Auto Insurers Offering $8-$10B in Discounts in Coronavirus Relief Effort; Updated List April 13, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus...
Anticipated Coronavirus Claims Scenarios Across Major Coverage Lines: Viewpoint April 9, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed over the past several months, participants in the insurance industry have recognized the likelihood...
Lessons on Trade-Offs From the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Viewpoint April 9, 2020 By John Kemp LONDON — Lockdowns have brought most of the world’s advanced economies to a near standstill as policymakers fight the coronavirus...
‘Uncertainty Is the Only Certainty’ When it Comes to Pandemic Modeling April 8, 2020 By Seth Borenstein and Carla K. Johnson A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of...
How Agencies Can Manage Employees Working from Home During Coronavirus Crisis April 8, 2020 By Amy O'Connor Millions of Americans are currently subject to shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders as efforts to slow the spread of the current...
Litigation Builds Against Insurers Over Coronavirus Business Interruption April 8, 2020 By Jef Feeley and Katherine Chiglinsky Barbara Snowden dreamed of opening a wig shop to help women who’d lost their hair during chemotherapy feel better as...
Consumers Find Travel Insurance Policies Not Much Help in Coronavirus Crisis April 6, 2020 By Christopher Palmeri and K. Oanh Ha Purchasers of travel insurance are finding their policies all but worthless as the global pandemic forces them to change their...
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...
How Social Inflation May Affect Coronavirus Business Interruption Losses April 2, 2020 COVID-19 could produce a big increase in social inflation, according to A.M. Best. The reason: expectations that businesses will sue...
Life-or-Death Decisions by Hospitals, Doctors Come With Threat of Lawsuits April 2, 2020 By Erik Larson Doctors and hospitals overwhelmed in the pandemic will have to make their excruciating life-or-death decisions meticulously or they risk being...