Russian-Backed Actors Targeting Canada’s Infrastructure, Intelligence Agency Warns January 21, 2022 Network operators of critical Canadian infrastructure should boost their defenses against Russian state-sponsored threats, Canada’s signals intelligence agency said on...
People Moves: Lloyd’s Names Chubb’s Miller as Commercial Dir.; Chubb Promotes Meyer to Switzerland Country Pres.; WTW Hires Aon’s Weda for Corp. Risk & Broking, Benelux January 20, 2022 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lloyd’s, Chubb and Willis Towers Watson (WTW). A summary of these...
Oil Spill Caused by Massive Waves From Tonga Is ‘Ecological Disaster’ for Peru January 20, 2022 By Marco Aquino An oil spill at a refinery in Peru during high waves caused by the explosion last weekend of a volcano...
In Both Hard and Soft Markets, Zurich Aims to Maintain Focus on Underwriting Discipline January 20, 2022 By L.S. Howard Zurich Insurance Group has worked hard to turn around its financial results over the past five years by bringing underwriting...
Insurtech Reask Gets Funding to Deliver Next-Generation Natural Disaster Modeling January 20, 2022 Insurtech Reask, an Australian science and technology company that focuses on natural hazard modeling, announced it has closed its seed...
UK Insurtech Zego Expands in Europe, Targeting £20B Fleet Insurance Market January 20, 2022 Commercial motor insurer Zego announced a European expansion plan by launching in the Netherlands and ramping up operations in France,...
Cyber MGA Resilience Becomes Lloyd’s Coverholder January 20, 2022 Resilience, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent, announced it has earned delegated authority as a coverholder at Lloyd’s. As...
Investors Cannot Sue German Regulator for Wirecard Collapse, Court Rules January 20, 2022 By Karin Matussek Investors who lost money from investing in Wirecard AG shares can’t make Germany’s financial regulator Bafin compensate them, a Frankfurt...
UK Financial Watchdog to Curb Marketing of Cryptoassets, Other High-Risk Investments January 20, 2022 By Huw Jones and Tom Wilson Britain’s financial watchdog said on Wednesday it planned to curb the marketing of cryptoassets and other high-risk investments, a move...
Tonga Avoids Widespread Disaster Despite Massive Volcanic Blast January 19, 2022 By Nick Perry The blast from the volcano could be heard in Alaska, and the waves crossed the ocean to cause an oil...