International
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
French Insurers Will Contribute $216M to Coronavirus Solidarity Fund
French insurance lobby FFA said on Monday insurers would contribute up to 200 million euros ($216 million) to funds set up by the government to help companies deal with a significant drop in activity ...
Robots Rising: Coronavirus Fuels Non-Human Labor Demand
A shortage of workers and restrictions on human contact because of the coronavirus pandemic is driving up demand for service robots in China, potentially boosting a sector that has struggled to scale ...
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 ...