Underwriting
Chubb Unveils Public-Private Program for Pandemic Biz Interruption
Chubb unveiled a proposal for the insurance industry and federal government to partner on covering future pandemic-related business interruptions—and to get money to small businesses ...
Lloyd’s Starts Work With Three InsurTechs With Focus on COVID-19 Response
Lloyd's has started work with three InsurTech startups to help the market respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of its package of measures to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lloyd's has ...
AXA Fund Unit Sets 33 Percent Target for Gender Diversity on Company Boards
AXA Investment Managers will set a 33% target for gender diversity on listed company boards in developed markets and may vote against companies which fail to meet this mark. The asset management unit ...
QOMPLX Plans MGA Subsidiary Launch for Fall 2020
QOMPLX, the developer of an intelligent decision platform used in cybersecurity, insurance, and quantitative finance, is launching a U.S.-based MGA subsidiary. RubiQon Risk & Insurance ...
Argo Group Searches for New CFO, Updates Leadership Responsibilities
Argo Group International Holdings has started searching for a new chief financial officer and is updating responsibilities for its senior leadership team in a broader, related move. The Bermuda-based ...
Chubb Estimates $1.4B in Q2 Pretax COVID-19 Catastrophe Losses
Chubb's new, sobering disclosure of Q2 2020 global net catastrophe losses underscores the damage COVID-19 is doing to carriers' bottom lines. The global property/casualty insurer reported a whopping ...
Torrential Rain, Thunderstorms Batter Parts of China, Creating Flood Risks
The central Chinese city of Wuhan, epicenter of the new coronavirus pandemic, raised its flood alert level on Monday as torrential rain and thunderstorms battered swathes of the country, including ...
Climate Battles Are Moving to the Courtroom, Fueled by Creative Arguments
Climate change may be having its day in court. With the slow pace of international climate negotiations, lawyers from Switzerland to San Francisco are increasingly filing lawsuits demanding action. ...