Commercial Lines
Insurance Industry Adds Nearly 20K Jobs During Pandemic
Levels of employment for the insurance industry are "holding up much stronger than the overall economy," the leader of an insurance search firm said recently, reporting that insurers have added ...
Workers Comp Remedy Bars Wife’s COVID Suit vs. Husband’s Employer
A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit that sought to hold an employer responsible for a worker's spouse getting sick with COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney in San Francisco on Monday ...
Workers Comp and COVID: More Data on Evolving Claims
Workers compensation insurers aren't getting the large aggregate volumes of COVID-related claims projected during the early months of the pandemic, but different data sources give varying readouts on ...
BIG La. Case Against Lloyd’s For COVID BI Cover Rejected; Travelers Ohio Win
A New Orleans judge denied a motion for declaratory judgment that insurance coverage is owed to a restaurant for business income that was lost when it was required to close its dining room because of ...
Polluted Skies Over Texas: Emissions Soar as Freeze Shuts Refineries
The largest U.S. oil refiners released tons of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this past week, according to figures provided to the state, as refineries and petrochemical plants in the ...
Executives On The Move at Zurich and The Standard
Zurich Insurance appointed one executive to run its Nordic business and expanded his management facility. He replaces another executive who will take on a new leadership role. The Standard promoted ...
QBE Full-Year 2020 Loss Is $1.5B; No Dividend
QBE officially announced a $1.5 billion bottom-line net loss for 2020 late last week, confirming a figure the Australia-based insurance group preannounced in late mid-December. The result represents ...
Update: Wife Sues Husband’s Employer for Causing Her COVID-19 Infection
A federal judge is weighing what she called a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that would hold an employer responsible for a worker's spouse getting sick with COVID-19. Plenty of families have sued ...