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COVID-19 Couldn’t Stop Robust Quarter for ILS Issuance: Aon
Usage of insurance linked securities the first six months of 2020 is already 20 percent higher than all of 2019, underscoring the sector's momentum and resilience even with the coronavirus pandemic, ...
Liability Shield Controversy Bogs Down Talks Over Coronavirus Relief Bill
Stimulus talks between President Donald Trump's representatives and Democrats bogged down Tuesday over demands by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that his proposed changes to liability law be ...
South African Insurers Acquiesce to Demands for Pandemic Business Interruption Cover
South African insurers are bowing to demands for the payment of losses that businesses suffered during the nation's lockdown. Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Ltd.'s Guardrisk will make settlement ...
U.S. P/C Insurers Saw Record Q1 Surplus Drop, but Fundamentals Remained Solid: APCIA/Verisk
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry saw its surplus drop by a record amount in the 2020 first quarter, thanks to stock market turmoil driven by the coronavirus pandemic's rapid arrival. But ...
PartnerRe Makes Bonneau CEO While Dealing With Pandemic-Hammered Q2 Results
A former Chubb executive is officially the new president and CEO of PartnerRe Ld., taking over as the Bermuda-based reinsurer reported 2020 second quarter results hammered by COVID-19 challenges. The ...
InsurTech Financings Rebound in Q2; A Longer Recovery Remains in Question
InsurTech venture capital investments rebounded strongly in the second quarter after a pummeling earlier in the year due to growing pandemic-related uncertainty in the financial markets. Firms in the ...
Sapiens to Acquire Rival Delphi Technology, With Eye on MPL Space
Sapiens International Corp. said it plans to pay nearly $20 million for rival software company Delphi Technology in order to more deeply penetrate the medical professional liability insurance space. ...
Goodbye to Workers Comp Profits in 2020 (Blame COVID-19)
The workers compensation line is unlikely to generate a profit this year and may not recover in 2021, an insurance industry economist said during a webcast Thursday. Steven N. Weisbart, senior vice ...