Your homeowners insurance protects you from facing a catastrophic loss in the event of a named peril, which includes fire, tornadoes, burglary, and more. But does it also cover the contents of your home — for example, your appliances? The answer is: it depends. If your kitchen appliances are destroyed […]
Mercury Insurance has announced the launch of two programs to help Californians better protect their homes if they live in wildfire-prone areas. Under the first program, homeowners who take one or more steps to harden their homes against wildfires or who live in a community recognized by the National Fire […]
When insurance and risk management veteran Tom Pegues decided to launch Insuri – a new small business risk and insurance consultancy – in the middle of a global pandemic, some industry peers may have (quite understandably) questioned his timing. Mid-pandemic is “certainly not the ideal time” to launch a business, […]
We constantly hear stories of insurers and brokers having to ramp up their digital efforts in order to meet rising demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a new report has shone a spotlight on just how important these efforts are. The World InsurTech Report 2020, published today by Capgemini and […]
The risk profile of an organisation is a landscape sensitive to any and every evolving external factor. There are, however, very few situations in recent years which have managed to rewrite the risk profile of businesses so profoundly as the COVID-19 pandemic. The ‘COVID Risk Review’ a global survey recently […]
The hotel industry has been one of the hardest hit by COVID-19 shutdowns and travel restrictions. According to the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), nearly six out of 10 open hotel rooms were empty across the country as of July 08, thousands of hotels have been shuttered, and, overall, hotels have […]
The U.S. experienced a record surge in health insurance losses this year as millions of Americans lost their job during the coronavirus pandemic. Between February and May, a spike in unemployment caused 5.4 million people to lose health insurance coverage, according to data from Families USA. That increase is nearly […]
A federal lawsuit has been filed against an Atlanta, GA-based company over the sale of illegal health insurance and the company’s misrepresentation of its part in a Christian healthcare sharing ministry. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court in Atlanta on June 05 by three women plaintiffs, accuses Aliera […]
AS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE lose their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic, they’re also losing their health insurance – at exactly the time when they may need the coverage to help pay for care if they end up getting sick. If you lose your health insurance when you lose your job – or […]
Securian Financial is boosting a Canadian business it acquired in 2017 by agreeing to purchase the whole life insurance policies sold in Canada by the Gerber Life Insurance Co. Securian’s subsidiary, Canadian Premier, will assume the Canadian Gerber Life policies but will no longer market the whole life policies meant […]