Corporate, Individual Donations Pour In for Effort to Restore Notre Dame April 16, 2019 By Phil Serafino France’s luxury-goods tycoons are among the country’s wealthiest individuals and companies to pledge at least 600 million euros ($678 million)...
Royer Named Head of Liability for Zurich Canada April 16, 2019 Marco Royer has been named head of Liability for Zurich Canada. Royer will be responsible for leading the underwriting teams...
EU Parliament Approves Law Establishing Basic Rights for Gig Workers April 16, 2019 By Foo Yun Chee The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a law setting minimum rights for workers in the “gig economy,” a move that...
Argo Urges Shareholders to Reject Voce’s Claims at Annual Meeting April 16, 2019 By Mark Hollmer Argo Group is urging shareholders to reject allegations of “reckless behavior” and “poorly researched claims” from activist stockholder Voce Capital...
Vienna Insurance Discloses Previously Unreported S Immo Stake April 16, 2019 By Boris Groendahl Vienna Insurance Group AG disclosed a previously unreported stake in Austrian commercial property firm S Immo AG after Bloomberg reported...
President Macron Vows to Rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral Ravaged by Huge Fire April 15, 2019 By Gregory Viscusi, Helene Fouquet, Geraldine Amiel, James Regan and Rudy Ruitenberg President Emmanuel Macron vowed to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris after a massive fire ravaged the 850-year-old Gothic monument...
EU’s New Copyright Rules Could Hurt Google, Facebook April 15, 2019 By Foo Yun Chee Google will have to pay publishers for news snippets and Facebook filter out protected content under new copyright rules aimed...
Markel Internal Review Finds ‘No Bad Faith’ Related to Loss Reserves Under Investigation April 15, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Markel Corp. said that an internal review conducted by outside counsel found “no evidence that personnel of its CATCo unit...
IMF Officials Urge Governments to Limit Risks to Global Economy April 15, 2019 By Andrew Mayeda and Jessica Shankleman The International Monetary Fund warned governments not to rock the boat with trade wars and other disruptions at a time...
London Continues to Lose Financial Sector Jobs Over Brexit April 15, 2019 Job vacancies in London’s finance industry have halved in two years as uncertainty over Brexit knocks business confidence, a survey...