Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Australia Workplace Risk Consultant P2 Group June 18, 2019 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Hawthorn, Victoria-based P2 Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
Lloyd’s of London Aims to Revamp Auto Coverage as Era of Driverless Cars Looms June 18, 2019 By Katherine Chiglinsky Lloyd’s of London, the 330-year-old insurance market, is pushing to revamp auto coverage as the rise of driverless cars looms....
China’s Fosun Eyes Purchase of Bayer’s Animal Health Business: Sources June 18, 2019 By Manuel Baigorri Fosun International Ltd. is considering a bid for Bayer AG’s animal-health business, people familiar with the matter said, a move...
PERILS Buys Canada’s Catastrophe Loss & Exposure Analysis Firm CatIQ June 18, 2019 PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has acquired Toronto-based Catastrophe Indices & Quantification Inc. (CatIQ)....
Geneva Association Elects 4 Board Members from Ping An, Prudential, PICC and Aviva June 17, 2019 The Geneva Association, the global organization of insurance and reinsurance chief executive officers (CEOs), announced the election of four new...
UK Business Executives Grow Increasingly Angry at Brexit Deadlock June 17, 2019 By Alex Morales and Joe Mayes There are only so many ways U.K. business chiefs can express their dismay at the Brexit deadlock engulfing the country....
ACORD InsurTech Innovation Challenge’s European Winner Is Riskbook June 17, 2019 ACORD, the global standards body for the insurance industry, has announced that Riskbook was the winner of the London semi-final...
Russian Aeroflot Plane Hit by Lightning Before It Crashed, Killing 41: Investigators June 17, 2019 By Andrew Osborn and Polina Ivanova Lightning struck a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft knocking out its auto pilot system shortly before it crash landed in...
City of London Tackles Its Daytime Drink Problem – One Institution at a Time: Opinion June 17, 2019 By Elisa Martinuzzi For most of the traders, bankers, lawyers and accountants who populate the City of London, the era of excessive daytime...
Iranian Forces Were Likely Responsible for Attacks on Tankers, Says Insurer DNK June 17, 2019 By Verity Ratcliffe Iranian forces were likely responsible for the attacks that occurred Thursday on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman, according...