Global Economy
Volkswagen Confronts Giant UK Emissions Class Action Lawsuit
Volkswagen AG is facing one of the largest-ever U.K. class action lawsuits, with almost 100,000 vehicle owners accusing it of misleading them by installing emissions-cheating software that made it ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Plans $500M U.S. IPO for OneConnect Arm
Ping An Insurance's OneConnect Financial Technology plans to launch a U.S. initial public offering (IPO) for about $500 million on Tuesday, people with knowledge of the matter said, reducing both its ...
Zurich CEO Greco Reportedly Knocks Cross-Border Mergers
The European insurance sector is too fragmented but large cross-border deals are not the solution to the problem, the head of Europe's fifth-biggest insurer Zurich said in a newspaper interview on ...
Executives On The Move at Everest Insurance and AmTrust Financial Services
Everest Insurance added four new executives to its Financial Lines Team as part of a broader expansion of the line. AmTrust Financial Services appointed a new Head of Litigation. *** Everest ...
MS Amlin Reorganizes Operation, Shifts Leadership
MS Amlin, the London-based insurer and reinsurer, is rolling out a new operating model and senior leadership team in response to the recent decision by its parent company, MS&AD, to reorganize ...
U.S. Prosecutors to Pursue Criminal Probe of 6 Pharma Companies Over Opioid Shipments
Federal prosecutors are investigating six pharmaceutical companies for potential criminal charges in connection with shipping big quantities of opioid painkillers that contributed to a healthcare ...
InsurTech Cytora, MGA C-Quence Partner to Quicken Commercial P/C Underwriting Processes
Digital managing general agent C-Quence and InsurTech Cytora are partnering to advance broker processes for commercial property/casualty underwriting. C-Quence will launch its P/C line of products in ...
Global Temperature Jumps Could Bring ‘Wide-Ranging’ Consequences: U.N. Report
Global temperatures could rise sharply this century with "wide-ranging and destructive" consequences after greenhouse gas emissions hit record levels last year, international climate experts warned ...