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U.S. Insurance Industry Pushes for Government-Backed Business Pandemic Coverage
The U.S. insurance industry is promoting the idea of an insurance plan backed by the federal government that would help businesses that in the future suffer losses from a pandemic, people familiar ...
Pandemic Bonds Get Stay of Execution but Their Future Remains Uncertain
A ruling last week not to wipe out holders of a World Bank financial instrument providing emergency funds to poor countries in a pandemic, was just a stay of execution if bond markets are to be ...
Producer compensation programs send clear messages about what a carrier values. Commission rates, incentive structures, bonuses, and performance thresholds direct...
Opinion: Leaders Should Resist Rewriting Property, Business Interruption Coverage
Soon after the attacks on the World Trade Center and other locations on the morning of September 11, President Bush declared that the atrocities were "an act of war." That statement prompted a call ...
P/C Insurance Industry Supports New Government Fund to Help Businesses, Workers Harmed by Coronavirus Crisis
The property/casualty insurance industry has joined a broad business coalition in supporting and crafting a new federal relief fund for businesses and workers affected by the quarantine and ...
APCIA’s Sampson Doubles Down on Voluntary Industry Action to Combat COVID-19 Losses
The head of one of the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry's largest trade associations is doubling down on his opposition of attempts by federal and state governments to make business ...
APCIA Asks Regulators for More Coordination on COVID Data Calls
Delivering remarks about the property/casualty insurance industry's response to the growing impacts of COVID-19 on policyholders late last week, an industry group executive called on the NAIC to ease ...
Pandemic Bonds Prove Better for Investors Than Stricken Nations
To offset the crushing costs of trying to stem a global epidemic, the World Bank and partners announced the creation of "pandemic bonds" several years ago: the idea was to leverage private capital ...
FEMA Challenges: Coronavirus + Climate Stretch Federal Agency Resources
It wasn't until Wednesday, five days after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it was "leading the federal coordination" to ...