Global Economy
Wells Fargo Investors Urged to Unload Most Board Members Over Fake Account Scandal
Wells Fargo & Co. shareholders should vote to remove most of the bank's board members after they failed to provide "timely and sufficient risk oversight" to head off a scandal involving the ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg’s Comments on ‘Abusive’ Broker Behavior Not About U.S. Market: Industry Group
Chubb President and CEO Evan Greenberg is slamming the behavior of some brokers as "abusive," but a major industry group asserts that he wasn't referring to anyone in the U.S. market. The remarks at ...
Twitter Defends Free Speech of Member in Suit Against Trump Administration
Twitter Inc has not had a lot to celebrate lately, but a U.S. government demand that it reveal the identity of an account criticizing President Donald Trump's immigration policies gave the company a ...
Markel Subsidiary Acquires Remaining Stake in Canadian MGA
Markel Canada, the Toronto-based subsidiary of Markel International, has acquired the remaining 50 percent stake in Allsport Insurance Marketing Ltd. Allsport is an incorporated managing general ...
Trov, an On-Demand Insurance Startup, Raises $45M to Fuel Global Expansion
On-demand insurance startup Trov raised $45 million in Series D financing, with plans to use it for an accelerated global expansion. The money will also fuel an expansion of what items Trov covers ...
SCOTUS Will Consider Company Exposure to Human-Rights Suits
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a case stemming from Middle Eastern terrorism to decide whether victims of overseas atrocities can use a two-century-old federal law to sue corporations for ...
The Latest Launches From Lemonade, QBE, FM Global and More
P2P startup Lemonade gained its license to start selling renters and homeowners insurance in Illinois. QBA North America and a few partners will start offering a new national workers' compensation ...
Michael O’Halleran, an Influential Aon Executive, Will Retire After 37 Years
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital adviser of Aon plc, announced that Michael O'Halleran will retire after 37 years of service. From his founding role as leader of Aon Re ...