Brazil Police Accuse Mining Firm Vale, Auditor of Fraud Related to Deadly Dam Collapse September 23, 2019 By Marta Nogueira Brazilian federal police proposed criminal charges against Vale SA, auditor TÜV SÜD and 13 of their employees, alleging fraud in...
Good Leaders Challenge the Status Quo-and Themselves: SCOR’s Conoscente September 23, 2019 By L.S. Howard Jean-Paul Conoscente became the CEO of SCOR Global P&C in April 2019 when his predecessor, Victor Peignet, retired after 35...
Staying Profitable in an Increasingly Fragmented World: SCOR Global P&C CEO September 23, 2019 By L.S. Howard There are several things that keep SCOR’s Jean-Paul Conoscente awake at night. Climate change is one of them; cyber risk...
Commercial Lines Insurtech Bold Penguin Raises $32 Million in Latest Round September 23, 2019 Bold Penguin, a Columbus Ohio commercial insurance technology provider, said it has completed a $32 million Series B funding round,...
Music Copyright Law in Search of New Standard for Infringement September 23, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Willie Nelson has famously said a country song is “three chords and the truth.” It might not be so simple...
Judge Allows Tesla Investor’s Claim Over Musk’s ‘Extraordinary’ $56B Performance Pact September 23, 2019 By Peter Blumberg and Dana Hull A Delaware state judge has rejected a request by the board of Tesla Inc. to dismiss a stockholder complaint over...
How Forested Communities Are Trying to Adapt to Growing Wildfire Threat September 23, 2019 By DUSTIN PATAR and ANTON L. DELGADO Unless it’s Sunday, Kelly Loew is steering her rusty red Jeep down the same mail route in Shingletown, as she...
House OKs Government Stopgap Funding That Extends Flood Insurance Until Nov. 21 September 22, 2019 The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives last week passed a continuing resolution to extend federal government funding through Nov. 21 and...
Former California Adjuster Hit With 180-day Sentence for Stealing $130K September 20, 2019 Former licensed public adjuster John Schoon, 54, of Huntington Beach, Calif., was sentenced to 180 days in county jail and...
Zurich Insurance Taps Giger from Swiss Regulator, FINMA, as Group Chief Risk Officer September 20, 2019 Zurich Insurance Group announced that Peter Giger will join the group on Oct. 1, 2019, as group chief risk officer...