Industry News
Some InsurTechs Pursue Growth Plans Despite Pandemic Onslaught
InsurTechs, like all companies these days, aren't immune to business challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic, which has left many businesses shut down or struggling to function in the face of ...
British Insurers Pursue Government Trade Credit Backstop
British insurers are talking to the government about a backstop for trade credit insurance to support business supply chains hit by the coronavirus pandemic, an industry trade body said. States such ...
COVID-19 Aftermath: Employers May Exclude Payroll to Employees Not Working for Workers Comp
Businesses that have suspended operations due to COVID-19 but continue to pay employees who are at home but not working will not have to include the payroll paid to these employees in the calculation ...
Coronavirus-Related Business Failures, Layoffs Will Cause Significant Impact on Workers Compensation Cover
A new analysis of the economic effects of the coronavirus finds that while layoffs of workers will have the most immediate effect on workers compensation, a rise in business failures could pose a ...
Pre-COVID, Cybersecurity Tops Insurer Ranking of Dangerous Risks
When Willis Towers Watson asked more than 100 insurance industry executives to select what they thought would be the most dangerous risks to impact their businesses in the coming year, they ranked ...
Corporations Smacked With Double the Hacking Attacks as Employees Work From Home
Hacking activity against corporations in the United States and other countries more than doubled by some measures last month as digital thieves took advantage of security weakened by pandemic ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS, Church Mutual and Argo Group
AXIS Capital Holdings Lt. promoted one of its executives to lead a division domiciled in Ireland. Church Mutual Insurance Company promoted six individuals into new leadership roles. Argo Group ...
Watsa’s Fairfax Discloses Q1 $1.4B Net Loss From COVID-19 Financial Markets Plunge
Fairfax Financial Holdings warned it is dealing with an estimated $1.4 billion net loss in the 2020 first quarter, largely because of COVID-19 and its adverse impact on the global financial market. ...