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France Explores Ways to Shield Companies From Impact of Future Pandemics
The French government is looking at ways to shield companies from the impact of future pandemics. The goal is to protect companies and jobs from the damage that major events such as pandemics can ...
Bayer Roundup Damages Reduced, but Verdict Appeal Fails
Bayer AG failed to persuade a California appeals court to overturn a verdict favoring a school groundskeeper who claimed its Roundup weed killer caused his cancer but reduced the amount of damages by ...
AIG Will Move to New Manhattan HQ in 2021
American International Group is moving its global headquarters in 2021 as part of a continued push to modernize its operations, the company disclosed on July 21. The property/casualty insurance giant ...
U.S. Companies Struggle to Address Airborne Coronavirus Risk in Reopening Efforts
U.S. companies are raising new questions about how they can make workplaces safe after the world's top public health agency acknowledged the risk that tiny airborne droplets of the novel coronavirus ...
On the Docket: Who Will Pay UK Coronavirus Business Interruption Claims?
A trial to decide who should pay for the rising costs associated with the coronavirus pandemic is about to start in London. The UK financial regulator took Europe's largest insurers to court in a ...
Insurance Software Firm Majesco Will Be Acquired by Private Equity Outfit for $594M
Cloud insurance software firm Majesco said it has agreed to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm focused on the software and technology services sectors, in a transaction valuing the ...
Twitter Discloses Hackers Downloaded Data From Several Non-Verified Accounts
Twitter Inc said on Saturday that hackers were able to download account information for up to eight accounts involved in the hack of its systems this week, but said none of them were verified ...
Bonus Payments for Insurer CEOs Up 5 Percent in 2019: Study
Bonus payouts for insurance company chief executive officers continued to be above target and commensurate with good financial results and strong total shareholder return in 2019, according to a new ...