Underwriting
Investment in Personal Injury Lawsuits With 20 Percent Returns: New Soros Strategy
The billionaire George Soros has found a new way to make money from personal-injury lawsuits. Soros Fund Management is pushing into a branch of litigation finance that few hedge funds have entered. ...
Wildfires Strike Northern California Once Again
Thousands were forced to flee their homes Monday as major wildfires encroached on a charred area of Northern California still recovering from severe blazes in recent years, sparking concern the state ...
Ukraine Warns Another Massive Hacker Attack Coming From Russia
Hackers from Russia are infecting Ukrainian companies with malicious software to create "back doors" for a large, coordinated attack, Ukraine's cyber police chief told Reuters on Tuesday. The hackers ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and Aon
Chubb unveiled added features for its cyber incident response coverage, plus two new ways to access the service. Aon plc, launched a new insurance product designed to meet the changing needs of ...
After Derailment Spills 230,000 Gallons of Oil in Iowa, BNSF Railway Pursues Service Restoration
BNSF Railway Co on Monday said it could resume service Tuesday on a stretch of northwestern Iowa track damaged when a train left the track and crude oil spilled from derailed cars. The crude oil ...
Easy Post-Brexit Market Access Not Likely for UK Insurers, Bankers
The European Union's default market access for foreign financial firms will not be eased for Britain after Brexit and improvements to the equivalence regime will apply to all third countries, an EU ...
Climate Change Lawsuits Against 5 Oil Companies Dismissed by U.S. Court
A California federal court dismissed climate change lawsuits against five oil companies by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, saying the complaints required foreign and domestic policy ...
Sirius Plans to Access Public Markets Though Easterly M&A Deal
Sirius International Insurance Group is hitting the public markets in a bid to raise capital, pursue acquisitions and grow. "Access to the public equity markets will facilitate and accelerate our ...