Global Economy
Brexit Vote Places UK Future at Stake, EU Negotiator Argues
The British parliament's vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal will determine the future of the country, the chief EU Brexit negotiator said on Thursday, insisting that the deal was the ...
Executives On The Move at AIG and Swiss Re
American International Group appointed a veteran of MetLife Japan to lead its Asia Pacific General Insurance arm. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions promoted an executive to be head of Excess & Surplus ...
Insurance Broker A.J. Gallagher, Others View ‘Clean’ Coal Subsidies as Major Profit Generator
Earlier this year, the chief financial officer of global insurance giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. explained to analysts how the company had turned a little-known U.S. energy subsidy into a ...
Marriott CFO: $1B Estimate for Massive Cyber Breach Is Premature
It's too soon for Marriott International Inc. to estimate the cost of the massive cyber breach that the company disclosed last week, and other companies that have suffered big attacks are imperfect ...
Executives On The Move at Hamilton Insurance Group and Everest Insurance
Hamilton Insurance Group appointed a new executive who will be focused on strategy and corporate development. Everest Insurance hired a vice president focused on marketing and ...
AIG Chooses Lyons as Its Next Chief Financial Officer
American International Group has a new chief financial officer. Mark Lyons, a former Arch Capital executive, is taking on the position along with the title of executive vice president after joining ...
Q&A Website Quora Discloses 100 Million Users Hit by Security Breach
About 100 million users of Quora were affected by unauthorized access to one of its systems by a "malicious third party," the knowledge-sharing website said on Monday. Account information, including ...
UK Can End Brexit If It Wishes, According to EU Top Court Opinion
The U.K. should be allowed to reverse Brexit, according to an advisory opinion from the European Union's top court that will fuel the campaign to thwart the divorce. The opinion, which isn't binding, ...