How P/C Insurance Industry Can Maximize Its Response to Coronavirus: Crisis Manager April 13, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson “I’m shocked, just shocked that you’re suggesting that during a crisis that insurance companies might in fact be considered the...
Brazil’s Vale Knew Deadly Tailings Dam Was Unsafe as Far Back as 2003: Report February 24, 2020 By Anthony Boadle and Gram Slattery An independent investigation requested by Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA into the causes of the Brumadinho tailings dam disaster...
Danske Bank Ex-CEO Faces $387M Lawsuit over Money Laundering Scandal February 24, 2020 By Christian Wienberg The ousted chief executive of Danske Bank A/S, Thomas Borgen, has been personally targeted in an investor lawsuit arguing he...
Harvard Professor Takes Aim at ‘Clickbait’ With Defamation Suit Against New York Times January 14, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson A Harvard University professor known as an expert in intellectual property is suing the New York Times for its publication...
S&P Revises Qatar Insurance Outlook on Financial Risks from $308M Markerstudy Loan November 25, 2019 S&P Global Ratings said it revised its outlook on Qatar Insurance Co. S.A.Q. (QIC) to negative from stable, although it...
Westpac’s Money Laundering Breaches Gave ‘Free Pass to Pedophiles:’ Australia Official November 25, 2019 By Byron Kaye Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said Westpac Banking Corp. must pay the price for giving “a free pass to...
Australia’s Westpac Bank Apologizes for Money Laundering, Links to Child Abuse Funds November 22, 2019 By Peter Vercoe Westpac Banking Corp.’s board stood behind its management team on Friday, offering embattled chief executive Brian Hartzer some respite from...
Public Consultation Launched to Help Set Global Standards for Tailings Dams November 15, 2019 By Barbara Lewis A six-week public consultation launched [in London] on Friday will help set global standards to improve mining safety, aiming to...
Vale’s ‘Negligence’ May Have Cost Lives, Says Brazil Mining Regulator November 12, 2019 By Jake Spring and Christian Plumb Brazil’s mining regulator on Tuesday blasted iron ore miner Vale SA for failing to disclose problems with a mining dam...
Vale CEO Received Emailed Warning Ahead of Brazil Dam Collapse: Report November 5, 2019 By Christian Plumb The former chief executive of Brazilian iron ore miner Vale received an anonymous email weeks before the deadly collapse of...