Why Is Mpox an Emergency Again, and How Worried Should I Be? August 16, 2024 By Jennifer Rigby The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact, represents...
Mutating Mpox Virus Poses Challenges to Containment Efforts August 16, 2024 By Janice Kew and Antony Sguazzin Changes in the mpox virus are just the latest challenge facing disease trackers trying to contain an outbreak of the...
People Moves: Markel Taps QBE’s Smith to Lead Marine & Energy Liability Team, Int’l Specialty; QBE Promotes Lascelles as Dir. of Underwriting, Marine and British Marine August 15, 2024 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the insurers Markel and QBE. A summary of these new hires...
Hard Reinsurance Prices Likely to Last Longer Than in Previous Market Cycles: Report August 15, 2024 By L.S. Howard Hard reinsurance pricing conditions are likely to last longer than in previous market cycles mainly due to persistently high claims...
Update: Severe Typhoon Skims Japan, Disrupting Flight, Train Services August 15, 2024 By Supriya Singh Typhoon Ampil grazed Japan’s main island of Honshu on Friday, prompting cancellations of flights and trains in the middle of...
Hurricane Ernesto Threatens Bermuda, Leaves Puerto Rico in Dark August 15, 2024 By Michelle Ma and Josh Saul Hurricane Ernesto took aim at Bermuda as almost half of Puerto Rico remained without power in the storm’s wake, the...
EY, KPMG Benefit Most From PwC China’s Regulatory Woes August 15, 2024 By Julie Zhu and Xie Yu Ernst & Young (EY) and KPMG have snapped up over half of PwC’s corporate clients in China that have fled...
Catastrophe Bond Issuance Is Set to Blast Through 2023 Record August 15, 2024 By Gautam Naik Issuance of catastrophe bonds is on track to exceed the record set in 2023, as a cocktail of climate change,...
Russian Court Orders $1.2B of Linde UK Assets Be Frozen August 14, 2024 A Russian court has ordered that assets worth around $1.15 billion of a British subsidiary of German industrial gases company...
People Moves: Accredited Taps SCOR’s McMurdo to Lead UK, European Operations; Aon Promotes Barcock to Lead Aviation Reins., Admiral Stavridis Appointed to Board August 14, 2024 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at program manager Accredited UK & Europe and insurance broker Aon. A...