Underwriting
Finding a Way to Make Pandemics Insurable Again
When much of the global economy locked down last year, insurers, facing estimated losses of more than $100 billion globally, reached straight for their red pens to strike pandemic cover from all new ...
AXA Won’t Cover Ransomware Extortion Payments Anymore in France
In an apparent industry first, the global insurance company AXA said Thursday it will stop writing cyber insurance policies in France that reimburse customers for extortion payments made to ...
Why Rapid Cyber Rate Hikes Will Continue for Some Time
While global commercial insurance rate hikes are starting to moderate, cyber seems likely to be an outlier for some time to come. "Right now, we are not at a stage where we can see the end of the ...
AIG CEO Zaffino Expects Life & Retirement Partial IPO by Year-End
AIG is full speed ahead with IPO plans for part of its Life & Retirement division and hopes to pull the trigger by the end of 2021, President and CEO Peter Zaffino said. Those plans have a few ...
Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Major U.S. Fuel Pipeline
Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline shut its entire network, the source of nearly half of the U.S. East Coast's fuel supply, after a cyber attack on Friday that involved ransomware. The ...
Texas Judge Rules Against Insurer, Refusing to Dismiss Theater Chain’s COVID Lawsuit
A federal judge in Sherman, Texas on Wednesday ruled against an insurer that sought to dismiss a $500 million COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit by the nation's third-largest chain of movie ...
Texas Governor Backs Exxon Mobil’s Petition to Reverse Climate Change Court Decision
The governor of Texas in an unusual move on Thursday asked the state's Supreme Court to accept an Exxon Mobil Corp petition seeking to reverse a state court decision in a climate change case. ...
Zurich North America Names Head of Private Equity for U.S. Middle Market Biz
Zurich North America said it is building a team to better support private equity-owned businesses. To that end, the longtime provider of insurance products and services for this customer class has ...