Pandemic
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IAIS highlights role of supervisors in response to future pandemics
The response to future pandemics is likely to involve multi-stakeholder insurance-based programmes, and insurance supervisors could act as a bridge…
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German market facing a perfect storm of risks: HDI Global
Cyber risks remain high up the agenda of German risk managers, as a result of the rise in cyberattacks following…
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Vermont becomes first US high court to rule in policyholders’ favour over C-19 BI
The Vermont Supreme Court has become became the first US state high court to rule in policyholders’ favour over Covid-19-related…
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Big reduction in claims last year behind Lloyd’s profit turnaround, says Insurance DataLab
Lloyd’s syndicates reported an aggregate underwriting profit of £1.2bn for 2021 – up from a £2.1bn loss the previous year,…
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Captives hold key to emerging risks challenge, says risk manager
Risk managers must make greater use of captives in order cope with a rapidly evolving risk landscape and a reduction…
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Delegates return in-person for Swerma Risk Forum
More than 200 risk and insurance management professionals gathered in Stockholm on 8 September for the annual Risk Forum of…
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Insurer wins Covid BI ruling in Washington as insured wins Californian case
Washington became the fifth US state supreme court to rule in insurers’ favour over Covid-related business interruption (BI) litigation, when…
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Appeals over Australia’s Covid-19 BI test case ruling set for court
Australia’s High Court will hear appeals from two policyholders and carrier IAG following a ruling by the country’s Full Court…
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WTW survey suggests big gaps in semiconductor supply chain risk management
WTW said its recent survey of semiconductor firms reveals “questionable” supply chain and other risk management practices in an industry…
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Paramount and Chubb settle over Mission Impossible 7 Covid delays
Paramount Pictures has settled its coverage litigation with a Chubb unit over Covid-19-related delays in the production of its Mission…
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Insurance Europe defends exclusions in face of regulatory review
Insurance Europe, the representative body for the European insurance sector, has argued a robust defence of how and why exclusions…
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Days of cheap supply chains over as companies urged to reassess risk: TT Club
TT Club has warned that the days of cheaper supply chains are likely over as fundamental economic, societal and geopolitical…
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US casino Covid BI ruling turns against insured in favour of Zurich, AIG and Allianz
A New Jersey appeals court overturned a lower court and ruled against an Atlantic City casino and in favour of…
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UK employment tribunal sets new precedent with long-Covid disability ruling
An employment tribunal in the UK has ruled for the first time that long Covid is a disability, under the…
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Policyholders score some ‘influential’ wins in US Covid rulings
A Louisiana appeals court’s refusal to dismiss policyholder litigation in a Covid-19-related business interruption (BI) case is a significant ruling…
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Long Covid leaves healthcare providers vulnerable to liability risks
Long Covid, with its varying and unpredictable symptoms and no known cure, leaves healthcare providers vulnerable to liability risks stemming…
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War and inflation dampen mood in German insurance industry
The first ‘mood barometer’ of German business since the outbreak of war in Ukraine unsurprisingly finds increased uncertainty in the…
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Claims inflation and supply chain disruption unbalancing P&C market once more, says HDI Netherlands
Just as capacity was returning to the market and risk managers were finding most insurance easier to sort, claims inflation…
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Botanical garden wins Covid BI ruling against Allied World in US
In a rare policyholder win, a New York state appeals court has upheld a lower court decision that the New…
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UK pub chain begins £1bn Covid-19 BI litigation against three insurers
UK hospitality group Stonegate began its £1bn legal action yesterday against three insurers over business interruption (BI) caused by Covid-19…
