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....
It Would Take P/C Insurers 150 Years to Pay COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses October 30, 2020 By L.S. Howard The world’s property/casualty insurers would have to collect business interruption insurance premiums for 150 years in order to absorb the...
Reinsurers’ Investment Strategies Offer Buffer for Low Interest Rates, Pandemic: S&P October 30, 2020 By L.S. Howard A decade of low interest rates and tough underwriting conditions has led reinsurers to cautiously invest in riskier and more...
The Coronavirus Pandemic and The Great Workplace Debate: Viewpoint October 30, 2020 By John Kemp, Reuters Columnist Decisions on where and how to work are embodied in trillions of dollars of investment worldwide, including the siting of...
WHO to Form COVID Insurance Scheme for Vaccine Side-Effects in Poor Nations October 29, 2020 By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS – A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in...