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COVID-19 Might Spur a Social Inflation Spike: A.M. Best
COVID-19 could produce a big increase in social inflation, A.M. Best said in a newly issued commentary. The reason: expectations that businesses will sue their insurers in an attempt to access their ...
Marsh Will Grab Broker Assurance for an Undisclosed Price
Marsh, a global insurance broker and risk adviser, said it is acquiring Assurance, an Illinois-based full-service brokerage. The transaction is taking place through Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, ...
China Re Reportedly Explores Establishing U.S. Arm
China Reinsurance Group Corp said on Wednesday it will carefully consider its plan to set up a business entity in the United States, based on its global strategy and the implementation of Sino-U.S. ...
D&O Insurers Face Challenges as Company Bosses Deal With Coronavirus Legal Claims
Insurers are increasingly worried about shareholders, employees or customers bringing coronavirus-related claims against company executives and are considering excluding the virus from policies which ...
April Reinsurance Renewals Went ‘Smoothly’ Even as Underwriters Worked From Home
Reinsurers were able to complete the April renewals smoothly, despite being forced to move to the new working-from-home model after the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Willis Re. "The global ...
User Sues Zoom, Alleging Disclosure of Personal Info
Zoom Video Communications Inc. was sued by a user who claims the popular video-conferencing service is illegally disclosing personal information. The company collects information when users install ...
P/C Insurance Industry Supports New Government Fund to Help Businesses, Workers Harmed by Coronavirus Crisis
The property/casualty insurance industry has joined a broad business coalition in supporting and crafting a new federal relief fund for businesses and workers affected by the quarantine and ...
Executives On The Move at AGCS and Willis Re
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty named its first-ever Chief Data Officer. A Willis Re executive is taking on a new job for the company in North America. *** Ali Shahkarami is the new Chief ...