Content from Susanne Sclafane
COVID BI Coverage Suits Top 700; Yep, That’s A Lot
When insurance coverage lawsuits brought by businesses seeking coverage for COVID-related interruptions surpassed the 700 mark last week, the natural question to ask was: Is that a lot? That's ...
Michigan COVID BI Ruling Not A Knockout Punch; FCA Case Defeat Could Be Disastrous
A recent ruling from a Michigan judge that business interruption claims payouts require tangible alteration to a property may have sounded like a knockout win for the insurance industry but a legal ...
From IT Leader to C-Suite: A Natural Path for Insurer CEO
A career path that starts in the technology department and ends with the top job as chief executive officer hasn't been common in the property/casualty insurance industry, but it was a natural one ...
Is a ‘Class of 2020’ Emerging?
Even though accelerating hard market conditions may seem ideal for a growing crop of professionals with designs on starting up insurance and reinsurance companies, garnering AM Best ratings still ...
Managing Social Inflation: What Should Be in the Defense Playbook
Plaintiffs attorneys have honed skills for identifying cases destined to result in nuclear verdicts, a former defense attorney working for a reinsurance company said recently, describing their ...
Insurers Need Playbook to Slow Social Inflation; COVID Didn’t Do It
If liability insurers and defendants want to turn the tide of social inflation, they need to come together as teammates with a solid game plan, a reinsurance claims executive said recently. Agreeing ...
Chubb Unveils Public-Private Program for Pandemic Biz Interruption
Chubb unveiled a proposal for the insurance industry and federal government to partner on covering future pandemic-related business interruptions—and to get money to small businesses ...
Federal Biz Interruption Bill Backed by Plaintiffs Group Introduced
Last week, a U.S. lawmaker introduced a bill that would allow insurers to voluntarily pay certain COVID-related business interruption claims and get reimbursed by the federal government, but ...