Irish Judges Back Guidelines for Personal Injury Awards to Cut Insurance, Legal Costs March 8, 2021 By Emma Rumney DUBLIN – Ireland’s judges voted on Saturday to adopt new guidelines for personal injury claims that aim to reduce the...
UK and EU on Track to Agree on Financial Services Cooperation – but Trust Must Be Built March 5, 2021 By Huw Jones Britain and the European Union are on course to agree a deal on regulatory cooperation in financial services this month,...
CNA’s Cyber Risk Services Program, CNA CyberPrep, Launched in Canada March 5, 2021 CNA announced that CNA CyberPrep, a proactive cyber risk services program, has been launched in Canada. Already available to CNA’s...
UK Broker, Specialist Risk Group, Acquires MGA CLS Risk Solutions March 5, 2021 Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a London-based insurance broker, has agreed to acquire CLS Risk Solutions (CLS RS), subject to regulatory...
French Retailer Sued over Amazon Deforestation Linked to Cattle Raising March 5, 2021 PARIS – Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging...
Insurer Aviva Seeks New London Headquarters to Cut Post-Pandemic Office Footprint March 5, 2021 By Jack Sidders and Benjamin Robertson Aviva Plc is searching for a new City of London headquarters as the UK insurer prepares to slash its office...
Upstream Mine Tailings Dams Pose Higher Risks of Instability: Study March 5, 2021 By Helen Reid and Jeff Lewis The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings...
Greensill Downfall Began with Firing of Insurance Manager at Sydney Unit of Tokio Marine March 5, 2021 By Donal Griffin and Jonathan Browning The debacle that led to the unraveling of Lex Greensill’s trade-finance empire began with the firing of a manager at...
Global Power Grids Are Becoming Increasingly Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks March 4, 2021 More than five years after massive cyber attacks left a quarter of a million Ukrainians without electricity, the world’s power...
French Families Join Class Action After Thousands of COVID Deaths in Nursing Homes March 4, 2021 By Angela Charlton PARIS – A Paris court [held] a hearing Wednesday in a class-action effort to hold French health authorities and companies...