Why Insurers Should Love, Not Fear, Amazon: Viewpoint August 16, 2018 By Alex Webb Whenever Amazon.com Inc. eyes expansion into a new industry, the stalwarts of that space shudder. A Reuters report on Thursday...
Global Insured Catastrophe Losses Decline to $20 Billion in H1: Swiss Re August 16, 2018 Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters during the first half of 2018 were US$20 billion, down from...
AXIS Re Appoints PartnerRe’s Pollak to New Role as Head of Product Center August 16, 2018 AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that Marcus Pollak has been appointed to the newly created role of head of Product...
Randall & Quilter Signs Program Underwriting Partnerships with 3 European MGAs August 16, 2018 Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced that its wholly owned European subsidiary R&Q Insurance (Malta) Ltd. has signed three...
Italy Bridge Operator’s Shares Drop After Disaster; Supply Chain Impact Expected August 16, 2018 By Ilaria Polleschi Italy’s biggest toll-road operator came under heavy stock-market attack on Thursday after Rome criticized it for a deadly bridge collapse...
Brexit Effect: Number of EU Nationals Working in UK Plunges During Q2 August 16, 2018 By Jill Ward and Lucy Meakin Further evidence that Brexit is deterring European Union workers emerged in figures published Tuesday [Aug. 14]. The number of EU...
Australia’s QBE Reports 4% Rise in H1 Profit – on Fewer Natural Disasters August 16, 2018 By Tom Westbrook Australia’s QBE Insurance Group Ltd. posted a better-than-expected 4 percent rise in first-half profit, helped by fewer natural disasters in...
Amazon Weighs Formation of UK Insurance Comparison Website: Reuters August 16, 2018 By Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop Amazon.com Inc is sounding out some of Europe’s top insurance firms to see if they would contribute products to a...
Italy Government Blames Genoa Bridge Operator as Collapse Death Toll Rises August 15, 2018 By Ilaria Polleschi Rescuers hunted for survivors among towering slabs of wreckage on Wednesday after a bridge collapse that killed 39, as furious...
StarStone Launches Casualty Consortium for Australia, New Zealand Markets August 15, 2018 StarStone, the global specialty insurer, has launched a casualty consortium targeted at the Australian and New Zealand markets. The consortium...