Airlines, Airports Urge UN to Accept COVID Testing Over Quarantines August 18, 2020 By Allison Lampert and Jamie Freed Airlines and airports will ask a UN-led task force meeting on Tuesday to recommend countries accept a negative COVID-19 test...
Europe Urged to Focus on Those Who Must Pay Off Debt After Pandemic August 18, 2020 Rebuilding Europe after the coronavirus pandemic will be akin to the post-World War II reconstruction effort and the bloc must...
Business, Insurers Face Survival Showdowns Over Pandemic Coverage August 18, 2020 By Emma Rumney and Noor Zainab Hussain PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK, South Africa— Wynand du Toit’s safari camp in South Africa’s Pilanesberg National Park lies abandoned, its tents...
Nexus Unites Trade Credit Broking Business Under ‘Xenia’ Brand August 17, 2020 Xenia Broking Group, the independent trade credit broking arm of Nexus Group, announced it is uniting under one trading name...
Japanese Bulk Carrier Splits Apart as Mauritian Authorities Work to Contain Oil Spill August 17, 2020 By Omar Mohammed A Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around...
Global Insurance M&A Surges in 1st Half but Lull Likely in H2 on COVID Uncertainties August 17, 2020 Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the global insurance industry rose in the first half of 2020 with 201 completed deals...
Investigators Confirm Passenger Train in Scotland Hit Landslide Before Derailment August 17, 2020 A passenger train hit a landslide before derailing in Scotland [on Wednesday, Aug. 12], killing three people, UK rail investigators...
Lebanon’s Insurance Claims from Beirut Port Blast Total $425 Million, So Far August 17, 2020 By Dana Khraiche Insurance claims toward the massive explosion at the Port of Beirut have so far reached $425 million, according to a...
AXA Weighs $177 Million Sale of Greek Business to Generali August 14, 2020 By Jan-Henrik Förster and Sonia Sirletti AXA SA is in talks to sell its Greek operations to Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali SpA, according to people familiar...
Alibaba’s Ant Group Makes Preparatory Filing in China for Giant IPO August 14, 2020 By Kane Wu Ant Group, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding, has made a preparatory filing with China’s securities...