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U.S. Insurers, Wary of COVID-19, Avoid Already Strained Senior Care Market
The coronavirus pandemic has made it even harder for senior-care centers in the United States to find or afford standard liability insurance, with rates soaring by as much as 300%, insurance brokers ...
State Auto Extends CEO LaRocco’s Contract for 12 More Months
State Auto Financial Corp's board of directors has extended the contract of President and CEO Mike LaRocco for an extra 12 months, citing the need for "stability and continuity" in the face of ...
Chubb Unveils Public-Private Program for Pandemic Biz Interruption
Chubb unveiled a proposal for the insurance industry and federal government to partner on covering future pandemic-related business interruptions—and to get money to small businesses ...
Lloyd’s Starts Work With Three InsurTechs With Focus on COVID-19 Response
Lloyd's has started work with three InsurTech startups to help the market respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of its package of measures to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lloyd's has ...
Allstate to Grab National General in $4B Cash Offer
U.S. Insurer Allstate Corp said on Tuesday it will buy National General Holdings Corp for about $4 billion in cash, scaling up its auto insurance business at a time when the coronavirus has crushed ...
AXA Fund Unit Sets 33 Percent Target for Gender Diversity on Company Boards
AXA Investment Managers will set a 33% target for gender diversity on listed company boards in developed markets and may vote against companies which fail to meet this mark. The asset management unit ...
QOMPLX Plans MGA Subsidiary Launch for Fall 2020
QOMPLX, the developer of an intelligent decision platform used in cybersecurity, insurance, and quantitative finance, is launching a U.S.-based MGA subsidiary. RubiQon Risk & Insurance ...
Managing a Pandemic: Are There Lessons From Catastrophe Modeling?
COVID-19 isn't the first and won't be the last pandemic to threaten the well-being of the global population, but it will likely turn out to be the worst in the last 100 years. It would be hard to ...