Aspen Rejects Endurance’s $3.2B Hostile Acquisition Bid As ‘Ill-Conceived’ April 14, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. today offered to buy Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, also based in Bermuda, for $3.2 billion,...
SeaWorld Loses Bid to Nix OSHA Limit on Contact with Killer Whales April 14, 2014 By Andrew Zajac and Christopher Palmeri SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. lost its bid to overturn U.S. limits on trainers’ contact with killer whales imposed after one of...
Republicans to Use Burwell HHS Hearings to Question Affordable Care Act April 14, 2014 By Greg Giroux Republican lawmakers said hearings on Sylvia Mathews Burwell’s nomination as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary provide a fresh opening...
Cyclone Ita Landfall in Queensland as Cat 4; Cat 3 as It Moves Inland: AIR Analysis April 14, 2014 According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, “Tropical Cyclone Ita crossed the north Queensland coast near Cape Flattery between 11:00...
Willis Highlights Coverage Gap of $100 Million in Uninsured Cargo Losses April 14, 2014 “In recent years cargo losses worth more than one hundred million dollars have not been recovered under traditional cargo insurance...
Willis Strengthens Capital Markets Unit in Asia, London April 14, 2014 Willis Group Holdings plc announced two key appointments to further strengthen its capital markets division, Willis Capital Markets & Advisory...
Firefighters Battle Killer Blaze in Valparaiso, Chile April 14, 2014 By Eva Vergara A large forest fire raging in the Chilean port city of Valparaiso has killed at least two people and destroyed...
Magnitude 7.6 Quake, Heavy Waves Strike Solomon Islands April 14, 2014 By Nick Perry A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake triggered large waves in the Solomon Islands on Sunday, and authorities were trying to determine if...
Impact Forecasting to Launch Combined Chile Quake/Tsunami Cat Model April 14, 2014 By Charles E. Boyle Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, announced the launch of a Chile earthquake model...
Mississippi County, Atlantic Specialty in Claim Dispute on Burned Courthouse April 13, 2014 A dispute over how much an insurance company owes Webster County for its burned courthouse has moved into federal court....