London Insurance Sector Readies $50M Ukraine Grain Cargo Cover August 4, 2022 By Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn The London insurance sector is preparing to cover Ukrainian grains and fertilizer shipments through a secure corridor, voyages that may...
BHSI Hires Liberty Specialty’s Ferrari as Head of Transactional Liability in Australasia; AM Best Appoints Curtis for Market Development, Asia-Pacific Region August 3, 2022 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and AM Best. A summary of these...
Brown & Brown Completes Acquisition of Specialist Wholesale Broker BdB August 3, 2022 Brown & Brown Inc., the Daytona Beach, Fla.-based broker, announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of the general...
Lloyd’s Insurer Hiscox to Provide Insurance for Ukraine Grain Shipments August 3, 2022 By Carolyn Cohn Hiscox is committed to a planned insurance consortium providing cover for ships traveling through a safe passage from Ukraine, its...
Europe’s Rhine River on Brink of Becoming Impassable as Water Levels Drop August 3, 2022 By Jack Wittels, Kwaku Gyasi and Laura Malsch Water levels on the Rhine River are set to fall perilously close to the point at which it would effectively...
Landfills Soon Could Be Inundated With Thousands of Wind Turbine Blades: Study August 3, 2022 A new study led by the University of South Australia indicates tens of thousands of wind turbine blades will end...
N. Koreans Steal LinkedIn Resumes to Get Remote Work at Crypto Firms: Researchers August 3, 2022 By Jeff Stone North Koreans are plagiarizing online resumes and pretending to be from other countries to get remote work at cryptocurrency firms...
G7 Nations Mull Options to Deprive Moscow of Bumper Oil Profits August 3, 2022 The Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations is looking at blocking the transportation of Russian oil among other options to...
French Insurer AXA Posts 3% Rise in H1 Net Profit August 3, 2022 By Matthieu Protard French insurer AXA announced a new share buyback program as it posted a 3% rise in first-half net profit, driving...
Floods, Storms Drive Global Insured Catastrophe Losses of US$38B in H1 2022: Swiss Re August 2, 2022 A series of winter storms in Europe, record floods in Australia and South Africa as well as a high number...