Munich Re to Stop Selling Pandemic Business Coverage September 11, 2020 By Stephan Kahl Munich Re has stopped selling coverage to protect against business losses in future pandemics after the German reinsurer took a...
Elephant Insurance Discounts Auto Coverage for Work From Home Customers September 8, 2020 Elephant Insurance is now offering discounted car insurance rates to customers working from home. Policyholders and spouses working from home...
University Insured Chinese Student Tuition Revenue Against Virus. Then COVID-19 Hit. August 17, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn After becoming dean of the University of Illinois business school in 2015, Jeffrey Brown worried that politics or a virus...
Another Specialty Broker Begins Selling Pandemic Insurance Coverage July 28, 2020 By Don Jergler A Newport Beach, Calif.-based specialty broker believes that now is the best time to start offering pandemic insurance. Elite Risk...
What to Expect in Pandemic Insurance. Munich Re Expert Looks Back and Ahead. July 28, 2020 Summary: Dr. Gunther Kraut, head of Epidemic Risk Solutions at Munich Re, discusses the current state of the pandemic insurance...
Specialty Broker Offers Business Insurance Coverage for Pandemic, Epidemic Risks July 23, 2020 A Boston-based national wholesale insurance broker is offering what it says is “among the first and most accessible” insurance policies...
How to Prepare for the Next ‘Black-Swan’ Event? Lloyd’s Has Some Suggestions. July 2, 2020 By L.S. Howard Lloyd’s of London is proposing solutions that could provide customers with greater protection against a future wave of the COVID-19...
EU Urged to Create Insurance Catastrophe Backstop for Pandemics, Huge Cyber Attacks May 26, 2020 A European Union framework is needed to provide insurance cover for catastrophes such as pandemics and huge cyber attacks, the...
Buffett Says Berkshire Would Write Pandemic Insurance. That Is, If the Price Is Right. May 7, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane The chairman of Berkshire Hathaway said that while his insurance units aren’t heavily exposed to underwriting losses from the COVID-19...
Insurers Promote Federal Pandemic Insurance Plan to Congress April 29, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn The U.S. insurance industry is promoting the idea of an insurance plan backed by the federal government that would help...