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Only 42 Percent of H1 Global Economic Losses Were Covered by Insurance: Swiss Re
Natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in the first half of 2019 were responsible for $44 billion of economic losses globally, according to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma estimates. This ...
Investor Expects Berkshire Hathaway to Keep Growing After Buffett Is Gone
Bill Ackman said he invested in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. because he believes it will continue to generate significant returns even after Warren Buffett is no longer running the company. Ackman said in ...
QBE Hires Ex-Willis Towers Watson Exec Jones to Lead Its North American Operations
QBE has hired a former Willis Towers Watson executive as the new leader for its North American operations. Todd Jones will be taking over as QBE North America CEO on Oct. 1, 2019, after having most ...
Executives On The Move at Root Insurance and AXIS Re
Root Insurance made some executive changes, including hiring a new chief financial officer. AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, named a new head of property ...
An Engaged Manager Can Recharge Uninspired Employees
Managers deal with this everywhere: unengaged employees. Becoming more involved in their teams' day-to-day activities can help reverse this. According to The Center for Creative Leadership, greater ...
Bayer May Be Seeking Roundup Cancer-Claim Deal Worth Up to $8B
Bayer AG is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, according to people familiar with the negotiations. An ...
U.S. Regulators Reportedly Would Drop Bank Accounting Test in ‘Volcker Rule’ Rewrite
U.S. regulators have circulated a new draft of the "Volcker Rule" that would further ease its requirements and scrap a proposed new test that had been met with fierce resistance from Wall Street, ...
Many Men Claim They’ve Faced U.S. Workplace Age Discrimination: Hiscox
Age discrimination affects over one-fifth of U.S. workers over the age of 40, a particular number of which are men, according to a new Hiscox survey. With that in mind, the international specialist ...