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Insurers, Agents Propose Pandemic Business Relief Plan; Plaintiffs Offer BIG Compromise

May 22 2020 // Key segments of the property/casualty insurance industry, which is facing mounting claims for business interruption losses from the pandemic, have thrown their lobbying weight behind a proposed federal program to replace...

Federal Coronavirus Business Interruption Suits Now Top 100; Many More Expected

May 22 2020 // A federal court has received notice that 101 lawsuits have been filed as of Wednesday seeking coverage from insurers for business interruption losses caused by COVID-19.Plaintiffs attorneys say they expect the number to...

P/C Insurers Back a Federal Pandemic Loss Fund But Not a Backstop Like TRIA

May 19 2020 // Property/casualty insurance carrier groups are developing a proposal for a federal program to replace revenues lost by businesses shut down during pandemics like COVID-19, but their program won’t be modeled after the...

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 impact from the COVID-19 pandemic on their financial strength found good news: “most...

Profits to Sink Until 2021 Second Half: Fitch

May 18 2020 // While insurance rates have risen for nine consecutive quarters due to large catastrophe losses and accelerating claims inflation, Fitch Ratings expects that technical profits won’t be seen until the second half of...

Insurtechs Will Not Shape the Industry’s Future Alone

May 18 2020 // Insurtech was once the Wild West of the insurance industry. Many of Insurtech’s early players came from outside insurance after observing the industry struggle to deliver what was, in their view, a competitive...

Legal Actions That Insurance Pros in the Cannabis Biz Should Pay Attention to

May 18 2020 // Lawsuits and legal concerns in the cannabis business are too numerous to count – just like with many other industries – but there are few that insurance professionals in the business should keep an eye on,...

States Will Not Win in Mandating Coronavirus Business Interruption Coverage: S&P

May 18 2020 // Standard & Poor’s said it does not expect state legislators to succeed in their efforts to retroactively expand business interruption insurance coverage for COVID-19-related losses.The reason: An expectations of...

Florida Market Study Will Evaluate Exposures, Strategies for Citizens Property Insurance

May 12 2020 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s insurer of last resort, has moved forward with an independent study that will evaluate the insurer’s potential exposures from the state’s troubled property...

For Global Insurers, Pandemic Likely to Erase Profits Until 2021 Second Half: Fitch

May 11 2020 // While insurance rates have risen for nine consecutive quarters due to large catastrophe losses and accelerating claims inflation, Fitch Ratings expects that technical profits won’t be seen until the second half of...

COVID-19 Hits Already-Troubled Nursing Home Insurance Market; Brokers Try to Help

May 10 2020 // Nursing homes are right in the middle of the deadly coronavirus pandemic hitting the U.S, with more than 28%, or nearly 20,000, of the nation’s COVID-19 deaths happening in these long term care facilities, according...

AI Specialist omni:us Partners with Insurtech Rokk3r to Enter Latin American Market

May 4 2020 // omni:us, the insurance-focused artificial intelligence (AI) solution business, has announced a partnership with Rokk3r, a global innovation technology and consulting company, to enable the AI company to enter the Latin...

S&P Expects States to Lose Bids to Mandate Coronavirus Business Interruption Coverage

May 4 2020 // Standard & Poor’s said it does not expect state legislators to succeed in their efforts to retroactively expand business interruption insurance coverage for COVID-19-related losses.The reason: An expectations of...

Nursing Home Insurance Market In Need of Care

May 4 2020 // Nursing homes are right in the middle of the deadly coronavirus pandemic hitting the U.S, with more than 20%, or 11,000, of the nation’s COVID-19 deaths happening in these long term care facilities, according to a...

After Crisis, It Won’t Be Business as Usual – It Will Be Business Done Better: Opinion

Apr 30 2020 // As the insurance industry begins to settle into the new norm of working from home (WFH), most companies will be questioning the very fundamentals of their day-to-day operating models. Staff will, of course, be looking...

Maryland Insurance Administration Announces Apprenticeship Program

Apr 28 2020 // The Maryland Insurance Administration is participating in an apprenticeship program designed to attract talent to the insurance industry.The program is led by Invest, which is affiliated with the Independent Insurance...

How COVID-19 Impacts the Surplus Lines Insurance Industry

Apr 22 2020 // COVID-19 has majorly disrupted the global economy, and while many business sectors are subjected to temporary shutdowns or bare minimum operations, the insurance industry is racing forward while confronting unprecedented...

UK Insurance Industry Leaders Form Steering Group to Propose Pandemic Response, Chaired by Catlin

Apr 21 2020 // UK Insurance industry leaders have combined to form a steering group, which will work with terrorism reinsurer Pool Re, with the primary objective to ensure that, working alongside the industry to support customers and...

On the Front Lines: Georgia Insurance Commissioner Deployed by National Guard

Apr 21 2020 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John F. King has been on the front lines during times of crisis for the United States for most of his career. A former Georgia police chief and current Major General in the U.S. Army National...

Turning 50, Invest High School Program Eyes Apprenticeships for Independent Agencies

Apr 20 2020 // A new apprenticeship program aimed at attracting and developing talent in the independent agency system is being rolled out by an insurance education organization that celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.Invest, the...