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Hiscox Policyholders Will Sue Over COVID-19 Business Interruption Exclusions
Angry Hiscox policyholders have formed an action group in the UK to fight Hiscox's pandemic exclusions to its commercial business interruption policies. More than 300 UK policyholders have joined the ...
U.S. Insurance Industry Pushes for Government-Backed Business Pandemic Coverage
The U.S. insurance industry is promoting the idea of an insurance plan backed by the federal government that would help businesses that in the future suffer losses from a pandemic, people familiar ...
S&P Predicts Failure for COVID-19 Business Interruption Retroactive Coverage Efforts
Standard & Poor's said it does not expect state legislators to succeed in their efforts to retroactively expand business interruption insurance coverage for COVID-19-related losses. The reason: ...
U.S. Small Businesses See Big Increase in Phishing Emails: Munich Re/HSB Survey
U.S. small businesses have experienced a worsening cyber vulnerability over the last year: Suspicious emails seeking money. Nearly 60 percent of business executives polled in a new survey from Munich ...
Updated Small Business COVID-19 Loss Estimates Dwarf Insurance Premiums
Small businesses are confronting astoundingly large losses relating to the coronavirus pandemic that dwarf commercial property premiums in unprecedented ways, according to an updated estimate from ...
Talc Lawsuits Against J&J Allowed to Proceed; Expert Testimony Limited
Thousands of plaintiffs who say that Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and talc products caused cancer can go forward with their claims, but face limits on what expert testimony will be allowed in ...
AXIS Coronavirus Loss Estimates Based on Quarantines Lasting Until July 31
AXIS Capital President and CEO Albert Benchimol said that most of the company's insurance policies don't cover coronavirus pandemic-related claims. There are some that do, however, and those costs ...
Workplaces Try Avoiding COVID-19 Liabilities With AI Cameras to Track Social Distancing
Stores and workplaces eager to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus are equipping existing security cameras with artificial intelligence software that can track compliance with health guidelines ...