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Hong Kong Tycoon Richard Li’s Insurer FWD Makes U.S. IPO Filing Public
Sept 24 (Reuters) - Insurance company FWD Group Holdings Ltd, owned by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, made its filing for a stock market listing in the United States public on Thursday, revealing ...
CEO Viewpoint: Seeing the Light Through the Mountain of Paper
Imagine explaining the concept of insurance to an alien. After the end of the elevator pitch, I guarantee they would think it was a pretty cool idea. At its heart, insurance is a simple and great ...
Is Climate Litigation Covered by Insurance?
Federal or state court? How will attribution science impact climate litigation? The questions aren't the only ones of interest to insurers and reinsurers wanting to understand the potential for mass ...
‘Attribution Science’ May Help Plaintiffs Push Climate Suits Ahead
Although a U.S. Supreme Court decision put an end to climate lawsuits alleging violations of the federal common law of public nuisance, a second round of state actions may get further, researchers ...
Social Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation?
A rising amount of litigation tied to the environmental and health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions prompted a question from the leader of a liability risk analytics company recently: "Is it about ...
Staffing Crunch Makes Risk Assessment a Challenge for Commercial Insurers
Over the past two years, the challenges prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic have forced businesses to scramble as new issues arise almost every day. The one challenge that has remained stagnant is the ...
Smaller Insurers Need to Take a Data Leap of Faith in 2022
The pandemic isn't hampering the insurance industry from effectively moving forward. But for some carriers, historic anxiety that prevents experimentation with new technologies is an obstacle to ...
The Growing Wave of Cloud in Insurance
A couple of years ago, insurers were skeptical of cloud computing. Now? Not only are they leaning into cloud-first strategies, but cloud has become the default hosting option for more insurance ...