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  • Lightning prompts $1.2bn in homeowners claims in US

    20 June 2024
  • More insurance bodies round on FIO's climate data call

    22 December 2022

    Other campaigners demand Federal Insurance Office focuses on low-income communities

  • Hurricane Ian litigation could add $20bn to insured losses

    10 October 2022

    Costs will add "to the woes of Florida's already struggling homeowners' insurance market"

  • US insurers must respond to "new trajectory" in country's climate policies

    29 January 2021

    Speakers at Insurance Information Institute forum urge engagement with pro-climate administration

  • Lawyer says he has "smoking gun" in US business interruption case

    22 January 2021

    John Houghtaling, who is handling $3bn in claims on behalf of small businesses forced to close by Covid-19, believes his case will be a watershed for the US BI saga. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US insurers in Covid-19 coverage crisis

    24 March 2020

    Insurers are being asked critical questions about their role in protecting consumers from the coronavirus pandemic. Despite calls from on high, the industry says it will not cover business-interruption and workers compensation losses. As the crisis deepens, industry bodies say such demands could threaten the stability of the sector. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US life insurers with mortality focus face greatest coronavirus threat

    03 February 2020

    Five reinsurers would bear brunt of any potential losses, says Fitch

  • US cyber insurance: plugging-in to growth

    14 February 2019

    There are strong forecasts for growth in the cyber insurance markets, but insurers have obstacles to surmount if they are to be successful. Sarfraz Thind reports