Banks, Insurers Await ‘Brexit Dividend’ of ‘British-Style’ Regulation September 22, 2020 By Huw Jones Britain will adopt tough but less bureaucratic financial rules after Brexit, starting with simpler regulation of small banks, Bank of...
Frequent Wildfires Decimating Forests Becomes Concern Worldwide September 22, 2020 By Matthew Green Wildfires among ponderosa pines and Douglas firs of the U.S. West have long been part of nature’s cycle of renewal,...
International Conference to Examine Abusive Behavior in Gymnastics September 22, 2020 The international gymnastics federation will hold a conference next month to discuss misconduct and abuse in elite programs and develop...
Eateries Face Restrictions, Workers Return Home as England Faces Virus Resurgence September 22, 2020 By Guy Faulconbridge and Estelle Shirbon British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell people on Tuesday to work from home where possible and will curb timings...
Zurich Insurance Supports Reforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest With 1 Million Trees September 21, 2020 Zurich Insurance Group said it will sponsor a reforestation project in Brazil to convert barren farmland back into native forest...
FCA to Insurer CEOs: Don’t Delay in Paying Valid COVID Business Interruption Claims September 21, 2020 In a follow-up to the High Court’s ruling on coronavirus-related business interruption claims by businesses, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority...
How Insurance Industry Might Respond if a Pandemic Is an Act of Terror September 21, 2020 By L.S. Howard Imagine a scenario where COVID-19 was manufactured in a lab and was released as an act of terror. Tracey Gibbons,...
Facebook Tells Irish Court That It Needs Data Transfer Mechanism to Operate September 21, 2020 Facebook has told Ireland’s High Court it cannot see how its services could operate in the European Union if regulators...
Carpenters Restoring Notre Dame Face Challenge of Using Original Materials, Design September 21, 2020 By Elaine Ganley With precision and boundless energy, a team of carpenters used medieval techniques to raise up — by hand — a...
EU’s Barnier Still Hopes for UK Trade Deal Despite Latest Crisis September 18, 2020 By Gabriela Baczynska The European Union’s Brexit negotiator told the bloc’s 27 national envoys to Brussels that he still thinks a trade deal...