English Court Blocks $6.6B Brazil Lawsuit Against Mining Firm BHP Over Burst Dam November 9, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley A 5.0 billion pound ($6.6 billion) English lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP has been struck out, in a blow...
Q&A: Where Drugmakers Are in the Race for COVID-19 Vaccine November 9, 2020 By Carl O'Donnell Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the...
Digital Lloyd’s Syndicate Ki to Provide Howden with Follow Capacity November 9, 2020 Fully-digital Lloyd’s of London syndicate Ki and global insurance broker Howden announced a partnership in which Ki is committing to...
Chubb Names New Country President for Vietnam’s General Insurance November 9, 2020 Global insurer Chubb announced the appointment of Khue Dinh as the new country president for its Vietnam general insurance business....
Top Investor Group Including Allianz Warns Firms to Cut Ties to Coal November 9, 2020 By Simon Jessop Some of the world’s largest insurers and pension schemes are warning companies they invest in not to finance, insure, build,...
EU Warns of New Wave of Consumer Scams Amid COVID Resurgence November 9, 2020 By John Chalmers The European Commission on Friday urged online platforms to gird for a fresh wave of consumer scams linked to the...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canada’s Optimum Talent Inc. November 6, 2020 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Montreal, Quebec-based Optimum Talent Inc. Terms of the transaction were not...
The $9.5 Billion Takeover Offer for RSA May Be Too Good to Refuse: Opinion November 6, 2020 By Chris Hughes, Bloomberg Opinion A takeover offer that would have been so-so in February becomes impossible to refuse for a company whose shares have...
Weakened Storm Eta Moves over Honduras with Heavy Rains. Next Stop Cuba, Florida? November 6, 2020 By Marlon Gonzalez TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Eta is moving over Honduras as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that...
Q3 Global Commercial Insurance Pricing Rockets 20% Higher: Marsh November 6, 2020 Global commercial insurance pricing rocketed 20 percent higher on average in the 2020 third quarter, driven largely by rate hikes...