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Survey: How the Pandemic Has Evolved Risk Management Strategies

DRI Drive

A recent report spotlights how the private sector is incorporating the lessons learned from the pandemic. The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) surveyed risk and insurance professionals as well as senior executives globally to gain a picture of the role of risk […].

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Comment re flood insurance

Recovery Diva

Corporations and businesses already write off the costs of risk insurance premiums. The federal government could not stop the pandemic so Congress determined taxpayer support rational. Risk insurance premiums based on local conditions blames the property owners for governmental legacy decisions far beyond the owners’ control.

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Temporary Safety Net Policies Prevented Mass Insurance Loss During the Pandemic

The Rand Blog

Although it provided a foundation, the ACA alone could not have absorbed the effects of the pandemic's sudden job losses on health care coverage. As the pandemic continues policymakers will want to keep safety net provisions as available policy options.

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CrowdStrike: Lessons on the Importance of Contracts, Insurance and Business Continuity

IT Governance BC

According to Parametrix , an insurance company specialising in Cloud outages, cyber insurance policies likely cover up to 10–20% of losses only. Back in 2020, most organisations hadn’t planned for a pandemic, for example. Then there’s insurance. In just a few days, between 18 and 22 July, CrowdStrike ($CRWD) lost 23.1%

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Pandemic-Related BI Coverage Litigation Update: Laura Gregory, Partner, Sloane and Walsh, LLP

Chisel AI

The Insurance Coverage Law Center has called business interruption and COVID “one of the most impactful insurance coverage issues of all time.” Do you agree and, in your opinion, how well are commercial insurance companies dealing with the issue?

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The Great Resignation in Insurance: Q&A with Grace Grant, Executive Director, Gamma Iota Sigma

Chisel AI

Over the course of the pandemic, we’ve seen a record number of employees leave the workforce. How has the Great Resignation impacted the insurance industry? The concept of the Great Resignation has intrigued me since the phrase was coined in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

It is now more than ten years since there was a general push to induce countries to plan for pandemics (WHO 2005). About the same time, 2007, Dr Michael Leavitt of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote: "We don't know when a pandemic will arrive. Major epidemics and pandemics (what is the difference?)

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