Embroker, with Plan to Become Full-Stack Insurance Carrier, Raises $100M June 9, 2021 Embroker, a digital broker focused on business insurance, aims to become a full-stack insurance carrier – an expansion of its...
Marsh McLennan Black MBA Fellowship Fuses Social Justice, Business Lessons June 9, 2021 Insurance broker and professional services firm Marsh McLennan has launched a global MBA fellowship program in partnership with the National...
People Moves: Safety National Signs O’Grady; MMC’s McMillan Joins AIG Investor Relations June 9, 2021 O’Grady Joins Safety National’s Large Casualty Unit Safety National announced that Tim O’Grady joined the company as vice president for...
Unions Divided Over Big Gig Firms’ Lobbying for State Worker Laws, Benefits June 9, 2021 By Tina Bellon Uber and other gig economy companies are trying a new approach to ending their battles with unions, and getting ahead...
Experts Call Colonial Pipeline Attack a Wake-Up Call, Say Bigger Attacks Could Be Ahead June 9, 2021 By Elizabeth Blosfield Cyber experts are saying that the Colonial Pipeline attack, in which ransomware took down 5,500 miles of critical infrastructure along...
Swedish Activist Investor Cevian Buys 4.95% Stake in UK Insurer Aviva June 9, 2021 By Rafaela Lindeberg Swedish activist investor Cevian Capital AB has bought almost 5% of Aviva Plc, placing it among the insurer’s top three...
Hong Kong Insurance Broker Azure Risk Expands Product Range June 9, 2021 Azure Risk Ltd., a digital provider of marine and freight forwarding insurance, has been granted its application to broaden its...
Generali Drops Out of Race to Buy NN’s Asset Manager Arm: Sources June 9, 2021 Italy’s top insurer Assicurazioni Generali has dropped out of the race to buy the asset management arm of Dutch rival...
Forgotten Your Passwords? They Soon May Be Lost Altogether – with Insurers’ Help June 9, 2021 By James Patterson The most popular password in 2020 was exposed almost 24 million times and took less than a second to crack....
EU Cautions Against Rushing into Public-Private Pandemic Insurance Scheme June 9, 2021 The European Union’s executive body urged caution on Tuesday in the face of calls for a public-private scheme for insuring...