Underwriting
A.M. Best Dings Credit Outlook for Navigators’ EU Business
Navigators' international arm must deal with an outlook downgrade from A.M. Best due to uncertainties about its post-Brexit business plan in the European Union under new owner The Hartford Financial ...
1 in 4 U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Are Coming From Nursing Home Residents
Nursing home residents account for nearly 1 in 10 of all the coronavirus cases in the United States and more than a quarter of the deaths, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data ...
A Primer on London’s Former Role Insuring the Atlantic Slave Trade
London is facing up to its role in insuring the slave trade as part of a sweeping global reassessment of history and racism. This reappraisal was triggered by the death of George Floyd, a black man ...
The Latest Launches From W.R. Berkley and Bold Penguin
W.R. Berkley Corp. member company Berkley One is debuting a Recreational Marine product, along with enhancements in five states. InsurTech startup Bold Penguin added Ohio-based State Automobile ...
Australia Government, Critical Infrastructure Targeted by State-Based Hackers
Australia's government, health and education services and various industries are being targeted by sophisticated state-based cyber attacks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday. Morrison said ...
AGCS Gets Negative Outlook From S&P Over ‘Weak Underwriting Performance’
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty faces an outlook downgrade from S&P Global Ratings. The ratings agency revised its outlook for AGCS to negative from stable, while at the same time ...
Insurers Worry About Legionnaires’ Risks as Buildings Reopen
Commercial insurers are scrutinizing building managers' efforts to avoid outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease as they re-open movie theaters, gyms, schools and offices that had been closed for months ...
U.S. Commercial Lines Has Plenty of Room for Improvement: Fitch
With an industry overall combined ratio for 2019 hovering just below 100, and individual lines like long-tail liability moving 10 points over breakeven, the U.S. commercial lines market has "plenty ...