Even If Only Few Use Them, Contact Tracing Apps May Help Curb COVID September 4, 2020 By Vishwadha Chander Contact tracing apps can sharply reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus even when only a few people use them,...
How One Hospital Addresses Sexual Harassment Claims and Culture September 3, 2020 Sexual harassment is not a new or rare phenomenon in the workplace, but since the #MeToo movement began in late...
Insurers Say They’re Having Trouble Recruiting New Employees September 2, 2020 U.S. insurers want to fill existing positions or expand their staffs over the next year but say they are still...
For 60% of Mid-Sized Businesses, Crisis Management Is Key Unmet Need August 31, 2020 Nearly 60 percent of mid-sized businesses said crisis management remains a top unmet need in terms of reducing risk exposure....
Check Up: The Post-Pandemic Future of the Current Telehealth Sensation August 31, 2020 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Telehealth is a bit of American ingenuity that seems to have paid off in the coronavirus pandemic. Medicare temporarily waived...
Total Return Reinsurers Underperform Traditional Bermuda Reinsurers: AM Best August 31, 2020 Although total return reinsurers, which like to take more risk on the investment side of their balance sheets than other...
Insured Loss for UK’s February Floods Estimated at £375 Million August 31, 2020 The updated estimate of the insured property market loss for floods that hit February 9 to 29, 2020, across the...
Why Damage from Hurricanes Keeps Rising August 28, 2020 A destructive storm rising from warm waters. Again. America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion dollar...
Insured Pandemic Losses ‘Manageable’ as Earnings’ Event, Not a Capital Event August 28, 2020 While COVID-19 losses are large and significant for the insurance sector, they are an earnings’ event, rather than a capital...
Pricing Is Only Bright Spot in ‘Anemic’ Earnings Picture for Reinsurers: Moody’s August 27, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane Even though investment returns rebounded from first-quarter levels during the second quarter of 2020, claims from COVID-19 created an “anemic...