COVID-19 Pandemic to Intensify Risks for Insurers: EU Regulator July 30, 2020 Insurers in the European Union are confronted with risks on several fronts that are intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, and...
S. African Insurers Bow to Policyholder Demands to Pay COVID Biz Interruption Relief July 29, 2020 By Roxanne Henderson South African insurers are bowing to demands for the payment of losses that businesses suffered during the nation’s lockdown. Momentum...
Celebrating Insurers Warned Michigan COVID Ruling Not Knockout Punch They Wanted July 29, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane A recent ruling from a Michigan judge that business interruption claims payouts require tangible alteration to a property may have...
South African Insurer Santam to Pay Virus Relief to Clients with Biz Interruption Cover July 27, 2020 By Roxanne Henderson South Africa’s largest property and casualty insurer will pay as much as one billion rand ($60 million) in relief to...
France Weighs Insurance Options to Protect Companies, Jobs from Future Pandemics July 21, 2020 By Alexandre Rajbhandari The French government is looking at ways to shield companies from the impact of future pandemics. The goal is to...
Update: COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims Take Center Stage in London Court Case July 20, 2020 By Lucca de Paoli and Benjamin Robertson UK financial regulators took aim at insurers’ attempts to compare the coronavirus lockdown to government warnings on cigarettes and alcohol,...
GOP’s Proposal Limits Virus Liability Claims Against Businesses, Schools, Caregivers July 17, 2020 By Laura Litvan Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to give federal courts jurisdiction over liability claims arising from coronavirus infections to limit...
Houston Rockets Becomes First NBA Team to Sue Insurer Over Denied Covid-19 Claims July 16, 2020 By Jef Feeley and Katherine Chiglinsky The Houston Rockets and billionaire owner Tilman Fertitta are suing their insurer for denying the National Basketball Association team’s bid...
S. African Regulator Says Business Interruption Virus Claims Don’t Pose Systemic Risk July 16, 2020 By Roxanne Henderson South Africa’s Prudential Authority expects that business-interruption claims linked to the Covid-19 pandemic poses little systemic risk to the insurance...
South Africa Regulator Warns Insurers to Stop Broad Rejection of Virus Claims July 10, 2020 By Roxanne Henderson A South African regulator warned insurers to stop broadly rejecting claims from businesses seeking to cover losses because of a...