The COVID-19 situation is changing on a daily basis, and while the total impact to the insurance and reinsurance markets remains unknown, Guy Carpenter is advising clients in the space on how to best adapt to the circumstances. As COVID-19 continues to upend how businesses interact with technology and workers around the country continue to operate from home offices, the ... Continue Reading »
Pandemic
COVID-19: Considerations for Agency Staffing in the Healthcare Sector
As the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns surrounding a second wave of infections continue through autumn, public health concerns remain a top priority for people both in and outside the healthcare industry and Guy Carpenter is actively working with healthcare executives on how to mitigate the impacts of the virus on the sector. ... Continue Reading »
Video: Catastrophe Bonds in the Post-COVID Environment
Guy Carpenter recently participated in a series of videos with The Insurer, in which experts from throughout Guy Carpenter opine on different aspects of the contemporary risk landscape. ... Continue Reading »
Video: Better By Design – Navigating The Changing Nature of Risk
As organizations continue to adapt and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, understanding its impacts is critical to mapping the path forward as a business, industry and broader society. Virtually bringing together our global clients, colleagues and subject matter experts, including those from Guy Carpenter, the recent Marsh & McLennan Better By Design conference provided a ... Continue Reading »
Our Work Lives Will Not Return To Normal After The Pandemic
The transition to working from home has gone incredibly smoothly overall, enabling seamless communication between brokers, cedents and reinsurers. Technological advancement has facilitated this transition but human behaviors are equally important in ensuring colleagues continue to feel “connected” to their co-workers, clients and the overall market. Communication on an ongoing ... Continue Reading »
The Care Sector: How are Insurance Markets Responding to COVID-19?
As the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns surrounding a second wave of infections continue through autumn, public health concerns remain a top priority for people both in and outside the healthcare industry and Guy Carpenter is actively working with healthcare executives on how to mitigate the impacts of the virus on the sector. ... Continue Reading »
Can Employers Require Their Employees to be Vaccinated?
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues through the fall, public health concerns remain of the utmost importance. The reinsurance industry is well-positioned to advise clients on how to respond to the ongoing effects of COVID-19, and Guy Carpenter is actively developing a view of how COVID-19 may impact businesses as employees begin returning to their offices. ... Continue Reading »
COVID-19: The View From the Marketplace
As we learn more about the COVID-19 virus, societal responses and vaccine development, our collective knowledge continues to develop. Throughout this time, Guy Carpenter is continually connecting with our clients and business associates to gather the key questions health insurers are asking along with the range of potential outcomes. ... Continue Reading »
The Changing Nature of Risk: Part I
There is an old adage that “adversity builds character.” However, before adversity builds character, it reveals character, and the numerous catastrophes that have occurred over the last several years combined with the ongoing pandemic have clearly revealed the character of the insurance industry. ... Continue Reading »
Standard & Poor’s Outlook on COVID-19
GC Capital Ideas recently featured a four-part article on Standard & Poor's (S&P) assessment of COVID-19's impact across the insurance and reinsurance markets. The series discusses the pandemic's effect on U.S. property & casualty (P&C) insurance, U.S. life insurance, global reinsurance and stress test modeling. Global Reinsurance Sector S&P recently ... Continue Reading »
