Exiting Insurers, Premium Hikes Frustrate Canada’s Struggling Hospitality Industry October 8, 2020 By Nichola Saminather Canadian hospitality businesses, already reeling from the downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, are facing yet another existential threat as...
Hedge Funds Returning to Insurance as Premiums Rise October 8, 2020 By Maiya Keidan and Carolyn Cohn Five years after London-based hedge fund Toscafund ditched the shares it held in insurance companies, the $3.5 billion firm and...
Howden’s Acquisition of A-Plan Group to Create One of UK’s Largest Brokers October 7, 2020 The international insurance broking group Howden recently announced that it has agreed to acquire A-Plan Group, one of the UK’s...
Hackers-for-Hire Group Targets Officials, Activists, Executives in Middle East October 7, 2020 By Raphael Satter and Christopher Bing Saudi diplomats, Sikh separatists and Indian business executives have been among those targeted by a group of hired hackers, according...
How Coronavirus Is Changing Claims, Risks, Work, Habits, Supply Chains and More October 7, 2020 The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic as an economic loss events is unprecedented for companies and insurers alike and claims...
EU Climate Service Says September Was World’s Warmest on Record October 7, 2020 By Matthew Green and Kate Abnett Last month was the world’s hottest September on record, with unusually high temperatures recorded off Siberia, in the Middle East,...
Category 3 Hurricane Delta Hits Mexico; Expected to Strengthen, Then Move to U.S. October 7, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan Updated Oct 7., 2020, 6:58 AM— Hurricane Delta weakened to a Category 3 storm just before slamming into the coast...
EU Sources Say Brexit Deal with Britain on Social Benefits ‘Closer’: Reuters October 7, 2020 By Gabriela Baczynska Britain and the EU are closer to agreement on reciprocal social security rights for their citizens after Brexit, two diplomatic...
German Lawmakers Agree to Corporate Accounting Reforms After Wirecard Scandal October 7, 2020 By Michael Nienaber Germany’s coalition parties have agreed a package of reforms to financial and accounting rules aimed at avoiding another Wirecard scandal,...
Top EU Court Rules Mass Spying on Phone, Internet Data Is Unlawful October 6, 2020 By Mathieu Rosemain The European Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday that unrestrained mass surveillance of phone and internet data is unlawful, in...