Gig Workers Seeking Coronavirus Unemployment Insurance Frustrated April 3, 2020 By Tina Bellon Uber and Lyft drivers are hitting a wall in their efforts to apply for the coronavirus jobless benefits promised by...
This Insurance Would Have Helped in Coronavirus Crisis But Nobody Bought It April 3, 2020 By Russ Banham Like everyone else, Peter Lacovara is coping with COVID-19, working at home to limit contagion to the coronavirus and stay...
Munich Re Specialty Group Appoints Boo from Ironshore as Head of Asia April 3, 2020 Munich Re Specialty Group (MRSG) has appointed Hui Yun Boo as head of Asia, effective April 3, 2020. Boo will...
Disaster Declaration Sought; Stay-Home Order Underway in Maine April 3, 2020 By David Sharp Maine Governor Janet Mills requested a federal disaster declaration Wednesday as the state recorded two more COVID-19 deaths, dozens more...
Massachusetts’ Sayata Labs Announces Two New Hires April 3, 2020 Sayata Labs has announced two new hires to boost its on-the-ground capabilities. Valorie Owens will serve as U.S. business development...
BMS Signs Preferred Partner Agreement with Portuguese Specialty Broker Tagus April 3, 2020 BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the conclusion of a preferred partner agreement with the new wholesale and...
Fitch Places Lloyd’s of London’s on Rating Watch Negative on COVID-19 Crisis April 3, 2020 Fitch Ratings has placed Lloyd’s of London’s ‘AA-‘ Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings on rating watch negative, on the uncertainty...
Health-Care Providers See Surge in Ransomware Attacks in Europe, U.S. April 3, 2020 By Ryan Gallagher When hackers broke into computers at Hammersmith Medicines Research, a London-based company that carries out clinical trials for new medicines,...
North Carolina Requests Insurers Defer Premium Payments to Help Consumers April 3, 2020 North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has activated an emergency declaration that gives policyholders in all 100 counties the option...
Washington Dentist Arrested, Charged with Arson After Office Fire April 3, 2020 A Bellevue, Washington, dentist was accused of using lighter fluid and accelerant to set fires in his exam and X-ray...