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Munich Re warns against forcing pandemic payments

04 May 2020

Munich Re has hit out at politicians who insist insurers should pay for virus-related claims that are excluded in policies, describing the action as "incompatible with the principles of the rule of law"...

Crawford & Co appoints new CEO, President

04 May 2020

Global claims Crawford & Company has promoted Rohit Verma to the top CEO role while Joseph Blanco, the company’s current general counsel, steps into the role of President...

RIMS seeks US business interruption backstop

27 April 2020

The Risk and Insurance Management Society has written to the US Congress and the White House pressing for a Government backstop to ensure business interruption insurance cover is available during pandemics...

Catlin chairs UK insurance execs pandemic group

27 April 2020

London-based insurance leader Stephen Catlin and executives from Aon, Guy Carpenter, Willis Re and other companies have formed a steering group to examine ways for the UK insurance industry to respond to future pandemics...

Reinsurers’ combined ratio worsens to 100.2%

27 April 2020

The profitability of leading global reinsurance carriers worsened in 2019, helped by an uptick in demand for cover and an easing in natural catastrophe losses, Aon’s latest Reinsurance Aggregate report says...

Piracy incidents rise in March quarter

27 April 2020

Piracy incidents in the March quarter rose to 47 attacks from 38 a year earlier, according to the latest report from the International Maritime Bureau...

Axa XL changes its operating model

27 April 2020

A strategic review has resulted in Axa XL creating a single global insurance Underwriting Function and three geographical business units...

Talanx scraps profit guidance, keeps dividend promise

27 April 2020

German insurer Talanx has withdrawn the 2020 profit guidance it gave just a month ago, citing “considerable uncertainty around how the economic and capital markets environment will develop” due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic...

Fitch affirms FM Global ratings

27 April 2020

Fitch has affirmed the Insurer Financial Strength ratings of FM Mutual and its affiliates at AA, which is defined as very strong, and the rating outlook is stable...

US tornadoes, storms run up huge damage bill

20 April 2020

Deadly tornadoes and severe storms that struck parts of the US in March caused billions of dollars in damage, Aon’s monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report says...

Wimbledon's pandemic payout will stir new demand

20 April 2020

Pandemic insurance is poised to move from being a niche product to an essential one for sports and music organisers around the world, which will challenge insurers, London-based analytics company GlobalData says...

Energy review flags 'transformative effect' from climate change

20 April 2020

Climate change risk will have a "transformative effect" on the global energy sector, which is currently facing a number of short-term pressing issues including a collapse in demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new update from Willis Towers Watson...

How US and UK insurers are helping customers

06 April 2020

Insurance companies and their representative organisations are working out ways to help their customers as communities around the world begin to experience the challenges of prolonged coronavirus control initiatives...