Commercial Lines
Chubb CEO Greenberg Cautions Insurers Would Face Bankruptcy Over Retroactive Coverage Measures
Chubb Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Evan Greenberg has a stark warning for policy makers pushing insurers to pay out some uncovered business-interruption losses. "The insurance industry is a ...
Insurers Suspending Dividends Shouldn’t Worry About Their Credit Quality: S&P
Some global regulators are advising insurers to suspend dividend payments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. If insurers do, they won't have to worry about their credit quality, S&P Global ...
InsurTech Firm Wefox, Other German Startups Seek European Approach to Corona Tracing App
Europe should not cede its sovereignty to Silicon Valley when it comes to using technology to help trace those at risk of coronavirus infection, the German developers of a smartphone app said on ...
A Crisis Manager on How the P/C Insurance Industry Can Maximize Its Coronavirus Response
"I'm shocked, just shocked that you're suggesting that during a crisis that insurance companies might, in fact, be considered the villains. I've never heard that before." That's Richard Levick ...
Sompo International Leaving Lloyd’s; Consolidating to London Company Market Platform
Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property/casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that as part of the ongoing transformation of Sompo International, the ...
A Global Pandemic Hasn’t Changed the Mission of InsurTechs and Insurers to Help Their Customers
We're living through unprecedented times. Just a few short months ago, no one had ever heard of COVID-19. Now, a simple trip to the grocery story is an existential threat. Most of us are sheltering ...
Corvus Insurance Hires Former Execs From Beazley, Hiscox and Zurich
Corvus Insurance is adding to its executive team with veteran executives from Beazley, Hiscox and Zurich. The Boston-based InsurTech startup's hires come as experienced 20 percent growth already in ...
Executives On The Move at Beazley and Willis Towers Watson
Beazley appointed a new global head of cyber & executive risk, effective July 2020. Willis Towers Watson hired a new senior director in its Climate and Resilience Hub. *** Specialist insurer ...