Private Equity Investors Pelican Ventures, J.C. Flowers to Buy Ariel Re from Argo Group November 2, 2020 Pelican Ventures and J.C. Flowers & Co., both private equity investors with significant insurance expertise, announced they have agreed to...
Guy Carpenter Launches Mutual, Agency and Captive Reinsurance Solutions Practice November 2, 2020 Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance broker subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the launch of a new marine...
Rescue Efforts Continue After Earthquake Strikes Turkey, Greece with at Least 57 Dead November 2, 2020 By Mehmet Guzel and Zeynep Bilginsoy IZMIR, Turkey – Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34...
Brexit Negotiations to Continue This Week as EU, UK Push to Save Trade Deal November 2, 2020 By Gabriela Baczynska EU and British Brexit negotiators will continue talks in Brussels on Monday and until around mid-week, sources on both sides...
Tropical Storm Eta Ties 2005 Record for Most Named Atlantic Storms in One Year November 2, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan Tropical Storm Eta formed overnight [on Sunday, Nov. 1] in the Caribbean, becoming the Atlantic’s 28th storm of 2020 and...
Australian Pension Fund Agrees to Settle Landmark Climate Risk Litigation November 2, 2020 By Swati Pandey SYDNEY — One of Australia’s largest pension funds on Monday agreed to settle a landmark climate risk litigation filed by...
Japan’s Largest Airport Opens COVID-19 Testing Lab for Departing Travelers November 2, 2020 TOKYO — Japan’s largest airport opened a novel coronavirus testing facility on Monday as it takes steps to reopen international...
Retail Investors Placed Bids for Record $3 Trillion of Shares in Ant Group’s IPO November 2, 2020 By Julie Zhu and Sumeet Chatterjee Retail investors placed bids for a record $3 trillion of shares in Ant Group Co. Ltd.’s dual listing in an...
World’s Strongest Storm in 2020 Kills at Least 16 in Philippines November 2, 2020 By Ian Sayson and Cecilia Yap The world’s strongest storm this year killed at least 16 people in the Philippines, and sent tens of thousands more...
Insurance CEO Who Was Once a Man Brings Unique Gender-Equality Perspective October 30, 2020 By Rafaela Lindeberg Caroline Farberger, the chief executive of a Swedish insurance company, remembers how she conducted meetings when she was a man....