COVID-19 News
Irish Insurer FBD More Than Doubles Money Set Aside for COVID Lockdown Claims
Irish insurer FBD more than doubled the money set aside to cover lockdown-linked claims to 65 million euros ($79 million) after it lost a test case brought by four publicans over a policy that ...
Generali Unveils $4.3B Plan to Support COVID-Hit Euro Economies
Italy's top insurer Generali said on Wednesday it launched a 3.5 billion euro ($4.26 billion) investment plan over five years to support the recovery of European countries hit by COVID-19. The plan, ...
An Insurance Executive’s COVID-19 Survival Story
In early January 2021, Andrew Rear's health took a turn for the worse. After suffering two weeks with COVID-19, the 50-year-old former head of Munich Re's Digital Partners thought he was on the mend. ...
Update: Wife Sues Husband’s Employer for Causing Her COVID-19 Infection
A federal judge is weighing what she called a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that would hold an employer responsible for a worker's spouse getting sick with COVID-19. Plenty of families have sued ...
Swiss Re Posts $878M 2020 Loss, Much Larger Than Expected
Swiss Re swung to a larger-than-expected annual loss on Friday, pressured by $3.9 billion in claims and reserves related to the coronavirus pandemic, but declared a dividend as the reinsurer expects ...
Homeowners Insurance Will Book Modest Underwriting Loss for 2020: Fitch
The homeowners insurance industry is poised to shift to a modest underwriting loss for 2020, reports Fitch Ratings, citing losses from natural catastrophes and managing operations amid the global ...
U.S. E&S Insurers Win A.M. Best Outlook Upgrade Over Pandemic Resiliency
Resiliency from the U.S. excess & surplus lines market in the face of pandemic challenges has earned it an outlook upgrade from A.M. Best. A.M. Best revised its outlook for U.S. E&S to Stable ...
COVID-19 Changed Consumer Priorities, and Insurers Stand to Gain: EY Survey
Consumer priorities have changed in a major way because of COVID-19, and insurers stand to benefit if they adapt and respond in kind, according to the latest EY Global Insurance Consumer Survey. "By ...