Argo Group to Stop Insuring Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline, Joining Other Carriers June 7, 2021 By L.S. Howard Lloyd’s insurer Argo Group has decided to stop insuring Canada’s Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline when its current insurance policy...
Busier-Than-Normal Cyclone Season Predicted for East Asian Nations June 7, 2021 By Kanupriya Kapoor SINGAPORE – Half of the roughly 20 tropical cyclones expected to form in the western Pacific Ocean through September this...
People Moves: Aon’s Wakefield to Gallagher Re as CEO, Succeeding Behagg; Arch’s Rippert as Head of Mortgage at Aspen; Desmond Promoted at Marsh UK & Ireland June 7, 2021 This wrap-up of international People Moves details appointments at broker Gallagher Re, Aspen Insurance Holdings’ mortgage team and Marsh’s UK...
German Insurtech ELEMENT Raises $19.5M to Continue Growth June 7, 2021 ELEMENT, the Berlin-based white-label provider of digital insurance solutions, has raised €16 million (US$19.5 million), in additional investment from existing...
New Global Board for Corporate Sustainability Standards Gets Heavyweight Advisers June 7, 2021 By Huw Jones Former European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet will head an advisory group on setting up a global board for sustainability-related...
VW Nears Claims Settlement with Former CEO over Dieselgate Scandal June 7, 2021 BERLIN – Volkswagen on Sunday said it had reached the broad outlines of a settlement with former boss Martin Winterkorn...
Families of MH17-Crash Victims Prepare for Painful Phase of Dutch Trial June 7, 2021 By Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM – Families of people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said they were preparing...
Data Recorder Recovered from Ship Carrying Chemicals Sinking Off Sri Lanka June 7, 2021 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Experts recovered the data recorder of a fire-ravaged ship carrying chemicals that is slowly sinking...
Canada’s Economical Insurance Launches Platform to Simplify Brokers’ SME Placements June 4, 2021 Economical Insurance has introduced Vyne Commercial, a new digital platform and an expanded product offering, which is designed to simplify...
Key Stage of Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline Completed but Insurance Needed June 4, 2021 By Dina Khrennikova Russian President Vladimir Putin said a key stage of a gas pipeline to Germany that the U.S. targeted for sanctions...