Pandemic
-
March 3, 2023
US mall owner wins Covid BI case but insureds lose again elsewhere
A federal district court has refused to dismiss Covid-19-related business interruption (BI) coverage litigation filed by a shopping mall owner…
-
February 13, 2023
Strikes, riots and civil commotion exclusions set to widen
A tightening of terms and conditions in the reinsurance market is set to make things tricky for primary buyers during…
-
February 1, 2023
After several years of disruption to the events market, good news is starting to emerge
Late last year, market research firm TechNavio issued an extensive report predicting that the global events market would grow by…
-
January 31, 2023
WTW survey finds 69% of large hospitality firms unhappy with insurance cover
Some 69% of risk managers and CEOs from leisure and hospitality sectors worldwide say they don’t have access to the…
-
January 19, 2023
Supply chain resilience efforts start to wane, finds BCI
Efforts to boost supply chain resilience are starting to wane, despite supply chain disruption running at twice pre-pandemic levels, according…
-
January 17, 2023
Concern jumps over macroeconomic risks but cyber and BI retain top spots: Allianz Barometer
Macroeconomic risks and the energy crisis have shot up the ranking, but cyber and business interruption (BI) remain the top…
-
January 13, 2023
IP risk management and geopolitics big concern for life sciences
A new survey by WTW finds that life science firms are now concerned about a much wider range of enterprise…
-
December 22, 2022
Time to get back on the front foot
This has been quite a year for the European and global risk and insurance management community, and I am sure…
-
December 15, 2022
German credit insurers brace for spike in corporate insolvencies
German surety and credit insurers are reporting rising defaults on payments, up almost 50% in 2022 compared to 2021, and…
-
December 15, 2022
AM Best revises French cat reinsurer outlook to negative
AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (ICR) and affirmed the Financial…
-
December 14, 2022
Risk managers face growing ESG risks
The interconnectivity of ESG risks is creating new challenges that risk managers and their organisations cannot afford to ignore. ESG…
-
December 13, 2022
Supply chain disruption may worsen in 2023: Supply Wisdom
Supply chain disruption will persist into next year and could even worsen, Supply Wisdom has told Commercial Risk. Next year…
-
December 13, 2022
Two-tier market in play despite more stability for many buyers: Aon
The global commercial insurance market stabilised in most regions during Q3, with average rate increases between 1% and 10%, according…
-
December 9, 2022
African Risk Capacity launches parametric cover for epidemic risks
African Risk Capacity (ARC), the mutual created by the African Union (AU) to help member states better prepare for and…
-
December 9, 2022
Geopolitical risks and cost of living threaten productivity in 2023: International SOS
Organisations have been put into ‘perma-crisis’ mode with global risks from geopolitics to the cost of living threatening productivity going…
-
December 8, 2022
US court rules in musical’s favour against Chubb in Covid-19 case
A Broadway musical production about entertainer Tina Turner that was cancelled because of Covid-19 is entitled to coverage from a…
-
December 8, 2022
Italian, French and German business groups call for regulatory truce
The Italian, French and German confederations of industry have sent a joint declaration to national governments and the EU, calling…
-
December 8, 2022
Eiopa publishes dashboard to help tackle nat cat protection gap
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has released a dashboard that depicts the insurance protection gap for natural…
-
December 7, 2022
Risk managers must innovate as models thrown into doubt by current crises
Risk managers must challenge some of the models and assumptions they rely upon to help mitigate the raft of current…
-
December 6, 2022
AXA wins Covid-19 exclusion case in Court of Cassation
The French Court of Cassation has confirmed its refusal to compensate the operating losses suffered by restaurateurs during lockdown in…