Specialty
Most P/C Insurers Will Weather Ongoing COVID-19 Storm: Standard & Poor’s
Most P/C insurers will be able to weather any financial market volatility and higher claims relating to COVID-19, S&P Global Ratings predicts in a new report, though it warns some carriers with ...
The Latest Launches From Zurich Insurance and Guy Carpenter/RiskGenius
Zurich Insurance said it is expanding the rollout of a new product after early successes in select global markets. Carpenter & Co. will team with RiskGenius to expand the detection and ...
The World’s Weather Forecasts Are Weakened as Pandemic Idles Airplane Flights
The pandemic that has idled scores of commercial flights is having a little-noticed consequence for meteorologists, whose forecasts rely in part on data collected from planes. That means a crucial ...
Lloyd’s, AIG, AXA Sued by Native American Casino Owner Over Coronavirus Losses
A Native American tribe on Tuesday sued a group of insurance companies, asking a court to declare that losses it is incurring from shutting down its casinos during the coronavirus pandemic are ...
InsurTechs Focused on Claims Handling, Business Insurance Raise New Venture Funding
A Berlin-based InsurTech that provides artificial intelligence for cognitive claims handling pulled in an additional $13 million for a Series A financing. A Cincinnati startup raised an ...
Insurers Gain Reprieve With Olympics Delay Rather Than Cancellation
Delaying the Olympics is likely to cost insurers much less than canceling the Tokyo Games altogether, with a chance that some of those involved may not have policies specifically covering a ...
Insurers Know They’re Essential, and Coronavirus Business Shutdowns Prove It
Insurance industry professionals might take some pride in knowing that they are considered essential. In states where only essential businesses are allowed to keep operations going during the ...
Fitch Downgrades Outlook for London Insurance Sector Over COVID-19 Impact
Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for the underlying fundamentals of the London market insurance sector to negative from stable. The sector outlook revision reflects increased concerns over the ...