Zurich Insurance Reports Sales Growth, Higher Rates, Modest COVID-19 Claims November 12, 2020 Zurich Insurance Group saw increased commercial lines insurance sales and a modest impact from COVID-19 related claims for the first...
UK Business Interruption Test Case to Get Fast-Track Appeal at Supreme Court October 5, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn A test case brought by Britain’s markets regulator against some of the world’s biggest insurers will jump straight to the...
Insurers, Policyholders, Analysts React to UK’s COVID-19 Business Interruption Ruling September 15, 2020 Insurers and observers are weighing in on the ruling by a London court in a test case brought by Britain’s...
Major UK Ruling on Business Insurance for COVID-19 Claims Expected Tuesday September 14, 2020 By Benjamin Robertson and Lucca de Paoli Insurers battered by coronavirus are about to find out how much worse the damage could get. A London court is...
Changes at Zurich: New Digital Team; New CEOs for Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America September 4, 2020 Zurich Insurance Group is launching a new unit to expand digital services platform worldwide. The company has also appointed several...
Bailey Named CEO of Zurich UK, Succeeding Naidu Who Becomes CEO of Asia-Pacific September 3, 2020 Zurich UK announced that Tim Bailey, who is currently group chief operating officer for EMEA, will take on the role...
Middle East Insurers Likely to Absorb Bulk of Losses from Beirut Port Blast: Sources August 14, 2020 By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn Insurers in the Middle East are expected to absorb a large part of the losses from Beirut’s explosion last week...
Zurich Insurance Decides Not to Renew Cover for Canada’s Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline July 23, 2020 Insurer Zurich has decided not to renew cover for the Canadian government’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline, said a spokeswoman for...
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,...
UK Insurers Cite Swedish Example in Bid to Dodge Coronavirus Biz Income Payouts June 17, 2020 By Lucca de Paoli Insurers are set to argue against paying out fully on claims made by businesses forced to shut because of the...