Special Coverage: COVID-19
Posted: Mar 22, 2020
The goal of the Big “I” is to ensure the fundamental premise of insurance is not undermined while providing relief for businesses that are hurting badly from government mandated shutdowns.
Posted: Mar 22, 2020
A financial market that’s in correction territory, coronavirus pandemic fears and an insurance industry hard market for the first time in years. Are these issues related or becoming more so? What’s an insured to think right now? The rapidly hardening …
Posted: Mar 22, 2020
While most of the world is focused on preventing the spread of Covid-19, there’s another looming catastrophe almost certain to happen: cyberattacks. A new government report on cybersecurity, “A Warning from Tomorrow,” asserts the nation is seriously underprepared for cyberattacks …
Posted: Mar 22, 2020
The outbreak of coronavirus has already resulted in some workers’ compensation claims and more are expected. But whether those claims are going to succeed depends on the individual circumstances and the state where the infection occurred. While compensability issues will …
Posted: Mar 22, 2020
Remote Work Not Much Help for Assembly Lines Property/casualty insurance professionals are trying to provide advice and empathy to their manufacturing clients coping with the effects of the spread of the coronavirus. But they are not able to offer much …
Posted: Mar 22, 2020
Just as you can do things to safeguard yourself from the coronavirus, you can also takes steps to avoid the mental fallout.
Posted: Mar 22, 2020
Expect an increase in claims related to contractual scheduling along with mediations, arbitrations and litigation over construction delays.
Posted: Mar 22, 2020
Stress testing what you know about your business now can help when navigating a crisis.
Posted: Mar 22, 2020
Pressure Builds on Insurers to Be Part of Coronavirus Business Solution While federal and state legislators to fashion financial relief for businesses interrupted by the public health actions related to coronavirus, pressure is mounting on private property/casualty ...
Posted: Mar 22, 2020
Catastrophe response is the insurance industry's stated goal. But currently, the sector has few answers for consumers.
Posted: Mar 22, 2020
Couples have begun battling with companies they paid in case of disaster, only to hear back that no policy can cover a global pandemic.
Posted: Mar 20, 2020
Fitch Revises Global Re ‘Sector’ Outlook to Negative; Rating Outlook Stable On Friday, Fitch Ratings announced a dimmer "sector outlook" for global reinsurers—changing it to negative from stable, pointing to increased concerns over COVID-19. Rating agencies like Fitch ...
Posted: Mar 20, 2020
Restaurant Suit Tests Business Interruption Insurance for Coronavirus Shutdowns A restaurant in the heart of the New Orleans tourism district filed a lawsuit on Monday asking a state judge for a declaratory judgment that its business interruption policy will cover its damages if ...
Posted: Mar 20, 2020
The Captive Insurance Companies Association on Friday said it is in the process of filing a claim to determine if the cancellation of its 2020 international conference due to COVID-19 is covered under its event cancellation coverage.
Posted: Mar 20, 2020
French Quarter Restaurant Sues Lloyds Over COVID-19 Business Interruption The case: The Oceana Grill in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter has sued Lloyd’s of London, claiming that the restaurant’s forced closure by government officials warrants business interruption coverage. The restaurant file...
Posted: Mar 20, 2020
French Quarter Restaurant Sues Lloyds Over COVID-19 Business Interruption The Case: The Oceana Grill in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter has sued Lloyd’s of London, claiming that the restaurant’s forced closure by government officials warrants business interruption coverage. The restaurant fil...
Posted: Mar 20, 2020
A nationwide shortage of N95 masks and newly relaxed standards for personal protective equipment have workers on the front lines treating coronavirus patients and medical associations both praising efforts to ramp up production and protesting federal guidance over fears that it places them at greate...
Posted: Mar 20, 2020
Fitch Ratings Inc. on Friday changed its outlook for the reinsurance sector to negative from stable due to increased concerns over financial markets volatility amid the spread of COVID-19.
Posted: Mar 20, 2020
Swiss Re Ltd. has an event cancellation exposure of $250 million to the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games and faces other potential liabilities in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Posted: Mar 20, 2020
(Reuters) — Negotiations between Bayer AG and plaintiff lawyers to settle claims its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer have been slowed by the coronavirus outbreak, according to the mediator in the talks.
Statistics
Global Stats
No stats available...
U.S. Stats
No stats available...
U.S. Cases by State
No stats available...