Underwriting
Lloyd’s Confronts COVID-19 Claims in 14 Insurance Categories
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 ...
Chubb Is Investigating a Possible Hack Attack
Chubb confirmed that it is looking into a possible hack attack, though a spokesperson said the insurance giant's network appears at this point to be unaffected. "We are currently investigating a ...
P/C Insurers Writing Event Cancellation Business Could Face Major Losses: A.M. Best
Although event cancellation insurance represents a very small percentage of overall property/casualty premium, the losses for carriers that write this line of business amid the COVID-19 outbreak ...
Lloyd’s of London Returns to Pretax Profit, Claims Readiness for Coronavirus Costs
Lloyd's of London reported its first annual pretax profit in three years on Thursday, thanks to tighter underwriting and robust investment returns, and signaled it was well prepared to cope with the ...
The World’s Weather Forecasts Are Weakened as Pandemic Idles Airplane Flights
The pandemic that has idled scores of commercial flights is having a little-noticed consequence for meteorologists, whose forecasts rely in part on data collected from planes. That means a crucial ...
InsurTechs Focused on Claims Handling, Business Insurance Raise New Venture Funding
A Berlin-based InsurTech that provides artificial intelligence for cognitive claims handling pulled in an additional $13 million for a Series A financing. A Cincinnati startup raised an ...
Insurers Gain Reprieve With Olympics Delay Rather Than Cancellation
Delaying the Olympics is likely to cost insurers much less than canceling the Tokyo Games altogether, with a chance that some of those involved may not have policies specifically covering a ...
Insurers Know They’re Essential, and Coronavirus Business Shutdowns Prove It
Insurance industry professionals might take some pride in knowing that they are considered essential. In states where only essential businesses are allowed to keep operations going during the ...