Diverging Views: Is COVID a One-Off Catastrophe or Not? June 5, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane While reinsurers are “open for business” and insurers and reinsurers are reporting the impacts of COVID-19 as a one-off catastrophe...
Businesses Hurt First by Coronavirus Then by Looting Have New Insurance Questions June 5, 2020 By Katherine Chiglinsk, Michael Sasso and Steven Church Al’s, a sporting-goods store tucked in Wilmington, Delaware’s small shopping district, opened during the Great Depression, weathered World War II...
Report Calls for Regulators to Tackle ‘Systemic Risk’ from Climate Change June 4, 2020 By Don Jergler Climate change is a systemic risk with wide-ranging potential physical impacts, according to a new report that also serves as...
PAK Programs Expands Drone Risk Assessment Service to Breweries June 4, 2020 PAK Programs, a specialty insurer of alcoholic beverage manufacturers and distributors, has expanded its Insurance Risk Assessment Drone (iRAD) program,...
Kang Joins Allianz From Willis Towers Watson to Head Cyber in North America June 4, 2020 Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that Thomas Kang is joining the insurer as head of Cyber in North...
Court Rebuffs EPA, Blocks U.S. Sale of Dicamba-Based Herbicide by Bayer, Rivals June 4, 2020 By Sabahatjahan Contractor, Ludwig Burger and Tom Polansek A U.S. appeals court has blocked Bayer AG from selling an agricultural weed killer in the United States, the latest...
Zebra Technology Adds Social Distancing Alerts to Warehouse Workers’ Scanners June 4, 2020 By Paresh Dave Zebra Technologies Corp., which sells barcode scanners and other computers used in warehouses globally, introduced a feature on Thursday that...
Senators Seek to Expand U.S. Sanctions to Insurance for Russia-Europe Pipeline June 4, 2020 By Timothy Gardner and Patricia Zengerle U.S. senators will announce a bill this week expanding sanctions on Russia’s Gazprom-led Nord Stream 2 project, Senate aides said,...
More Americans Traveling Abroad Won’t Leave Home Without Insurance June 4, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain In the new reality of COVID-19, some Americans may still be willing to travel abroad – but they’re going to...
Did Debate Over Business Income Insurance Just Get More Complicated? June 4, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield As the insurance industry faces litigation and questions over virus-related claim denials, it could soon be dealing with another business...