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Coronavirus could affect medical malpractice rates, say experts
The coronavirus pandemic could lead to increased medical malpractice claims, but much remains uncertain at this point, including the possibility of federal and state governments acting to relieve health care provider liability, say observers.
Surge in working from home raises cyber exposure issues
By Judy Greenwald Companies directing large numbers of employees to work from home for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic face a host of cybersecurity issues, including concerns over tthe security of workers’ personal computers and vulnerability to phishing attacks.In addition, data lines may be strained as the number of staffing corporate systems […]
Considerations for the COVID-19 Crisis
Unprecedented. Surreal. I have been using those terms with clients over and over as we respond to issues that arise out of the COVID-19 coronavirus. There is literally no road map for what we have gone through in this past week and what we will likely go through over the coming weeks and months. As […]
S&P Market Intelligence releases its annual 2020 Insurance M&A Outlook Analysis
S & P projects a relatively stable level of aggregate deal volume for insurance carrier transactions involving buyers or targets in the US and/or Bermuda. The second-strongest fourth quarter in the last 13 years provides momentum for 2020, but the outlook does not assume a repeat of the $6.3bn New York Life/Cigna group protection transaction […]
