Winter Storm ‘Bomb’ Watch Begins From New York to Europe December 5, 2014 By Brian K. Sullivan As fall gives way to winter, meteorologists from the U.S. East Coast to the shores of Western Europe will be...
Ping An Insurance Said to Make Offer for Frankfurt’s The Squaire December 5, 2014 By Vinicy Chan Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s second-largest insurer, has submitted a bid for The Squaire building in Frankfurt, people with...
Loeb’s Third Point Re Pushes into U.S. With Hires after Stock Fall December 5, 2014 By Jing Cao Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., the Bermuda-based company co-founded by hedge-fund manager Dan Loeb, is expanding in the U.S. after underwriting...
RSA Selected as Insurance Partner for UK Gov’t. Driverless Cars Project December 4, 2014 RSA announced that it has been selected as the insurance partner for a Government backed project to pilot driverless cars...
Philippines on Alert as Typhoon Hagupit Strengthens December 4, 2014 AccuWeather Global Weather Center reports that a strengthening Typhoon Hagupit is bringing life-threatening dangers to the Philippines. Hagupit strengthened into...
Maritime Security Guards Adapt to Decline in Somali Pirate Attacks December 4, 2014 By Keith Wallis Cash-strapped maritime security firms are being forced to use fewer costly elite guards and to diversify into other businesses such...
Air Bag Update: Toyota to Recall 190,000 More Vehicles, Mostly in Japan December 4, 2014 By Chang-Ran Kim and Mari Saito Toyota Motor Corp. said on Thursday it would call back 190,000 more vehicles, mostly in Japan, to replace potentially defective...
Hub International Acquires Canada-Based MGA Partners December 4, 2014 Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, announced that its subsidiary Hub Financial Inc. has acquired the shares of MGA...
UN’s Weather Agency Warns 2014 May Be Warmest on Record December 3, 2014 By Alister Doyle Record high ocean temperatures will make 2014 the hottest year on record, or at least among the very warmest, in...
Iran Hackers Targeted Airlines, Energy Firms Across Globe: Cylance Report December 3, 2014 By Jim Finkle Iranian hackers have infiltrated some of the world’s top energy, transport and infrastructure companies over the past two years in...