Biggest Uncertainty for UK Insurers Remains Around Business Interruption Claims: BoE July 9, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Huw Jones The biggest uncertainty now facing insurers is whether they will have to pay for a raft of business interruption claims,...
UK Government Forms £10 Billion Reinsurance Backstop for Trade Credit Insurers June 4, 2020 By L.S. Howard The UK government has created a £10 billion (US$12.5 billion) reinsurance scheme designed to help businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic...
UK Government to Create Temporary Reinsurance Backstop for Trade Credit Insurance May 13, 2020 By L.S. Howard The UK Treasury announced it is creating a government-backed temporary reinsurance scheme so businesses can continue to access trade credit...
UK Regulator Wants Courts to Clarify Wording of Disputed Business Interruption Policies May 1, 2020 By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn Britain’s financial watchdog said on Friday it would urgently ask the courts to clarify uncertainty over whether businesses can claim...
UK Insurers Expected to Pay $1.5B in Coronavirus Claims: Association of British Insurers April 27, 2020 By Sid Verma British insurers are on the hook for more than 1.2 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) in claims from businesses and individuals...
UK Insurers in Talks with Government About Creating Trade Credit Backstop April 20, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn British insurers are talking to the government about a backstop for trade credit insurance to support business supply chains hit...
Many Insurance Policies Bought by Small UK Firms Don’t Cover Pandemic: Regulator April 15, 2020 By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn Most insurance policies bought by smaller UK companies do not cover disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but those that...
UK Travel Insurers Expect to Pay Record Coronavirus Claims of US$319M March 24, 2020 UK travel insurers expect to pay record claims of at least £275 million (US$319 million) due to the coronavirus pandemic,...
European Insurers’ Coronavirus BI Claims Likely to Be Limited: Moody’s, ABI March 20, 2020 Insurers in the UK, France and Germany are likely to face only moderate business interruption (BI) claims as a result...
Most British Companies Don’t Have Insurance for Coronavirus Closures: ABI March 17, 2020 Most companies in Britain don’t have insurance cover for closures caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the Association of British Insurers...