CFC to Launch Lloyd’s Syndicate with Asta as Manager April 30, 2021 LONDON — Specialty insurance underwriter CFC reported that Lloyd’s of London has given preliminary approval to the creation of CFC...
China Continues Crackdown on Fintech Firms April 30, 2021 By Tony Munroe and Cheng Leng BEIJING — Chinese financial watchdogs on Thursday summoned 13 internet platforms engaged in finance business, including heavyweights Tencent and ByteDance,...
London MGA Optio Acquires Nuclear Insurance Specialist MGA Northcourt April 29, 2021 LONDON — Optio Group, a specialty managing general agency, said it has acquired nuclear risk specialist Northcourt for an undisclosed...
U.S.-Style Google iPhone Privacy Case Viewed as a Landmark for UK Class Actions April 29, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley A proposed multi-billion pound British class action against Google, which alleges the internet giant secretly tracked millions of iPhone users,...
China Drafts Rules on Security of Data From Connected Vehicles April 29, 2021 China published draft rules on Thursday to ensure the security of data generated by connected vehicles, as the proliferation of...
Unhappy Investor Caltagirone to Snub Generali Meeting April 29, 2021 By Gianluca Semeraro, Stefano Bernabei and Claudia Cristoferi MILAN – Leading Generali investor Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone will snub its AGM on Thursday in the first public sign that...
EPA to Investigate U.S. Virgin Islands Refinery Incidents April 29, 2021 By Laura Sanicola The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to send experts and staff to a recently reopened U.S. Caribbean refinery as...
Global Aviation Safety Campaign Targets ‘Bunch of Garbage’ to Ease Pilot Overload April 29, 2021 By Jamie Freed When it came time to land at San Francisco on July 7, 2017, the pilots of an Air Canada jet...
Toyota Constructs a Sensor-Laden Entire City to Test Its Self-Driving Cars April 29, 2021 By River Davis In late February, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda gathered with a handful of Shinto priests in a white tent...
EU Set to Approve Aon-Willis Merger; More Concessions Unlikely: Reuters April 28, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee Insurance broker Aon is set to gain conditional EU antitrust approval for its $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson...