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COVID-19 Wrap-Up:BI Coverage Continues to Make Headlines

From new litigation to proposed legislation, debate over whether insurers should be required to pay for business losses related to the coronavirus pandemic remain in the news.  Restaurants Sue Insurers Over Business Interruption...

Posted: May 21, 2020

Are Life Insurers Writing Less Business Because of COVID-19?

COVID-19 has changed many aspects of our lives, so it isn’t surprising to see life insurance markets affected. But some stories create false impressions that should be corrected. The story that some life insurers are writing fewer polici...

Posted: May 19, 2020

COVID-19 Risks Outlook: A Preliminary Mapping and its Implications

The world's top risk experts expect that a prolonged global recession is likely due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to this report. The fundamental unpreparedness of nations for pandemics is clear and shortcomings are also obvious in economic...

Posted: May 18, 2020

Triple-I Launches Campaign To Support Resiliency Of The Economy During The Coronavirus Pandemic

On May 18 the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) announced the launch of the Future of American Insurance & Reinsurance (FAIR) campaign. FAIR will focus on ensuring the insurance industry is able to su...

Posted: May 18, 2020

Verizon Business 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report

According to the report, money has become the top focus for cyberbreaches, surpassing spying. The annual study of cybercrimes, which utilized data from more than 32,000 incidents and nearly 4,000 confirmed break-ins in 81 countries, found that approx...

Posted: May 17, 2020

Insurance Careers Corner: Q&A with Demetrius Gray, WeatherCheck

Triple-I’s “Insurance Careers Corner” series was created to highlight trailblazers in insurance and to spread awareness of the career opportunities within the industry. This month Kris Maccini, director, social media, Triple-I, in...

Posted: May 15, 2020

U.S. Treasury weighs in on debate surrounding business interruption insurance

The U.S. Treasury Department issued a letter to members of Congress on May 8 which argued that proposals to force insurers to retroactively change business interruption (BI) policies to pay losses arising from the COVID-19 pandemic threaten the ab...

Posted: May 12, 2020

NCCI issues State of the Line report at AIS virtual event

On May 12 NCCI reported its financial results during its annual State of the Line report at its first virtual Annual Issues Symposium (AIS). For Calendar-Year 2019 the combined ratio for workers compensation insurance was 85 percent for private carri...

Posted: May 11, 2020

Triple-I financial analysis of P/C insurer performance in 2019

This report by Triple-I's chief economist is based on ISO/Verisk's property/casualty (P/C) insurer financial data for 2019. The year was characterized by relatively low catastrophe losses, which cannot be counted on to recur on a regular basis. Net i...

Posted: May 06, 2020

Severe convective storms. Evolving risks call for innovation to reduce costs, drive resilience

Severe convective storms, which include thunderstorms, tornadoes and hail, are among the most common and damaging natural catastrophes in the United States. These storms were the costliest peril for insurers in 2019. The start of this year's convecti...

Posted: May 06, 2020

A Toast to Marine Insurance!

Posted: May 05, 2020

Trade war and pandemic to accelerate global supply chain restructuring

This report concludes that the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate changes to the global supply chain already in motion due to the US-China trade war, and subsequently spur new insurance opportunities. Eighty-two percent of respondents to a recent s...

Posted: May 04, 2020

Scenario Analysis of the COVID-19 Pandemic

In this report Willis Towers Watson (WTW) warns that industry-wide insurance losses from the coronavirus pandemic will likely exceed losses from the 2001 World Trade Center attack and could reach $140 billion at the extreme tail-end of probabilities....

Posted: Apr 30, 2020