Many Japan Firms Resist Telecommuting, Raising COVID-19 Risk for Call Center Staff May 5, 2020 By Makiko Yamazaki and Yuki Nitta Almost a month after Tokyo declared a state of emergency, dozens of call center employees for telecom KDDI Corp still...
German Judge Casts Doubt on VW’s Defense in Landmark Diesel-Damages Case May 5, 2020 A German federal court judge cast doubt on Volkswagen’s reasoning after the carmaker urged the court to dismiss a claim...
RMS Releases High Definition Models for European Severe Convective Storm May 5, 2020 RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based risk modeling and analytics firm, announced the release of new European Severe Convective Storm (EU SCS)...
Crane Named CEO of Specialist Re/insurance Broker THB Group May 5, 2020 THB, the specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced that Matthew Crane has been named chief executive officer of THB Group...
North P&I Enters Blue-Water Hull, Machinery Market May 5, 2020 Global marine insurer North P&I has entered the blue-water and hull and machinery market with a new insurance product line....
AM Best Places Watford Re’s Ratings Under Review on COVID-19-Related Investment Hit May 4, 2020 AM Best has placed under review with negative implications the Financial Strength Rating of “A-” (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer...
AIG Launches Largest-Ever Syndicate at Lloyd’s, Operating in High Net Worth Sector May 4, 2020 American International Group has launched Lloyd’s Syndicate 2019 — the largest-ever syndicate to be launched at Lloyd’s. Syndicate 2019 will...
AI Specialist omni:us Partners with Insurtech Rokk3r to Enter Latin American Market May 4, 2020 omni:us, the insurance-focused artificial intelligence (AI) solution business, has announced a partnership with Rokk3r, a global innovation technology and consulting...
Tokio Marine Kiln Taps Chubb’s Shaw as Chief Underwriting Officer May 4, 2020 Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has appointed Matthew Shaw as chief underwriting officer. Shaw joins from Chubb where he was most...
Zoom Video Login Details Put on Sale by Hackers on Dark Web: Times Report May 4, 2020 By Joe Mayes Hackers put more than half a million login details for the teleconferencing app Zoom on the dark web, the Sunday...