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Lloyd’s gears up to tackle COVID-19 crisis,returns to profitability after 3 yrs 

Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Lloyd’s Chairman, said““The beginning of 2020 has proved exceptionally difficult as COVID-19 spreads rapidly around the world with devastating consequences for families, communities and the global economy. Now more than ever, our customers need us to be ready to support them through these challenging times. By focusing on performance management, modernising the market and creating a market culture that will attract the best and brightest talent, we are making the market more resilient, more successful and better placed to meet our customers’ needs.”

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Willis Towers Watson develops new feature for tracking pandemic cases against P&C clients’ global assets

“Asia is at a more advanced phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. After months of managing the outbreak and impact of the coronavirus here, there are encouraging indications that some countries in the region are controlling the spread of the virus, whilst others are showing signs that they are commencing the recovery process. This presents an opportunity for organisations to track the receding virus in these geographies and commence planning for the resumption of business operations as soon as it is practical. The new COVID-19 feature in the tool will be beneficial in assisting our clients and facilitate this process,” added Vince Mossfield, Liability Practice Head, Risk & Analytics Asia, Willis Towers Watson.

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Ageas is first UK insurer to use AI to create end-to-end car damage assessments and estimates

Adrien Cohen, co-founder at Tractable, said: “Ageas using Tractable’s AI to generate end-to-end estimates is a breakthrough for the insurance sector worldwide. By harnessing AI at the beginning of the claims process to assess damage and generate estimates, we accelerate every part of it, creating efficiencies for the insurer and greater clarity for the policy holder. With this partnership with Ageas, computer vision is today making a positive difference for people in the real world, by helping them recover from accidents faster.

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Star Health launches coronavirus cover without travel history exclusions

The Star Novel Coronavirus policy is available under two sum insured options of Rs. 21,000 and Rs. 42,000 at premiums of Rs. 459 plus GST and Rs. 918 plus GST respectively. Anyone up to the age of 65 years can purchase the policy online at www.starhealth.in or through the company’s vast network of insurance agents, and without having to undergo any pre-medical screening.

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Swiss Re, Zurich insurance in talks with Swiss regulator about Coronavirus Impact

Insurers — as well as the re-insurers who take up their losses — are assessing the cost of disruptions related to the virus – which has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 and put swathes of the U.S. and Europe on lockdown. The industry has worked to reduce its exposure to pandemics since the 2003 outbreak of SARS in Asia. Over recent years, that’s included tightening their policies by inserting communicable-disease exclusions in contracts.

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