Hong Kong Financial Services Firms Concerned for Staff Safety as Protests Escalate November 13, 2019 By Scott Murdoch and Sumeet Chatterjee Finance firms in Hong Kong urged staff on Wednesday to seek safety or work from home as anti-government protests paralyzed...
Sexual-Harassment Whistleblower Sues Lloyd’s Insurer Tokio Marine Kiln November 13, 2019 By Gavin Finch A senior lawyer who blew the whistle on alleged sexual harassment and bullying at a top Lloyd’s of London insurance...
Pool Re Forms Specialist Unit to Help U.K. Insurers Build Terrorism Risk Resilience November 12, 2019 Pool Re, Britain’s government-backed terrorism reinsurer, has launched of Pool Re “Solutions,” a specialist unit created to support its member...
Startup Zego Becomes 1st U.K. Insurtech to Get Insurance License November 12, 2019 Zego has become the first ever U.K. insurtech to be awarded its own insurance license, which will enable it to...
Insurance Council of Australia Declares Catastrophe for New South Wales Bushfires November 12, 2019 The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) on Nov. 9 declared a catastrophe for the bushfires blazing in northern New South...
Vale’s ‘Negligence’ May Have Cost Lives, Says Brazil Mining Regulator November 12, 2019 By Jake Spring and Christian Plumb Brazil’s mining regulator on Tuesday blasted iron ore miner Vale SA for failing to disclose problems with a mining dam...
Guy Carpenter Appoints Bermuda Execs, Including Johnston, Komposch from Aon November 12, 2019 Guy Carpenter announced the appointment of Robert Johnston as chairman of Guy Carpenter’s Bermuda operations, and Peter Komposch as head...
Ransomware Attack Hits Mexico’s State Oil Firm Pemex November 12, 2019 By Adriana Barrera A ransomware attack hit computer servers and halted administrative work on Monday at Mexican state oil firm Pemex, according to...
Australia Braces for Another Week of Devastating Bushfires November 12, 2019 By Emily Cadman and Jason Scott Australia is bracing for another week of devastating bushfires, with swaths of the eastern seaboard and even areas of greater...
Hub International Buys Canada Employee Benefit Consultant, W.R. Carey Corp. November 8, 2019 Hub International Ltd., a Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired the assets of W.R. Carey Corp. Terms of the...