AM Best’s Stress Testing Indicates Most Insurers Can Withstand Pandemic Hit May 18, 2020 Analysts at the AM Best ratings firm say their initial stress tests of insurance companies globally to gauge the preliminary...
Lloyd’s Expects US$4.3B in COVID-19 Claims – On Par with Costs of 9/11 Terror Attacks May 14, 2020 By L.S. Howard Lloyd’s of London revealed it will pay claims in the range of $3 billion to $4.3 billion as a result...
Willis Paints COVID-19 Insurance Loss Big Picture: It’s a Wash or Historic Catastrophe May 7, 2020 By Jim Sams If the novel COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control soon, the disease’s impact on the insurance industry as a whole...
Insurers’ Loss Estimates Linked to Coronavirus Range Widely: Analysis May 5, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn and Alwyn Scott Insurers are normally great with numbers. But the coronavirus pandemic has them struggling to estimate how many billions of dollars...
Insurers Face Big Investment Losses, Trade Credit Claims from Coronavirus Crisis March 12, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn Having initially brushed off the potential impact from coronavirus-linked claims, global insurers are waking up to the prospect of a...
Insurance Unlikely to Cushion Coronavirus Losses – But There Are Exceptions March 4, 2020 By Lucca de Paoli, Katherine Chiglinsky and Benjamin Robertson Don’t look for much relief from insurers to cushion losses from canceled events, travel disruptions and potential medical claims from...
Parametric Insurance Could Offer Hotels Relief from Coronavirus Cancellations March 3, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Organizers of events called off because of the coronavirus are likely to miss out on insurance payouts because typical policies...
Re/Insurers to Feel Coronavirus Impact From Financial Market Volatility: Moody’s March 2, 2020 Global insurers and reinsurers are exposed to the coronavirus outbreak directly through a potential spike in claims, and indirectly through...
Global Insurers Face Hefty Claims If Coronavirus Forces Olympics Cancellation February 28, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Global insurers face a hefty bill if the coronavirus forces the cancellation of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with estimates...
Insurance Coverage for Losses Stemming from the Coronavirus February 26, 2020 By Pamela D. Hans and Marshall Gilinsky The coronavirus has not only sickened tens of thousands of people, killed several hundred, and disrupted life for millions, but...