Global Economy
Wildfires Run Amok in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest
There are no lights in sight but the night sky glows a dusky yellow, for the Amazon is burning. The smell is of barbecue, of wood charcoal up in flames. During the day the sun, usually so fierce in ...
Irish Businesses Exposed to Hard Brexit-Related Risks
Some of the Irish businesses most exposed to the risk of Britain crashing out of the European Union in 10 weeks are not very well prepared, Ireland's government warned on Thursday. The Irish economy ...
P/C Insurers Can Benefit From Increasingly Sophisticated Data Analytics Technology
There has never been a better time for P/C insurers to use data analytics as a tool to expand their underwriting reach into new markets and risk classes, Swiss Re said in its latest sigma report. The ...
HSBC May Bid for Aviva’s Asian Assets
HSBC Holdings Plc, the bank that shook up its senior leadership this month, is considering a bid for Asian operations being sold by Aviva Plc as it seeks ways to diversify its business in the region, ...
Autonomous Vehicles: InsurTech Investors Push for a Front Row Seat
Before manufacturers let autonomous vehicles loose on public roadways, they'll have to show that their driverless cars are a lot better than humans at getting from Point A to Point B without ...
5 P/C Insurer CEOs Sign Pledge Promising Meaningful Corporate Social Responsibility
CEOs of some of the largest property/casualty insurers signed onto a new document, along with some of the nation's largest and most influential companies, urging corporate leadership for the benefit ...
Hamilton Completes Acquisition of Liberty Mutual’s Pembroke Managing Agency, Ironshore Europe DAC
Hamilton Insurance Group said it has completed its acquisition of Liberty Mutual's Pembroke Managing Agency at Lloyd's and its Ironshore Europe DAC business. The acquisition, first announced in ...
Britain’s RSA Insurance Pursues New Bond Despite Being ‘Well Insulated’ From Brexit
RSA Insurance Group Plc is issuing sterling debt well ahead of an October 31 Brexit deadline, even though the U.K. insurer will likely fare better in a disorderly exit than many of its ...