Special Coverage: COVID-19

Allstate announces coronavirus assistance for customers, employees

Posted: Mar 30, 2020

The insurer is allowing customers to delay payments, among other measures

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How Coronavirus Crisis Has Changed Underwriting at Lloyd’s of London

Posted: Mar 30, 2020

Thousands of London’s underwriters took their stamps and fountain pens home last week, which they use to sign insurance contracts, but they won’t need them. Working at home due to the coronavirus lockdown, they have abandoned the normal tools of …

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Brightway Insurance announces precautionary measures for COVID-19

Posted: Mar 30, 2020

The company has implemented a plan to allow all employees to work remotely

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Viewpoint: Keeping Your Cases Moving During the COVID-19 Crisis

Posted: Mar 30, 2020

Many subrogation professionals will find themselves working from home in the near future. While much can be accomplished from a computer keyboard, there are certain activities essential to investigating and litigating subrogation files which are going to mandate a creative …

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The most and least affordable U.S. metro areas

Posted: Mar 29, 2020

Home affordability improved in Q4 2019, but the coronavirus has caused new uncertainty for housing markets across the U.S.

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Will COVID-19 Disrupt Insurtech? by Mark Breading

Posted: Mar 29, 2020

If there is one thing that we have all learned with the spread of COVID-19, it is that there is virtually no industry that is immune to its impact. The global pandemic is disrupting the daily lives of individuals, the operations of businesses, the activities of governments and even the approach of...

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Big ‘I’ President & CEO Outlines Association’s Efforts in Coronavirus Crisis

Posted: Mar 29, 2020

In a video message to Big “I” members and leadership, Big “I” president & CEO Bob Rusbuldt details the role the association is playing in helping independent agents and their clients through the coronavirus crisis.

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CIO & Technology Leadership during COVID-19: The Unexpected Spotlight

Posted: Mar 29, 2020

The CIO and leadership teams will be ultimately judged by how they conduct themselves both during this time and after we return to “normal.”

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Coronavirus update: Tri-state travel warnings, CARES Act and more

Posted: Mar 29, 2020

Here is an update on some of the biggest coronavirus-related news on March 30, 2020.

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Keeping on Top of Coronavirus Information Overload

Posted: Mar 29, 2020

As quickly as the coronavirus is spreading, so is the amount of published information available to help insurers and their customers navigate this confusing environment. But separating information from misinformation and the truly useful from the merely “nice to know” can be a challenge. As a...

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Apple’s China Factories Restart, Even as iPhone Demand Is in Question

Posted: Mar 29, 2020

Apple’s China Factories Restart, Even as iPhone Demand Is in Question As China reopens its economy after months of lockdown, Apple Inc's iPhone factories are largely up and running. But with the coronavirus pandemic spreading across the world, the urgent question for ...

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Insurers Are “Financial First Responders” in COVID-19 Crisis

Posted: Mar 29, 2020

U.S. insurers are covering employees and employers facing exposure to COVID-19 while easing the financial burdens of their customers and communities during an extraordinary time in the nation’s history, according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I). “These are challenging times...

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U.S. Commercial Insurers Face Increasing Political Pressure to Pay Pandemic Business Loss Claims

Posted: Mar 27, 2020

U.S. Commercial Insurers Face Increasing Political Pressure to Pay Pandemic Business Loss Claims U.S. commercial insurers face mounting political pressure to cover claims from businesses that are losing revenue because of coronavirus shutdowns ordered by state and local governments. Insurers ...

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Lloyd’s Faces COVID-19 Claims from Multiple Insurance Lines, Says CEO Neal

Posted: Mar 27, 2020

Lloyd’s insurers face COVID-19 related claims from approximately 14 categories of insurance, said Chief Executive Officer John Neal during a media call to discuss the market’s 2019 results. Neal said it is too early for the market to assess the …

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U.S. Commercial Insurers Face Increasing Political Pressure to Bay Pandemic Business Loss Claims

Posted: Mar 27, 2020

U.S. Commercial Insurers Face Increasing Political Pressure to Bay Pandemic Business Loss Claims U.S. commercial insurers face mounting political pressure to cover claims from businesses that are losing revenue because of coronavirus shutdowns ordered by state and local governments. Insurers ...

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Mortgage insurers should weather defaults from the coronavirus: KBW

Posted: Mar 27, 2020

The impending wave of loan delinquencies because of the coronavirus hurt private mortgage insurer earnings, but the companies will still have sufficient capital, a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods report said.

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Washington Commissioner Asks Insurers to Extend Coverage to Delivery Drivers’ Personal Vehicles

Posted: Mar 27, 2020

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is asking insurers doing business in the state to immediately extend automobile insurance coverage for personal delivery drivers to aid people temporarily assigned this duty during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kreidler said his office would expedite …

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Washington State Asks Insurers to Extend Coverage to Delivery Drivers

Posted: Mar 27, 2020

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is asking insurers doing business in the state to immediately extend automobile insurance coverage for personal delivery drivers to aid people temporarily assigned this duty during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kreidler said his office would expedite …

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House passes $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief bill

Posted: Mar 27, 2020

The bill, passed by voice vote, now goes to President Trump's desk.

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