evolving extremely rapidly, creating one of the most defining challenges of our time. In the past days, I have spoken ...

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Brokers, buyers, insurers renew policies while sheltering in place

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

Insurers, brokers and commercial buyers are adapting to the challenge of negotiating and completing insurance policy renewals while working remotely and avoiding close contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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QBE Withdraws 2020 Financial Targets Over COVID-19 Uncertainty

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

A Longer Coronavirus Crisis Creates Greater Underwriting Loss Uncertainty: Fitch North American property/casualty insurers will likely face increasing coronavirus-related financial challenges as the pandemic crisis drags on, Fitch Ratings said in a new report. "Claims experience ...

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Ageas Goes AI for Claims Process Via Tractable Partnership

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

QBE Withdraws 2020 Financial Targets Over COVID-19 Uncertainty QBE, in a potential harbinger of things to come from other carriers, has withdrawn its 2020 financial targets due to COVID-19 uncertainty. "In light of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and ...

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Workers’ comp carriers told to prepare for coronavirus claims

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

Under Australia's WorkSafe ACT, insurers need to make arrangements for workers’ compensation claims should employees contract coronavirus while on the job.

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Property/casualty insurers pay coronavirus compensation

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission's Shanghai unit said than 36 property/casualty insurers have paid compensation of nearly 9 million Chinese yuan ($1.3 million) to 271 corporate customers affected by the coronavirus outbreak.

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

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

When the Dean of Harvard Business School, Nithin Nohria, gave his inaugural interview with the school’s newspaper The Harbus in September 2010, he discussed the important role business plays in society.  Advertisement “My father was CEO of Crompton Greaves in India. I saw the impact business c...

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Coronavirus: Wimbledon has coverage against global pandemic – reports

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

Decision on future of event to be announced soon

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QBE Withdraws 2020 Financial Targets on COVID-19 Related Economic Uncertainty

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

QBE released its 2019 full year results on Feb. 17, 2020, which included an outlook statement that included combined operating ratio and net investment return targets for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2020. However, QBE has decided to withdraw …

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Global M&A Plunges 28% in Q1 as Coronavirus Hits Economies

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

Global mergers and acquisitions activity plunged 28% in the first quarter to its lowest level since 2016 as the devastating economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic took hold in March, compounding a slow start to the year for dealmakers. Deal …

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Big telehealth push is health insurers' prime coronavirus response

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

Medicare telehealth policy changes are putting pressure on private plans to follow suit.

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Mississippi Gov: Businesses that Remain Open Risk Lawsuits

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is allowing many businesses to remain open amid the coronavirus pandemic, but he repeated Friday that some should voluntarily change the way they operate. The Republican added a new twist by implying a threat from trial …

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COVID-19: Actuaries Now All Wrong by Christopher Mackeprang

Posted: Mar 31, 2020

It’s safe to say that 2020 will be nothing like the year we were expecting. Our actuarial projections from last year, based on looking at historical data and adjusting it to fit future conditions, are woefully inadequate for the task of projecting what life will be like in an age of “social distanc...

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