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Swedish Example Inspires UK Insurers in Bid to Avoid Coronavirus Biz Income Payouts
Insurers are set to argue against paying out fully on claims made by businesses forced to shut because of the pandemic, saying that shops in Sweden lost money even without a strict lockdown. The ...
Buckle Expands Commercial Auto Cover With Purchase of Atlas Subsidiary
Buckle, an InsurTech startup focused on rideshare insurance, has acquired a subsidiary of Atlas Financial Holdings for an undisclosed price. The move allows Buckle to expand its commercial auto ...
The Latest Launches From Aon and AmTrust
Aon said it has expanded the scope of a cyber risk assessment methodology it has developed to help address exposures of remote work. A division of AmTrust Financial Services is launching a new ...
Disgruntled Hiscox Policyholders Launch $50M Arbitration Claim Over COVID Business Interruption Dispute
The law firm that represents the Hiscox Action Group has commenced an arbitration against Hiscox Insurance for non-payment of business interruption insurance totaling £40 million ($50 million). The ...
Fairfax CEO Watsa Snatches Up $149M of ‘Ridiculously Cheap’ Company Shares
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said Prem Watsa, its chair and CEO, has purchased in the market 482,600 subordinate voting shares of Fairfax for just under $149 million. "At our AGM and on our first ...
Ransomware Attacks Spiked 25 Percent in 2020 First Quarter: Beazley
There was a 25 percent spike in ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2020 versus the fourth quarter 2019, based on incidents reported to in-house breach response team for insurer Beazley's ...
Amazon Starts Using AI for Warehouse Social Distancing Risk Reduction
Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence-based tracking system to enforce social distancing at its offices and warehouses to help reduce any risk of contracting the new ...
U.S. Commercial Insurers Can Handle COVID-19 in the Short Term: Fitch Ratings
For U.S. commercial insurers, 2020 was once projected to be an improved, even booming year. Then COVID-19 happened, with the ongoing pandemic increasingly making heavy losses all but certain. Still, ...