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  • Praedicat scenario tool targets Covid-19 litigation assessments

    23 April 2020

    Legal claims likely to dwarf asbestos even as virus continues to spread

  • NC Farm Bureau to pay 20% Covid-19 dividend to motor policyholders

    22 April 2020

    US mutual insurer says decision provides $22m in savings for drivers

  • Covid-19 reveals the cracks in the US insurance system

    20 April 2020

    US insurers have been getting a beating in their response to the Covid-19 crisis. Their latest move to rebate auto premiums shows the fissures in their approach and the lack of a cohesive regulatory response. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Worst-case scenario could see up to five million Covid-19 deaths in the US

    16 April 2020

    Society of Actuaries publishes Covid-19 mortality modelling survey

  • Covid-19: the biggest operational risk event of our times

    16 April 2020

    As economies shut down and industries struggle with a new work paradigm, insurers are changing their structures to cope with the manifold challenges of the pandemic. Gustavo Ortega, head of technology, innovation and operations risk management at Voya Financial, talks to Sarfraz Thind about one of the biggest operational risk events in history

  • US lawmakers pressure insurers on Covid-19 business interruption claims

    15 April 2020

    Seven US states have bills that would force insurers to cover business interruption claims

  • California demands insurers return premiums to consumers in Covid-19 hit

    14 April 2020

    Insurance commissioner Lara orders companies to return premiums across six business lines

  • Geico becomes latest US insurer to offer 15% auto premium cut

    08 April 2020

    The firm joins others in providing Covid-19 relief for auto insurance consumers

  • US insurers silent on dividend cuts

    08 April 2020

    Insurance regulators applying greater scrutiny to insurer capital amid Covid-19 downturn

  • US motor insurers return $800m in premiums to customers hit by Covid-19

    07 April 2020

    Allstate and American Family move comes as lobbyists pressure insurance industry