Emerging Markets
Aon Alleges Fraud Over $300 Million Brazilian Acquisition Deal
British insurance broker Aon Plc has accused the founder of Brazilian health and benefits insurance broker Admix of defrauding it when it acquired the company four years ago in a 1.35 billion reais ...
Aon, Willis Tower Watson to Combine in Massive Merger Deal
Global insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson announced a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction with an implied combined equity value of approximately $80 billion. Under ...
Insurance Conferences Go on Despite Coronavirus, but No Handshakes (or Buffets) Allowed
As the coronavirus and its COVID-19 disease spread, Insurance professionals going to industry conferences over the next few weeks and months could find themselves having their temperature taken at ...
Microplastics in the Food Chain, and Other CM Risk Alerts
Microplastics are making their way into our food, drinking water and even the air. Robot managers are optimizing the autonomy out of many jobs and leaving employees stressed out and injured. Many job ...
How Insurers Can Evolve Into Astute Data Consumers
The Internet has enabled convenience and personalization at a level never possible before, forcing every industry to step up its game or be left in the dust by more tech-fluent startups. It has also ...
Saudi Arabia Seeks to Raise Insurer Capital Requirements
Saudi Arabia is working on new regulations that would raise capital requirements for the kingdom's overcrowded insurance sector, its central bank governor said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. The ...
Kingdollar Comments: Emerging Risk Issues Left Out of Algorithms
Emerging issues occur far more frequently than "black swans" and include more than just "casualty catastrophes." Still, such issues have, and will continue to, cost the property/casualty insurance ...
Majority of Smart Home Device Owners Willing to Share Data With Insurers—for a Discount
While privacy remains a concern, 78 percent of smart home device owners are open to sharing their data with their insurer to assist in policy pricing, but most (65 percent) would only do so if ...