Report Finds Some Progress on Global Strategies to Reduce Cyber Risks August 16, 2021 Despite the overall worsening cybersecurity climate, there’s been some global progress in developing strategies to reduce risk. “We are seeing...
How Extreme Weather Makes Everything Harder, Except Climate-Risk Analysis August 16, 2021 By Kate Mackenzie, Bloomberg Opinion It’s been a momentous week for our understanding of the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Arthur J. Gallagher Agrees to Buy Willis Re August 13, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has agreed to acquire the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers...
Partner Perspective Why the Operation That Worked at $50M Breaks at $150M Presented by OIP Insurtech OIP Insurtech frequently comes across a paradox in specialty insurance operations. The book is growing, premiums are rising, and new...
DUAL to Acquire Align Financial Holdings August 13, 2021 London-based DUAL, the underwriting arm of Howden Group Holdings, has agreed to acquire Align Financial Holdings, a specialist general agency...
What’s at Stake in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Case August 13, 2021 By Randall Chase The Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection in February 2020 to halt thousands of lawsuits by men who said...
Hearings Get Underway Into Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Opposed by Insurers August 13, 2021 By Randall Chase An attorney for the Boy Scouts of America told a Delaware judge on Thursday that the group’s national board never...
Overheated, Underprotected: Climate Change Is Killing U.S. Farm Laborers August 13, 2021 By Elizabeth Elkin Florencio Gueta Vargas showed up for his usual shift at a hops farm in Toppenish, Washington, on Thursday, July 29....
UnitedHealth Pays Restitution, Fine to Settle Charges It Illegally Denied Coverage August 13, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel UnitedHealth Group Inc., the largest U.S. health insurer, has settled federal and New York state charges it illegally denied coverage...
Pass Measures to Lower Prescription Drug Prices, Biden Urges Congress August 13, 2021 By Jeff Mason and Susan Heavey President Joe Biden on Thursday called on U.S. lawmakers to enact legislation aimed at lowering drug prices, including allowing Medicare...
McDonald’s Franchise Settles Workers’ COVID-19 Lawsuit August 13, 2021 By Daniel Wiessner A McDonald’s Corp. franchise in Oakland, California, has agreed to take steps to protect workers from COVID-19 to settle a...