Goldman Sachs to Buy Asset Management Arm of Insurer NN Group for Nearly $2B August 19, 2021 By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM – Goldman Sachs said on Thursday it will buy Dutch insurer NN Group’s asset management arm for around 1.7...
California Wildfires Are Exhausting 10,000-Strong Army Fighting Them August 19, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan and David R. Baker There are over 10,000 firefighters battling unprecedented blazes in California, but that isn’t enough, and the state is having a...
States Weighing $26 Billion Opioid Settlement Face Saturday Deadline August 19, 2021 By Nate Raymond U.S. states are racing to meet a deadline to commit to a $26 billion opioid settlement with three drug distributors...
Parametric Catastrophe Insurer CCRIF to Make Record Payout of $40M for Haiti Quake August 19, 2021 CCRIF SPC, the Cayman Islands-based parametric catastrophe facility, will pay approximately US$40 million to the government of Haiti, following the...
TechAssure Launches Cyber Threat Sharing Community to Fight Ransomware August 19, 2021 By Andrea Wells TechAssure has announced a partnership with RiskAnalytics and ICE Cybersecurity to launch an exclusive cyber insurance option called The ShadowNet...
Why Haiti Is Prone to Deadly Earthquakes August 19, 2021 By Ben Finley Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed...
South Carolina Supreme Court Allows University to Institute Mask Mandate August 19, 2021 By MICHELLE LIU The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a mask mandate instituted by the University of South Carolina last month does...
UK Court Approves $14 Billion-Plus Class Action Against Mastercard August 19, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley A London court on Wednesday approved a 10 billion pound-plus ($14 billion-plus) class action against global payments processor Mastercard that...
Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore Hit by Ransomware Attack August 19, 2021 Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore Ltd. (TMiS), a subsidiary of Tokio Marine Group, announced it was hit by a ransomware cyber...
4 Texas School Districts Close Due to Virus Outbreaks August 19, 2021 By Juan A. Lozano As the new school year begins for Texas students and mask mandates are debated in various state courts, at least...