Global Economy
U.S. Commercial Insurers Can Handle COVID-19 in the Short Term: Fitch Ratings
For U.S. commercial insurers, 2020 was once projected to be an improved, even booming year. Then COVID-19 happened, with the ongoing pandemic increasingly making heavy losses all but certain. Still, ...
Executives On The Move at Munich Re and BHSI
Two Munich Re subsidiaries recently made new executive appointments. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance an executive to be Senior Care Leader, Healthcare Professional Liability in the U.S.
UK Insurer Admiral Group Mulls Sale of Price Comparison Platform
UK car and home insurer Admiral Group Plc is considering a potential sale of its price comparison platform Penguin Portals, according to people familiar with the matter. The FTSE 100 company is ...
Aspen Insurance Revamps Exec Team with 2 New CEOs, Non-Exec Director
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced it has made some major changes to its management team, including the appointment of a non-executive director, two chief executive officers and a chief ...
Cyber Security, Intergenerational Imbalances Among Swiss Re’s New Emerging Risks to Watch
Pandemic threats were once on the list of potential emerging risks facing the insurance industry and society. Now that this risk has materialized with the COVID-19 crisis, it is perhaps a good time ...
Insurers Distance Themselves From Controversial Australian Coal Mine Amid Global Backlash
Global insurance companies linked to Adani's Carmichael coal mine in Australia are distancing themselves from the controversial development, as pressure mounts on financial institutions to cut their ...
U.S. Carriers Beat Back Coronavirus Claims With Massive Cost Estimates
U.S. property and casualty insurers have cast the coronavirus pandemic as an unprecedented event whose massive cost to small businesses they are neither able nor required to cover. The industry has ...
Senate Republicans Draft Bill to Enable Broad Coronavirus Employer Liability Shield
Senate Republicans are drafting legislation that would let employers choose which government coronavirus safety guidelines to follow in order to be shielded from lawsuits if their customers or ...
Climate Change Appears Likely to Cause Extreme Waves, Coastal Damage
Climate change is expected to cause stronger storm winds that trigger more extreme waves and increase coastal damage in Australia, the Pacific and South America by the end of the century, new ...