News

East

• New Hampshire Fire Destroys Several Apartment Buildings, Displaces 12 Families
• Maryland’s RCM&D Hires Kahn as Commercial Division Director
• Massachusetts Joins Ohio, N.J. in Proposing COVID-19 Business Interruption Bill

National

• P/C Insurance Industry Backs New Government Fund to Help Businesses, Workers Hurt by Coronavirus Shutdowns
• Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals the Science of Risk That Shapes Our Lives
• Rumbull Named Head of Willis Re Specialty in North America
• Coronavirus Infections on Rise in Already-Strained Urban Police Departments
• High-Flying Zoom Faces Privacy Suit Claiming It Fails to Protect User Data
• Insurance Agency Employees Making More Money But Not as Happy

International

• Insurance Claims for February’s Australian ‘East Coast Low’ Estimated at A$794M
• SCOR-Backed Channel Syndicate Taps Coulson from Lancashire as Senior Underwriter
• Legacy Specialist Catalina Holdings Completes Purchase of Asia Capital Reinsurance
• New Argo Group CEO Rehnberg Aims for Transparency and Straight Shooting
• QBE Withdraws 2020 Financial Targets on COVID-19 Related Economic Uncertainty
• Global M&A Plunges 28% in Q1 as Coronavirus Hits Economies
• Activist Fund CIAM Keeps Pressure on Reinsurer SCOR – and its CEO/Chairman Kessler