Amazon’s French Warehouses to Reopen After Ending Virus Safety Dispute with Workers May 18, 2020 By Mathieu Rosemain Amazon’s French warehouses are set to reopen on Tuesday with about 30% of employees, three union officials said, ending a...
China Urges Local Firms to List in London with China Pacific Insurance Leading the Pack May 18, 2020 By Abhinav Ramnarayan, Julie Zhu and Michelle Price China is urging domestic companies to look at listing in London, several sources told Reuters, as the country aims to...
Coronavirus Blocks Farm Laborers from Working in UK – in Possible Foretaste of Brexit May 18, 2020 By Sylvia Hui Britain’s fruit and vegetable farmers have long dreaded their country’s exit from the European Union, worrying that it would keep...
Study Finds State, Local Measures Have Reduced Coronavirus Cases by 34 Million May 15, 2020 A new report titled, “Strong Social Distancing Measures in the United States Reduced the COVID-19 Growth Rate” finds that steps...
UK Regulator Announces Pandemic Relief Measures for Insurance Customers May 15, 2020 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced a set of measures to help insurance customers who may be suffering financial difficulties...
Typhoon Vongfong Tests Philippines’ Ability to Protect Evacuees from Coronavirus May 15, 2020 By Andreo Calonzo Typhoon Vongfong forced more than 150,000 people in the Philippines to leave their homes, risking coronavirus infection as they move...
Generali and Insurtech Descartes Underwriting to Develop Parametric Insurance Cover May 15, 2020 Generali’s P&C unit Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) and insurtech company Descartes Underwriting have formed a strategic partnership to develop...
Exor Plays Hardball with French Insurer Covéa as PartnerRe Deal Collapses: Opinion May 14, 2020 By Chris Hughes, Bloomberg Opinion Renege on a deal with the Agnellis and you can expect to pay for it. Scion John Elkann has refused...
Fitch Sees Little Stress on Insurer Ratings From Pandemic. Thus Far. May 14, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Having reviewed 70% of all of the North American insurers it rates for the effects of the coronavirus and economic...
Coronavirus Health Effects Could Last for Years for Some Survivors May 13, 2020 By Lisa Du More than one million people around the world have been deemed recovered from the coronavirus, but beating the initial sickness...