Brazil’s Dams Monitored for Risk of Bursting After Heavy Rains Kill at Least 18 December 28, 2021 By Andrew Rosati and Isadora Calumby Ten water dams are being monitored for risk of bursting in Brazil after heavy rains in the country’s northeast killed...
UK Broker Ardonagh to Acquire Portugal’s MDS Group December 27, 2021 UK broker Ardonagh Group announced it has agreed to acquire Portuguese broker MDS Group. Headquartered in Porto, MDS has offices...
Acrisure Enters Brazilian Market with Purchase of Broker It’sSeg October 21, 2021 Acrisure, the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based global insurance broker, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire It’sSeg, the largest independent...
Argo Group Agrees to Sell Brazilian Business October 4, 2021 Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., an underwriter of specialty insurance, announced an agreement to sell its Brazilian operations, Argo Seguros...
Broker BMS Re Launches Operations in Brazil, Led by 2 Former Guy Carpenter Execs September 29, 2021 BMS Re, the independent specialist reinsurance broker, announced the launch of BMS Brasil Corretora de Resseguros Ltda (BMS Re Brazil),...
Brazil Judge Orders Vale to Pay Damages to Families of Victims of 2019 Mining Disaster June 11, 2021 BRASILIA – A regional labor judge has ordered Brazilian miner Vale SA to pay 1 million reais ($197,240) in compensation...
Lawsuit Against BHP over Brazil Dam Collapse Fails on Appeal in English Court March 25, 2021 By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – A 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group said on Wednesday it had failed to resurrect a 5.0 billion pound ($6.9...
French Retailer Sued over Amazon Deforestation Linked to Cattle Raising March 5, 2021 PARIS – Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging...
Upstream Mine Tailings Dams Pose Higher Risks of Instability: Study March 5, 2021 By Helen Reid and Jeff Lewis The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings...
Brazilians Bring Lawsuit Against Norsk Hydro over Alleged Pollution February 10, 2021 By Gwladys Fouche Some 40,000 Brazilians are bringing a group-action lawsuit in the Netherlands against Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro over alleged toxic...