Commercial Lines
California State Fund Will Now Accept Any COVID-19 Claim From Essential Workers
California's State Compensation Insurance Fund said it is now accepting any claim by an essential worker for a diagnosed case of COVID-19, regardless of whether that worker can demonstrate the virus ...
For Travelers, Q1 Catastrophe Losses Make Greater Impact Than Coronavirus Costs
The Travelers Companies felt relatively small effects from the coronavirus pandemic in the 2020 first quarter, with catastrophe losses from tornadoes and other storms taking more of a bite. ...
AXA XL Builds New Leadership Team, Updates Operating Model
AXA XL formed a new leadership team and has outlined proposed changes to the operating model of its Insurance business following a strategic review. "AXA XL is the result of acquisitions and mergers ...
Creating a Tradeable Market for Cyber Risk—and More: Q&A With AkinovA’s Founder Winand
London-based AkinovA represents itself as "the electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of risk." Founded in 2017 by Henri Winand and Jean-Michel Paul, the first trade on the platform—a ...
Navigating a Risk Management Maelstrom: An Interview With JUUL Labs’ Head of Risk and Insurance
JUUL Labs, Inc. (JLI), an alternative cigarette company, went from startup to a $4 billion revenue company in just four years. As of September 2018, the company had more than 70 percent of the ...
Zoom, House Party or Webex: Choose Your Ideal Videoconferencing App
The coronavirus crisis has seen millions locked in their homes turn to videoconferencing apps, bringing with it question marks over security and privacy and a new verb - Zoombombing - the practice of ...
British Insurers Pursue Government Trade Credit Backstop
British insurers are talking to the government about a backstop for trade credit insurance to support business supply chains hit by the coronavirus pandemic, an industry trade body said. States such ...
COVID-19 Aftermath: Employers May Exclude Payroll to Employees Not Working for Workers Comp
Businesses that have suspended operations due to COVID-19 but continue to pay employees who are at home but not working will not have to include the payroll paid to these employees in the calculation ...