Momentum Is Building for Pre-Flight COVID-19 Airport Testing December 4, 2020 Even as the race to approve and distribute COVID-19 vaccines is entering its final stretch, parts of the travel industry...
Germany Extends $37B Backstop for Credit Insurers to Keep Pandemic Trade Flowing December 4, 2020 Germany agreed to extend a backstop for commercial credit insurers by six months to keep trade flowing and prevent bankruptcies...
Central American Storms in 2020 Preview What’s Ahead with Climate Change: Experts December 4, 2020 By Sarah Marsh HAVANA/GUATEMALA CITY – Villagers in Guatemala’s Mayan hillside hamlet Sanimtaca had been about to harvest their cardamom crops that take...
Cyclone Burevi Weakens After Bringing Heavy Rain to Southern India December 4, 2020 CHENNAI – A cyclone that brought heavy rain to parts of southern India and neighboring Sri Lanka has weakened into...
Howden Broking Opens Branch Office in Iceland December 3, 2020 Howden Broking, the international insurance broker, announced the opening of a branch office in Reykjavik, Iceland. The office is the...
BMS Purchases Spanish Specialist Insurance Broker Montymarq December 3, 2020 BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced its Spanish subsidiary, BMS Mediación Iberia Correduría de Seguros y Reaseguros, S.L.U....
New Re/Insurer ‘Vantage Risk’ Launches, Led by Former Arch, AXA XL Executives December 3, 2020 A new re/insurance group, called Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., has launched with $1 billion of equity capital, provided by private...
AXA’s Chief Risk and Investment Officer Says Biodiversity Loss Among ‘Very Top Risks’ December 3, 2020 By Alastair Marsh AXA Group’s chief risk and investment officer, Alban de Mailly Nesle is required to ponder myriad dangers to the Paris-based...
Brexit Trade Negotiations Are Making ‘Good Progress’ December 3, 2020 By Gabriela Baczynska and John Chalmers BRUSSELS – European Union diplomats said on Thursday they hoped a Brexit trade deal with Britain could be agreed by...
Broker BMS Names Pope from Guy Carpenter as Executive Chairman in Latin America December 3, 2020 BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the appointment of Aidan Pope as executive chairman of its Latin American...