AIG Announces Strategic Investment Partnership of Up to $3.5B With CVC January 20, 2026 American International Group (AIG) announced a strategic partnership with global private markets firm CVC. The partnership, announced Jan. 19, includes...
Zurich Makes £7.7 Billion Bid for Specialty Insurer Beazley January 20, 2026 By Leonard Kehnscherper and Jan-Henrik Förster Zurich Insurance Group AG has gone public with a £7.67 billion ($10.3 billion) bid to buy Beazley Plc, increasing pressure...
Toscafund Is Said to Explore Sale of Portuguese Insurer Caravela January 19, 2026 Toscafund Asset Management and other minority shareholders of Caravela Seguros are exploring a sale of the Portuguese insurer, according to...
Trump’s Greenland Threat Puts Europe Inc Back in Tariff Crosshairs January 19, 2026 By Adam Jourdan, Christoph Steitz and Sybille de La Hamaide Just as European companies were getting used to last year’s hard-won U.S. trade tariff deals, President Donald Trump has put...
Chile Declares Catastrophe as Deadly Fires Force Evacuations January 19, 2026 By Andrea Jaramillo Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe in two southern regions of the country where raging wildfires have...
South Africa Declares National Disaster After Deadly Floods January 19, 2026 By Eric Ombok South Africa declared a national disaster after severe weather conditions led to deadly floods across parts of the country. Heavy...
People Moves: Lloyd’s Appoints Bichard From PwC as CFO, Succeeding Cliff January 16, 2026 Lloyd’s, the insurance and reinsurance marketplace, announced that Jim Bichard has been appointed as chief financial officer. He will start...
Greensill Bank Sues UK Government for $441 Million Over COVID Loan Guarantees January 16, 2026 Greensill Bank, a subsidiary of collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital, is suing Britain’s business department for just over 330 million...
Venezuelan Oil Industry Is Running on WhatsApp After Cyberattack January 16, 2026 By Bloomberg News Venezuela’s oil industry is running its day-to-day operations via phone calls and handwritten reports in the month since a cyberattack...
Fitch Warns of Eastern European Downgrades if Greenland Strife Cracks NATO January 16, 2026 By Marc Jones A raft of European countries could face a one-notch credit rating downgrade if tensions with the U.S. over Greenland fracture...