Few Hong Kong Firms Have Riot Insurance so They’ll Be Paying for Protest Damages October 21, 2019 By Sumeet Chatterjee and Clare Jim Hong Kong’s businesses will likely foot the bill for vandalism inflicted over the past four months during the territory’s most...
Brexit Creates Opportunities for Specialist Legacy Acquisition Insurers October 18, 2019 By Carolyn Cohn Britain’s impending departure from the European Union is creating expansion opportunities for specialist general insurers who buy and manage policies...
Cyber-Attacks Named as Top Business Risk in U.S., Canada and Europe, by WEF Survey October 1, 2019 By L.S. Howard Cyber-attacks are named as the leading risk for business executives in the United States, Canada and Europe, according to a...
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...
Re/insurers Rethink Climate Change Risks as Losses Grow from Wildfires, Floods, Hail September 20, 2019 By Lena Masri By the time David Kaisel got back from selling his flour at a farmers’ market, a wildfire in California’s Capay...
DARAG Buys Zurich’s German Architects & Engineers Professional Indemnity Portfolio September 11, 2019 DARAG Group Ltd., the Malta-based legacy acquirer, announced it has reached an agreement with Zurich Insurance plc to acquire Zurich’s...
Zurich Insurance Expects to Beat Targets as It Enters Final Stretch of Turnaround August 8, 2019 By Patrick Winters Zurich Insurance Group AG said it expects to beat all its financial targets for the 2017-2019 period as the global...
Insurers Pressured to Drop Coverage of Canada’s Oil Sands Pipeline August 8, 2019 By Valerie Volcovici A coalition of 32 environmental and indigenous groups on Thursday urged insurers to stop underwriting the Trans Mountain pipeline to...
Keep It Simple, Grow Trust for Future Success, Say UK Insurance Executives July 16, 2019 By L.S. Howard The insurance industry is facing a complicated cocktail of massive political and economic uncertainty, climate risks, huge shifts in technology...
Zurich Insurance Names Martin as CEO EMEA and Bank Distribution, Succeeding Blanc July 10, 2019 Zurich Insurance Group has appointed Alison Martin to the role of chief executive officer Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)...