Global Economy
Markel Combines Wholesale and Global Arms Into Single Unit, With Efficiency in Mind
Markel Corp., in a bid to boost innovation and competitiveness, combined its Wholesale and Global arms into one entity to be known as Markel Assurance. Wholesale consists of excess and surplus lines ...
Harassment Probe Leads Uber to Fire 20 Employees
Uber Technologies Inc said on Tuesday it fired 20 employees and was improving management training following an investigation by a law firm into sexual harassment allegations and other claims at the ...
CNA UK Specialty Division Will Establish Post-Brexit Subsidiary in Luxembourg
CNA Hardy said it will launch a European subsidiary in Luxembourg beyond its London headquarters, a move intended to continue open access to the EU market in the wake of last year's Brexit vote in ...
S&P Bumps AIG’s Rating Outlook Down to Negative, Despite New Leadership
American International Group made a big move recently in hiring Brian Duperreault to lead the struggling insurance giant, but Standard & Poor's was not impressed. The ratings agency revised its ...
Like It or Not, China’s New Cyber Law Has Finally Kicked In
China ushered in a tough new cyber security law on Thursday, following years of fierce debate around the controversial legislation that many foreign business groups fear will hit their ability to ...
U.S. Businesses Say They’re Ready for Cyber Attacks; Employees Have Different Answer
U.S. employees remain unprepared for cybersecurity incidents even as most of the companies they work for insist they're highly protected from threats, according to a new Willis Towers Watson survey. ...
Hamilton Re Starts Turing Re, a New Special Purpose Vehicle
Hamilton Insurance Group's Bermuda-based reinsurance arm launched its first special purpose vehicle. The new entity is Turing Re Ltd., rolled out by Hamilton Re and funded with $65 million in capital ...
7,000 Farmers Suing Syngenta in GMO Corn Dispute About to Get Day in Court
Farmers have to deal with threats to their crops from nature all the time. Thousands of Kansans, though, argue that Syngenta AG posed an even bigger threat by failing to prevent its genetically ...