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Roughly 1,100 lawsuits have been filed against insurance companies since the start of the pandemic. Most of these suits involve business continuity or business interruption disputes. So far, the majority of judges have sided with insurance companies. Dr. Robert Hartwig says, … [Read more...] about CBS News 9/21/2020- Companies say insurance companies are stiffing them over coronavirus losses

Dr. Robert Hartwig was featured on A.M. Best's TV panel about the global pandemic's impact on the insurance industry's present and future relevancy. He sat alongside Neil Sprackling the Managing Director at Swiss Re, Pina Albo the Chief Executive Officer of Hamilton Insurance … [Read more...] about A.M. Best TV Panel 8/26/2020- An Industry Transformed: Defending Relevancy

COVID-19's impact has been expansive. One impact that some experts are concerned about is how the coronavirus will affect the birth rate. During economic downturns and pandemics, birth rates decline says Dr. Robert Hartwig. “What we’ve not experienced previously, at least not in … [Read more...] about The Post and Courier 8/17/2020- How the 2020 coronavirus pandemic could decimate the birth rate in SC and the US

The recent increase in business interruption claims due to the pandemic have been almost universally rejected. This is for a variety of reasons, one of them being a pandemic or virus exclusion that was added to insurance policies following the SARS outbreak in 2003. This … [Read more...] about Associated Press News 7/28/2020- Struggling merchants, insurers battle over pandemic coverage

Chief Executive Magazine reached out to Dr. Bob Hartwig and five other leading economists for their predictions on what economic recovery from COVID-19 will look like. They were asked to pick a letter to describe the shape of the predicted recovery - Dr. Hartwig chose the letter … [Read more...] about Chief Executive Magazine 6/12/2020- The Shape Of Recovery: V, U, W or L?

Best's Review, AM Best's monthly magazine, contacted Dr. Robert Hartwig about the COVID-19 Pandemic. Hartwig says, "The COVID-19 issue literally came upon the world this year. There was no opportunity to react." Read the entire article here. … [Read more...] about Best’s Review 6/2/2020- The COVID Catastrophe

Dr. Robert Hartwig was contacted by Russ Banham for a Leader's Edge article about the proposed Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA) and how it's being compared to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA). Robert Hartwig, who was instrumental in drafting TRIA, says that PRIA … [Read more...] about Leader’s Edge 5/10/2020- Is PRIA the Answer?

Dr. Robert Hartwig was quoted in Russ Banham's article in Leader's Edge about Congress discussing a backstop similar to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) for the economic impact of COVID-19. Hartwig, chief economist at the Insurance Information Institute during the 0/11 … [Read more...] about Leader’s Edge 5/8/2020- Uncle Sam’s Promise: U.S. terrorism-loss backstop has yet to be tested