Specialty
AIR Worldwide Projects at Least 200,000 COVID-19 Cases Through Rest of March
AIR Worldwide, the Boston-based catastrophe risk modeling firm, projected the number of severe cases of COVID-19 could range between 200,000 and 900,000 globally, with deaths ranging from 10,000 to ...
Fitch Changes Allstate’s Rating Outlook Due to Life Insurance/Coronavirus Concerns
Allstate has been hit with a downgraded rating outlook from Fitch Ratings, driven by the global coronavirus pandemic and the uncertainty it creates in the life insurance business. Fitch said it ...
Lloyd’s Asks Members for Estimates of Coronavirus-Related Losses
Lloyd's of London has asked its member firms to provide estimates of their potential current and final losses from coronavirus, a spokesman said on Tuesday, to help the insurance market understand ...
Executives On The Move at Everest Re and Willis Towers Watson
Everest Re Group promoted one of its executives to the role of Everest Group chief risk officer and chief actuary. Willis Towers Watson appointed a former Marsh Canada executive to a leadership ...
Insurance Information Institute Will Brief State Regulators on Coronavirus P/C Insurance Impact
The Insurance Information Institute will brief state regulators this week on the financial impact/policy coverage issues raised by COVID-19 in the U.S.'s property/casualty insurance markets. The ...
Canopius Buys Majority Stake in MultiStrat Holdings, a Bermuda-based Specialty Reinsurer
Canopius Group Ltd. has purchased a majority stake in Bermuda-based MultiStrat Holdings Ltd. Neither side disclosed financial terms. MultiStrat is a specialty reinsurance group that writes both ...
British Insurers No Longer Sell Travel Insurance to New Customers
British insurers Admiral , Aviva and Direct Line are no longer offering travel insurance to new customers, they said on their websites on Friday. "The ongoing global situation with coronavirus means ...
Executives On The Move at QBE North America and Acadia Insurance
QBE North America recently appointed a new chief operating officer. W.R. Berkley's Acadia Insurance brought on a former New Hampshire insurance commissioner as its chief underwriting officer.
Buffett Cancels ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’ Due to Coronavirus Worries
Warren Buffett on Friday said the coronavirus pandemic forced him to cancel Berkshire Hathaway Inc's annual shareholder weekend, the largest gathering in corporate America, because the safety of ...