Catastrophe Risks
US Insurers' First-Quarter Earnings Likely To Reflect COVID-19's Capital Market Impact
COVID-19's impact on capital markets will influence US insurers' first-quarter earnings, according to S&P Global Ratings, though its effect on morbidity and mortality likely won't have as much of an impact on insurers' underwriting performance. The rating agency's outlooks for all three US insurance sectors remain stable. Read More
Risk Modeler AIR Worldwide Launches COVID-19 Projection Tool
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has launched a complimentary COVID-19 Projection Tool. The interactive tool, based on AIR's pandemic modeling data, provides COVID-19 case and death projections worldwide for the next 4 weeks with the data updated daily to project 1 day further into the future. Read More
Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers Show Resilience to COVID-19
Bermuda insurers and reinsurers are demonstrating "operational resilience" as they meet clients' needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Association of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers. The industry has been quick to adopt remote working protocols and social distancing that support efforts to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. Read More
Fact Sheet Examines Business Interruption Insurance and Pandemics
The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) has released a fact sheet on "Understanding Business Interruption Insurance and Pandemics." "Business interruption policies generally require the losses to be caused by direct physical damage to the business's property," Sean Kevelighan, CEO of the Triple-I said in a statement. Read More
COVID-19 Economic Fallout Prompts Negative Commercial P&C Outlook
The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the broad economy will have a significant impact on commercial lines property-casualty (P&C) insurance, leading A.M. Best to move the sector's outlook to negative. A.M. Best expects continued investment market volatility in 2020 and a deep economic contraction in the second quarter. Read More