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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 ...
AIR Worldwide Launches Free COVID-19 Catastrophe Modeling Tool
AIR Worldwide has launched a free COVID-19 catastrophe modeling tool, one that predicts cases and offers death projections for the weeks ahead. The company said its product, formally named the Verisk ...
Stay-at-Home Pandemic Orders Reduce Auto Claims Almost by Half: Snapsheet
Insurers are reporting a 40-50 percent drop in claims volume for personal auto and a 30-40 percent reduction for commercial auto due to the coronavirus pandemic, an executive for claims-automation ...
QBE Plans $825M Capital Raise to Help Weather COVID-19 Uncertainty
QBE Insurance is planning to raise about $825 million in capital as a result of the economic and investment market uncertainty created by the coronavirus crisis. The company will raise approximately ...
Regulator Warns Most Small UK Companies Lack Pandemic Insurance
Most insurance policies bought by smaller UK companies do not cover disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but those that do should make interim pay-outs quickly, a watchdog said on ...
Could Declining Fertility Lead to Public Health Litigation?
In January 2016, a 38-year-old man reported to a medical clinic in Iowa for a circumcision and was mistakenly given a vasectomy, rendering him infertile. Late last year, a jury awarded the man $2 ...
Analysts: Auto Insurance Coronavirus Rebates a Solid Move in the Short Term
Auto insurers have seen something new with the coronavirus pandemic: an historic reduction in driving due to millions of customers staying home and sheltering in place. That change led to carriers ...
Executives On The Move at Everest Re and Sompo Global Risk Solutions
Everest Re Group hired a new executive for its Global Markets division. Sompo Global Risk Solutions appointed a senior executive who will be based in Mexico. *** Everest Re Group, Ltd. hired Alex ...