Venice Floods, Australia Wildfires Blamed on Climate Change November 14, 2019 By Robert Birsel Extreme floods in Venice, fires in Australia and even an outbreak of plague in China have been attributed to climate...
Swiss Re Names Mazzoleni Neglén as Head of Customer Experience, Global Sales November 13, 2019 Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (SRCS) has appointed Loredana Mazzoleni Neglén as head Customer Experience & Global Sales Steering, effective Feb....
Praedicat Develops Named Peril Casualty Insurance Product via Lloyd’s Lab November 13, 2019 Praedicat, Inc., the Los Angeles-based liability risk analytics software company, announced it is developing a new insurance product designed to...
Flooding in Northern England Becomes U.K. Election Issue November 13, 2019 By Robert Hutton Boris Johnson deployed extra troops to help flood-hit parts of Northern England as he tried to ensure that a natural...
Fires Continue to Rage in Australia’s Most Populous State, New South Wales November 13, 2019 By Rod McGuirk Ferocious wildfires were burning at emergency-level intensity across Australia’s most populous state and into Sydney’s suburbs on Tuesday as authorities...
Ransomware Hackers Demand $5M from Mexico State Oil Firm Pemex November 13, 2019 By Adriana Barrera and Raphael Satter Hackers demanded about $5 million in bitcoin from Mexico’s Pemex, they told Reuters on Tuesday, saying the state oil firm...
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...