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Weather Risks Could Become Uninsurable Without Acting on Climate Change: Swiss Re
Global warming will lead to growing intensity and frequency of severe weather events, rising losses, as well as greater uncertainty in the assessment of these events by the insurance industry, which ...
Zoom Class Action Suit Alleges Overstatement of Privacy Standards, Nondisclosure of Security Flaws
Zoom Video Communications Inc was slapped with a class action suit by one of its shareholders on Tuesday, accusing the video-conferencing app of overstating its privacy standards and failing to ...
UK Insurers Cancel More Than $1.2B in Dividends Over Coronavirus Worries
British insurers canceled more than 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) of dividends on Wednesday, in moves welcomed by the Bank of England which had cautioned the sector about the risk of heavy costs ...
Coronavirus Fallout Leads to A.M. Best Outlook Downgrade for U.S. Commercial Insurers
U.S. commercial lines insurers must now carry an outlook downgrade from A.M. Best due to fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The decision by A.M. Best to revise its outlook for the segment to ...
Insurance Industry Veteran Kevin Brooks Passes Away Due to COVID-19 Complications
Insurance industry veteran Kevin P. Brooks passed away on April 3, 2020, due to complications of COVID-19. Brooks had a long and successful career in the insurance industry, focusing on wholesale, ...
With Ship Crews Stuck in Lockdown, Global Supply Chains Are Strained
Port restrictions and canceled flights are straining the ability to replace seafarers on board ships, further weakening global supply chains already snarled by the coronavirus pandemic. Hubs like ...
Cryptocurrency Issuers, Exchanges Slammed With U.S. Class Action Lawsuits
Investors have brought class action lawsuits in federal court against seven cryptocurrency issuers and four exchanges, claiming they sold billions of dollars in unregistered assets in violation of ...
Travelers, Chubb, Allstate and Others Commit Substantial Resources Toward Coronavirus Relief
As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, insurers are committing substantial capital toward helping their agents, clients and employees weather the ongoing crisis. Companies including Travelers, Chubb, ...