Chinese Manufacturer Ninebot’s Dominance Has Startups Sharing Scooter Product Risks December 6, 2018 By Mark Bergen and Joshua Brustein Scooter-sharing company Lime recently relayed a troubling message to its users: a portion of its fleet was at risk of...
U.K. Food Delivery Service Riders Lose Employment Rights Bid December 5, 2018 By Kaye Wiggins A trade union lost a U.K. court bid for the right to lobby Deliveroo over pay and conditions on behalf...
Generali Acquires Alternative Asset Management Firm CM Investment Solutions December 5, 2018 Italian insurer Generali Group has acquired CM Investment Solutions Limited (CMISL), an alternative asset manager in London, from Bank of...
How Nations Rank for Climate Risk Measures December 5, 2018 Denmark and Britain are the top countries when it comes to implementing measures to fight climate change, although Britain has...
Climate Risk Index Shows Rich and Poor Nations Threatened by Devastating Storms December 5, 2018 By Megan Rowling The devastation caused by powerful storms is a growing threat to both poor and rich nations, propelling Caribbean islands to...
AIG Appoints MetLife’s Shah as Asia Pacific CEO December 5, 2018 American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has appointed Sachin N Shah as chief executive officer of Asia Pacific, AIG General Insurance....
Dutch Man, 69, Who Self-Identifies as 49, Loses Bid to Change Official Age December 4, 2018 By Mike Corder Dutch motivational speaker Emile Ratelband may feel like a 49-year-old but according to Dutch law he is still 69. A...
EU Bank Reform Includes Insurance, Bad Loan, Other Sweeteners December 4, 2018 By Francesco Guarascio European Union finance ministers struck a deal on a major reform of banking rules on Tuesday, addressing some of the...
Pros and Cons of the Rise of Online Insurance Platforms: Geneva Association December 4, 2018 Online platforms can foster insurance market transparency and reduce both transaction costs and information asymmetries, factors typically associated with increased...
EU Court’s Non-Binding Ruling Says U.K. Can Reverse Brexit December 4, 2018 By Stephanie Bodoni The U.K. should be allowed to reverse Brexit, according to an advisory opinion from the European Union’s top court that...