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Coronavirus news coverage of relevance to reinsurance and insurance markets.
All of our Covid-19 coronavirus news, analysis and insight related to insurance and reinsurance market impacts can be found below.
The coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic of 2019-20 resulted in significant disruption and threatened losses widely across the insurance and reinsurance markets.
Lloyd’s revises Claims Scheme amid ongoing COVID-19 challenges
8th April 2020
The specialist Lloyd's of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace has announced changes to the Lloyd's Claims Scheme to help managing agents respond effectively during the global coronavirus pandemic. Lloyd's, the oldest insurance market in the world, explains that the changes, which are effective immediately, amend the Claims Scheme requirements to empower ... Read the full article
AM Best negative on US commercial lines, stable on personal lines
8th April 2020
AM Best has revised its outlook on the US commercial lines industry to negative from stable due to the impact of COVID-19, but has maintained a stable outlook on US personal lines. The rating agency does not expect significant claims activity in commercial lines owing directly to the pandemic, although virus-related ... Read the full article
PPL usage and adoption growing at pace during COVID-19
8th April 2020
In the three weeks since the London insurance and reinsurance market started working remotely as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, the number of unique users on the Placing Platform Limited (PPL) has increased by 40%. PPL, the London market's electronic placing platform, has been tracking both activity and performance ... Read the full article
UK insurers suspend dividends due to COVID-19
8th April 2020
UK insurers RSA, Aviva and Direct Line have today announced that they will suspend their final dividend payment of 2019 due to the challenges presented by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The news comes after Hiscox decided earlier today to suspend dividends and withdraw all its financial guidance and targets for ... Read the full article
Fitch to review all rated re/insurers for COVID-19 exposure
8th April 2020
Fitch Ratings plans to review the international ratings of all of the insurance firms in its coverage over the next four to five weeks as a result of the risks and uncertainties related to the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Originally, Fitch announced its coronavirus-related reviews in a number of commentaries published ... Read the full article
COVID-19 will make challenging Lloyd’s conditions more difficult: AmWINS
8th April 2020
Analysts at AmWINS have suggested that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has and will continue to make already-challenging market conditions at Lloyd’s of London even more difficult. The firm acknowledged that Lloyd’s and its syndicates had extensively tested their systems in preparation for a crisis, and said that the transition to remote ... Read the full article
Hiscox withdraws all financial targets for 2020, citing COVID-19
8th April 2020
Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance firm Hiscox has withdrawn all its financial guidance and targets for 2020, citing the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Hiscox also said this morning that it will not pay dividends in the currently challenging and uncertain environment. The company will not present a resolution to approve its 2019 final ... Read the full article
Organized 1/4 renewals a prudent approach in light of COVID-19: Willis Re’s Kent
7th April 2020
The majority of protection buyers started their April 1st reinsurance renewal negotiations well in advance, which, in light of the challenges driven by the COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a prescient approach, according to James Kent, global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Willis Re. As noted by reinsurance brokerage Willis ... Read the full article
FERMA president calls for insurer, broker co-operation amid COVID-19 pandemic
7th April 2020
Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) President Dirk Wegener has called on insurers and brokers to work together to ensure companies survive the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Wegener noted that for some companies this cooperation could be a question of survival. FERMA believes that insurers should grant flexibility to business customers, as ... Read the full article
Aviation risk shifts as fleets remain grounded: Gallagher
7th April 2020
The lack of air travel caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) may have completely changed the risk profile of aviation underwriting books, with data from Gallagher showing that more than $164 billion of aircraft insurable value is currently parked on the ground. With so much value sitting stationary and unused, it suggests ... Read the full article
Coronavirus to weigh on reinsurer profits & capital: Moody’s
7th April 2020
Analysts at Moody’s are expecting the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to create unprecedented disruption in the global economy and to weigh heavily on reinsurers’ capital and profitability in the coming months. Although global reinsurers entered the year with solid capital levels, investment volatility, losses from pandemic exposure and specialty P&C lines, as ... Read the full article
Forced BI claims a concern, cancellation lines to suffer from COVID-19: Survey results
7th April 2020
As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, Reinsurance News has collaborated with ILS focused sister-site Artemis to take the pulse of the global reinsurance market at this unprecedented and challenging time. The COVID-19 Market Survey includes responses from ... Read the full article
COVID-19 a significant test of life/health insurers ERM practices: A.M. Best
7th April 2020
Improved enterprise risk management (ERM) measures implemented by life / health (L&H) insurers in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis are expected to be put to the test by the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to A.M. Best. The ratings agency notes that the large majority, if not all life insurance ... Read the full article
Cost of COVID-19 BI losses for small firms dwarfs annual premiums: APCIA
7th April 2020
Business continuity losses for small businesses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic could reach between USD 255 billion and USD 431 billion per month, which is significantly higher than monthly commercial property insurance premiums, says David Sampson, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the American Property Casualty Insurance ... Read the full article
AM Best turns negative on France, Italy & UK life markets
7th April 2020
AM Best has revised its outlook for the life insurance markets in France, Italy and the UK to negative, due to concerns about the financial and economic headwinds caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In France, the rating agency noted that technical margins have already been under pressure for a number ... Read the full article
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