The Mounting Cost of Piracy off Coast of West Africa: Opinion July 3, 2019 By Tobin Harshaw, Bloomberg Opinion Remember those Somali pirates? Earlier this decade, they brazenly hijacked giant oil tankers, demanded ransoms in the millions of dollars,...
Lloyd’s Sets Targets for Risks Placed Electronically for Remainder of 2019 July 3, 2019 Lloyd’s has confirmed the mandated targets for electronic placement of risks for the remainder of 2019. For Q3 2019 each...
Blanc Resigns as CEO EMEA of Zurich Insurance July 3, 2019 Zurich Insurance Group announced that Amanda Blanc, CEO EMEA and Bank Distribution and a member of the group’s executive committee,...
Global #MeToo Movement Provides Lots of Work for London’s Top Lawyers July 3, 2019 By Kaye Wiggins The global #MeToo movement, in which women across much of the corporate world have spoken out about sexual harassment at...
Reinsurers Offering Better Prices, Capacity for Preferred Trading Partners: Willis Re July 2, 2019 Strengthening primary insurance market conditions underpinned improvements to reinsurance prices, terms and conditions at the June 1 and July 1,...
Lloyd’s Appoints Rigby as Chief Operations Officer July 2, 2019 Lloyd’s of London announced that Jennifer Rigby has been appointed chief operations officer (COO). Rigby has been performing the role...
Thief Steals $1.3 Million Watch. Now What? July 2, 2019 By Claire Ballentine An Azerbaijani tourist’s carefree Ibiza getaway came to an abrupt halt last week when a pickpocket reportedly stole his Richard...
Britain’s Green Finance Strategy Could Mandate Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure July 2, 2019 By Susanna Twidale British public companies and pension funds may have to publish by 2022 what risks their businesses face from climate change...
China to End Limits on Foreign Ownership in Financial Sector One Year Early July 2, 2019 By Kevin Yao China will end ownership limits for foreign investors in its financial sector in 2020, a year earlier than scheduled, to...
Zurich Commits to UN Climate Change Targets, to Using only Renewable Energy by 2022 July 1, 2019 Zurich Insurance Group announced it is accelerating actions to progress towards a low-carbon economy “amid an increasing climate crisis.” Its...