Global Economy
Hub International Snatches Up Canada’s Mainline Insurance Brokers & Affiliated Firms
Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired Mainline Insurance Brokers Inc., Indian Head Agencies (1980) Ltd., R&J McKay Agencies Ltd. and ...
Executives On The Move at Navigators, Great American and Starr Companies
Three Chubb vets are taking on executive leadership roles at Navigators. Great American Insurance Group appointed a new director for a division within its Singapore branch. Starr Companies promoted ...
Watsa’s Fairfax Reportedly Wants Ontario Pension Fund to Back $4.9B Allied World Buy
Prem Watsa's Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. is in talks with the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System to see if the pension fund will help finance his $4.9 billion takeover of Allied World ...
2016 Global Natural Catastrophe Losses Hit a 4-Year High: Munich Re
Global natural catastrophe losses reached their highest level in four years in 2016, with a big chunk coming from North American storms and other weather events, Munich Re said in its annual ...
Volkswagen Faces Legal Test in Germany Over Emissions Scandal Compensation
German consumer rights champion myRight filed the first legal test case against Volkswagen in Germany on Tuesday, raising pressure on the carmaker to compensate customers in Europe over the emissions ...
Judge Slashes $1B J&J Hip Implant Award Verdict in Half
A U.S. judge almost halved the award in a December jury verdict that ordered Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit to pay more than $1 billion to plaintiffs in six lawsuits who said ...
Reinsurers Can Expect Another Difficult Year: Willis Re
Despite a 50 percent increase in insured losses from natural catastrophes during 2016, the global reinsurance industry achieved profitable results for the third quarter and remains on track to close ...
Wells Fargo Settles Racial Bias Broker Lawsuit
Wells Fargo & Co. settled a dispute with a group of black brokers claiming the bank failed to give them the same career opportunities as their white colleagues. The bank will pay $35 million to ...