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Consumer Groups Call for Auto Insurance Premium Offsets as Coronavirus Slashes Driving
The shutdown of workplaces and gathering spots around the country to slow the spread of coronavirus may lead to a sharp reduction in auto insurance claims. Two consumer groups want to make sure that ...
U.S. Life Insurers Relying on Waiting Periods to Curb Their Coronavirus Risks
U.S. life insurers are trying to curb their own risks to coronavirus by imposing waiting periods for applicants who have traveled to regions with widespread outbreaks, industry experts said. Life ...
N.J. Bill Would Make Insurers Cover COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims
A proposed New Jersey bill, which aims to create business interruption insurance coverage for COVID-19 related claims despite virus exclusions in many policies, has drawn concern about the ...
Many Small Businesses Not Familiar With Cyber Insurance: Celent
The cyber insurance market continues to expand—hitting $3.6 billion in direct written premiums in 2018, according to NAIC data—but awareness of the coverage still has room to grow, says a new ...
Future InsurTech Venture Financings Could Face a Coronavirus Slowdown
InsurTech venture capital financings in the pipeline appear to be going forward, but the likelihood of future deals could be an open question in light of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an ...
A Spring El Niño or La Niña Is Increasingly Unlikely
There is about a 65 percent chance that neutral weather conditions will prevail in the Northern Hemisphere this spring with no El Niño or La Niña, up from 60 percent last month, a U.S. government ...
AIR Worldwide Projects at Least 200,000 COVID-19 Cases Through Rest of March
AIR Worldwide, the Boston-based catastrophe risk modeling firm, projected the number of severe cases of COVID-19 could range between 200,000 and 900,000 globally, with deaths ranging from 10,000 to ...
Getsafe CEO Sees Coronavirus as Opportunity for InsurTechs to Prove Their Worth
Getsafe CEO and founder Christian Wiens recently responded to the coronavirus pandemic by touting the benefits his and other InsurTechs can offer the insurance industry now and in the months ahead. ...