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Lloyd’s details London HQ reopening plan

29 June 2020

Lloyd’s plans to reopen its London headquarters on September 1, though significant changes will be introduced to adhere to social distancing guidelines, including reducing the capacity of the underwriting room to 45%...

Pool Re CEO flags benefits of wider ‘black swan’ role

29 June 2020

Pool Re CEO Julian Enoizi has flagged the benefits of expanding the UK terrorism reinsurer’s role to provide protection for other emerging risks and "black swan" events, warning the industry can’t retreat behind exclusions...

Insurers to file defences for expedited UK test case

22 June 2020

Insurers participating in a UK High Court test case over business interruption cover during the coronavirus pandemic will file their defences tomorrow ahead of an expedited hearing scheduled for next month...

Reinsurer sees premium bonanza in infrastructure

22 June 2020

An infrastructure spending boom in emerging markets will create a “premium opportunity” of more than $US50 billion ($72.96 billion) for insurers over the next 10 years, Swiss Re says...

Swiss Re names new underwriting chief

22 June 2020

Swiss Re has announced Thierry Léger will be Group Chief Underwriting Officer on September 1, taking over from Edi Schmid, who has decided to step down for personal reasons but will still have an advisory role with the business...

91 wordings matching UK test case

15 June 2020

The Financial Conduct Authority has identified a preliminary list of 91 policy wordings that match those which fall within the scope of a UK business interruption High Court test case...

OECD flags issues for broad pandemic cover

15 June 2020

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says government-backed insurance programs designed for business interruption losses from future pandemics may need to have automatic inclusions to ensure widespread cover...

Jump online for Dive In 2020

15 June 2020

Insurance’s annual global diversity and inclusion festival Dive In will be held online for the first time in September...

May another costly month for insurers, says Aon

15 June 2020

Prolific severe weather and flooding in the US has prompted another monthly multi-billion-dollar insurance bill, the latest Global Catastrophe Recap report from Aon says...

UK regulator sticks with pandemic guidelines

15 June 2020

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has reaffirmed last month’s guidance to insurance firms regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the value of their insurance products...

Catastrophe pricing models obsolete, KPMG says

15 June 2020

An increase in the size and frequency of natural disasters implies that models relied on by insurers to predict these events are obsolete, or at least need major recalibration, KPMG says...

Energy market in the 'eye of the storm'

15 June 2020

The global energy sector is particularly exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic and is in the "eye of the storm" as global capacity evaporates while climate change risk remains paramount, a new report from Willis Towers Watson says...