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CoronaVirus Could Cost Travel Industry $46bn a Month, Says Riskline Report

The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has impacted global travel tremendously since early February. While the initial stages of the outbreak was largely limited to China, it has now spread to over 83 countries across the world. […]

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BIBA 2020 Will Go Ahead – Extra CoronaVirus Checks Possible

The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has today (5 March) opened delegate registration for its 2020 conference and exhibition – The Year to Pioneer which takes place in Manchester on May 13 and 14. The […]

Insurance Brokers

CoronaVirus Sparks Increased Demand for Income Protection Quotes

ActiveQuote, the UK’s leading protection insurance comparison website and broker, saw income protection insurance enquiries peak in the last week of February, due to ongoing fears and media coverage around the coronavirus outbreak. ActiveQuote is also […]

Insurance Brokers

Moody’s Report Highlights CoronaVirus Risks to Insurers

Global insurers and reinsurers are exposed to the coronavirus outbreak directly through a potential spike in claims, and indirectly through the impact on economic growth and the resultant financial market volatility, says Moody’s Investors Service […]

Insurance claims

Will CoronaVirus Cause a Spike in Fake Travel Sickness Claims?

Horwich Farrelly, the insurance industry fraud experts believe that COVID-19 could bring a different threat for the holiday and insurance sector as David Scott, Partner, Horwich Farrelly explains: “History tells us that it will only […]

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CoronaVirus Hits Pension Assets & Stocks – Liability Deficit Reaches £80bn

Mercer’s Pensions Risk Survey data shows that the accounting deficit of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes for the UK’s 350 largest listed companies increased from £57bn at the end of January 2020 to £68bn on […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

CoronaVirus Cancel Culture: This Could Cost Events Organisers Millions

Straight talking from the Editor’s laptop; How many more shows and events will be cancelled in the next few months? The Geneva Motor Show was cancelled earlier this week and BaselWorld – the global gathering […]

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Could You Cope Financially If You Caught CoronaVirus?

With news of the global epidemic Coronavirus making the headlines daily, Ian Sawyer, Commercial Director at life and health intermediary www.assuredfutures.co.uk has outlined the different scenarios British employees could face should the disease become as prevalent here […]