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First Anniversary of COVID-19 Shutdown Orders Could Spur New Wave of Lawsuits
The upcoming anniversary of COVID-19 shutdown orders may reveal whether a significant number of policyholders have been waiting on the sidelines before suing their insurers for business-interruption ...
Generali CEO Donnet: Insurers Can’t Handle Pandemic Risk on Their Own
Europe's insurance industry doesn't have the capacity to deal with the systemic risk of a pandemic and more protection needs to be put in place through private-public partnerships, the head of ...
Alleghany Corp. CEO Hicks to Retire; Brandon Will Replace Him
Alleghany Corp. has triggered a changing of the guard, with a new CEO slated to take over at the end of 2021. Current CEO Weston Hicks will retire as CEO and as a director of property/casualty ...
Next Insurance Will Acquire Digital Agency AP Intego
Digital commercial insurance company Next Insurance has agreed to acquire AP Intego, a Massachusetts-based digital insurance agency providing small commercial insurance products. Neither side ...
Microsoft: Chinese Hackers Struck Groups Via Server Software
A China-linked cyber-espionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software, the company and outside researchers said on Tuesday - ...
PLUS Starts New Designation Program for Cyber Liability Professionals
Cyber liability professionals can access a new designation program at the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, or PLUS. The Cyber Professional Liability Practitioner (CPLP) designation builds ...
QOMPLX Eyes Global Growth After Planned Reverse Merger Deal
QOMPLX, an InsurTech focused on cyber security risk analytics, said it will become a public company in a reverse merger agreement and then acquire two other companies. The Virginia-based outfit ...
Reinsurers Will Seek More Rate Hikes After ‘Good’ January Renewals: S&P
Global property and casualty reinsurers saw "good" rate increases during the January 2021 renewals but they came up short of a hard market, dashing reinsurers' hope of a strong start for 2021, ...