Insurance Industry Opens Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Fund August 30, 2017 The nonprofit Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) has established the IICF Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Fund to assist victims affected...
UK Insurers Face Looming Brexit Deadline to Move Contracts with EU Clients August 30, 2017 By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn Insurers in Britain face crunchtime within weeks if the government and the European Union do not allow millions of cross-border...
Insurers Deploy Drone Fleets to Speed Harvey Disaster Recovery August 30, 2017 By Karl Plume and Tim McLaughlin Fleets of commercial drones are primed to hover over the destruction from Tropical Storm Harvey in an unprecedented test of...
Banks Seek More Insurance Protection Against Cyber Attacks, Rogue Traders August 30, 2017 By Carolyn Cohn Banks are increasingly turning to insurance to protect their capital from “operational risks” like cyber attacks and rogue traders, and...
Fidelis Names Novae’s Burford as Chairman of Specialised Risks in London August 30, 2017 Fidelis Insurance announced that Ian Burford will join the London underwriting team as chairman of Specialised Risks, effective Sept. 4,...
Toyota Makes Strategic Investment in Grab, SE Asia’s Leading Ride-Sharing Firm August 30, 2017 By Kevin Buckland Toyota Motor Corp. is pushing deeper into the ride-sharing business. The Japanese carmaker is making a strategic investment in Grab,...
Neighbors Evacuated as Texas Chemical Plant Poses Explosion Risk August 30, 2017 By David Shepardson All residents within 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of a chemical plant in southeast Texas were evacuated on Tuesday as a...
Rubik’s Cube Maker Puzzled by Toys ‘R’ Us Knockoff August 30, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel The Rubik’s Cube has delighted and confounded millions of players since Hungarian architecture professor Erno Rubik created it in 1974....
Now Is Time to Prepare for Next Harvey; Tools Are Available: Viewpoint August 30, 2017 By Paul J. Ferraro, Bloomberg View My heart goes out to the people who have borne the brunt of Hurricane Harvey and still face continued flooding...
Hobbyist Drones Banned from Harvey Rescue Area August 30, 2017 By Alan Levin Aviation regulators imposed a prohibition on hobbyist drones and other civilian aircraft flying in the area affected by Tropical Storm...