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Pandemic Accelerating Volatile 2020 Political Risk Landscape: Marsh JLT Specialty
The global COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an "already volatile political risk landscape," according to a midyear update to Marsh JLT Specialty's Political Risk Map 2020. In fact, all 197 countries ...
Marco Capital Will Pursue European P/C Runoff Opportunities
Newly-launched Marco Capital Holdings Limited plans to pursue property/casualty insurance run-off opportunities in Continental Europe, the UK and Lloyd's of London. Marco enters the European run-off ...
Executives On The Move at Hamilton, BHSI and CopperPoint
Hamilton Insurance Group hired an executive to lead development of its mergers and acquisitions division in North America and Latin America. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance named a new Head of ...
Post-Brexit Negotiations Between Britain, EU Hit Stalemate
Britain and the European Union made scant progress towards a deal on future ties in talks last week, and their chief negotiators blamed each other for the stalemate as time ticks down to an ...
One Tropical Storm Weakens; Another Poised to Become a Hurricane
Tropical Storm Laura was strengthening in the Caribbean and poised to accelerate into a hurricane by Tuesday while Tropical Storm Marco weakened sooner than expected, sparing the U.S. Gulf Coast from ...
Residents, Oil Production at Risk From Twin Storms Taking Aim at U.S. Coast
Coastal residents in low-lying areas of Louisiana and Cuba were evacuating on Sunday, while roads turned to rivers in Haiti's capital city, as twin hurricanes threatened the Caribbean and U.S. Gulf ...
U.S. Judge Narrows SEC Suit Against VW Over Diesel Emissions
A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed portions of a U.S. SecuritieAgs and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing Volkswagen AG of defrauding American investors in connection with the automaker's diesel ...
Executives On The Move at QBE and Markel
QBE named a new executive to be head of Global Credit & Surety for its North America insurance division. Markel appointed a new member of its board of directors.