Global Economy
COVID Is One of Many Risks Insurers and Financial Sector Firms Face: Allianz
Covid-19 may drive market corrections and insolvencies that could impact financial institutions' balance sheets, increase exposures for directors and result in litigation. However, financial ...
SCOTUS Won’t Revive Wells Fargo Accounts Scandal Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid by current and former employees of Wells Fargo & Co to revive a lawsuit over losses to their retirement plan following a scandal over fake accounts ...
Executives On The Move at Zurich and BHSI
Zurich Insurance Group named a former AXA XL executive to a newly created role that address financial lines and cyber together. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance appointed a new senior ...
Swiss Cybersecurity Firm Acronis Nails Down $250M Financing Round
Swiss cyber security firm Acronis said on Tuesday it has received more than $250 million in a financing round led by CVC Capital valuing it at more than $2.5 billion. Founded in Singapore in 2003, ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Q1 Insurance Underwriting Income Rebounds; Reinsurance Results Mixed
Berkshire Hathaway saw its insurance earnings improve dramatically overall, after taking a hit the previous year when COVID-struck the world. The Warren Buffet-led conglomerate produced $764 million ...
Buffett Said Berkshire Hathaway Benefited From U.S. Economy’s Unexpected Strengths
Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc is being lifted by a U.S. economy faring far better than he predicted early in the coronavirus pandemic, though investor euphoria is making ...
MarshMcLennan Fills Talent Pool in Wake of Marked Disruption Caused by Aon-Willis Merger
It has not happened yet but the proposed merger of large global insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson is already being felt at competitor MarshMcLennan. MarshMcLennan is capitalizing on the ...
Liberty Mutual Places Australian Coal Project on Hold, Seeking Alternatives
U.S. insurer Liberty Mutual will not be filing an environmental impact assessment for a coal project in Australia, it said on Friday, missing a deadline as it weighs alternatives for the proposed ...