Private Equity Investors Pelican Ventures, J.C. Flowers to Buy Ariel Re from Argo Group November 2, 2020 Pelican Ventures and J.C. Flowers & Co., both private equity investors with significant insurance expertise, announced they have agreed to...
Russia-Based Hackers Plan New Wave of Attacks Against U.S. Hospitals: Security Firm November 2, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius, William Turton and Michael Riley A Russia-based ransomware group responsible for a new wave of attacks against U.S. hospitals is laying the groundwork to cripple...
Pennsylvania Judge Allows COVID Business Loss Suit Against Lloyd’s to Advance October 30, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Lloyd’s of London lost its initial bid to squelch a coronavirus business interruption lawsuit brought by a Philadelphia bar and...
It Would Take P/C Insurers 150 Years to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses October 30, 2020 By L.S. Howard The world’s property/casualty insurers would have to collect business interruption insurance premiums for 150 years in order to absorb the...
The Coronavirus Pandemic and The Great Workplace Debate: Viewpoint October 30, 2020 By John Kemp, Reuters Columnist Decisions on where and how to work are embodied in trillions of dollars of investment worldwide, including the siting of...
How Government Plans to Make COVID-19 Vaccine Free for Every American October 30, 2020 By Ricardo Alonson-Zaldivar Federal health officials Wednesday issued insurance coverage rules designed to deliver on the promise that every American will have access...
WHO to Form COVID Insurance Scheme for Vaccine Side-Effects in Poor Nations October 29, 2020 By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS – A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in...
AI-Based Risk Score Predicts Prognosis of Outpatients with COVID-19 October 28, 2020 A new artificial intelligence-based score considers multiple factors to predict the prognosis of individual patients with COVID-19 seen at urgent...
Insurers Face Liability Uncertainties as Ships Begin to Sail Through Arctic Waters October 27, 2020 By Jonathan Saul When Captain Will Whatley guides a ship through Arctic waters, he is starkly aware of what can go wrong. Double...
How Auto Workers Are Keeping Factories Running and Masks On October 27, 2020 By Joseph White When the coronavirus pandemic slammed the United States in March, the Detroit Three automakers shut their plants and brought their...