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Aging is no longer a taboo in the fashion world, but doesn’t mean that ageism is a thing of the past

The public relations experts seem unanimous in their belief Amber Heard is facing career extinction and bankruptcy. 

After a bruising six-week trial, both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard face uncertain career prospects.

Experts have suggested that there is no way back for Heard in Hollywood adding that the dramatic five-week court battle has left the actress, 36, too icky for a studio.

“We exclude war – it’s not insurable,” he said. But as industries spanning travel and hospitality to construction and manufacturing revert to a new normal, huge demand is causing insurers to figure out how they can put pandemic risk back in policies without making them prohibitively expensive. One example is the film and television industry. U.S. company SpottedRisk has devised a model built on years of data on the political and economic environment of film locations in 150 countries, a...

London When much of the global economy locked down last year, insurers, facing estimated losses of more than $100 billion globally, reached straight for their red pens to strike pandemic cover from all new business policies. Denis Kessler, chairman and CEO of French reinsurer SCOR, summed it up when he told a recent conference that pandemic risk was like war. “We exclude war – it’s not insurable,” he said. But as industries spanning travel and hospitality to construction and manufacturi...

Insurers Seek to Find Ways to Make Pandemics Insurable LONDON – When much of the global economy locked down last year, insurers, facing estimated losses of more than $100 billion globally, reached straight for their red pens to strike pandemic cover from all new business policies. Denis Kessler, chairman and CEO of French reinsurer SCOR, summed it up when he told a recent conference that pandemic risk was like war. “We exclude war – it’s not insurable,” he said. But as industries span...

BusinessWorld May 11, 2021 | 12:03 am LONDON — When much of the global economy locked down last year, insurers, facing estimated losses of more than $100 billion globally, reached straight for their red pens to strike pandemic cover from all new business policies. Denis Kessler, chairman and CEO of French reinsurer SCOR, summed it up when he told a recent conference that pandemic risk was like war. “We exclude war — it’s not insurable,” he said. But as industries spann...

Underwriters puzzle over how to make pandemics insurable again By Carolyn Cohn Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - When much of the global economy locked down last year, insurers, facing estimated losses of more than $100 billion globally, reached straight for their red pens to strike pandemic cover from all new business policies. Denis Kessler, chairman and CEO of French reinsurer SCOR, summed it up when he told a recent conference that pandemic risk was like war. "We exclude war - its not insura...

How SpottedRisk and TigerRisk Tamed ‘Live Cat’ COVID Event for Entertainment Insureds In the early months of the pandemic last year, brokers just couldn’t place insurance for the entertainment industry. In late February 2020, underwriters began excluding communicable disease from all of the underlying production insurance policies. No insurer wanted to touch the risk. In stepped SpottedRisk, the Boston-based managing general agent, which saw an opportunity in the midst of this major marke...