Global Economy
Wholesale Insurance Broker Amwins to Snatch Up Rival Worldwide Facilities
The largest wholesale insurance broker, Amwins Group, is getting even larger as it has agreed to acquire Worldwide Facilities, the fourth-largest wholesale insurance broker in the U.S. The addition ...
Executives On The Move at Zurich Insurance and Aon
Zurich Insurance promoted its chief underwriting officer to the role of CEO for its Commercial Insurance division. An Allied World veteran is joining Aon plc as Head of Casualty in its Reinsurance ...
Generali CEO Donnet: Insurers Can’t Handle Pandemic Risk on Their Own
Europe's insurance industry doesn't have the capacity to deal with the systemic risk of a pandemic and more protection needs to be put in place through private-public partnerships, the head of ...
Microsoft: Chinese Hackers Struck Groups Via Server Software
A China-linked cyber-espionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software, the company and outside researchers said on Tuesday - ...
Allianz, Munich Re Link With Google to Insure Its Cloud Users
Google is teaming up with two global insurers to cover cyber breaches and related risks for businesses that use its cloud services, the first time a major provider has opened up such insurance to its ...
Aviva Plans to Become Net Zero Carbon Emissions Company by 2040
British insurer Aviva plans to become a net zero carbon emissions company by 2040, it said on Monday, claiming this was the most demanding target set by any major insurer worldwide. Following the ...
Aviva Reportedly Extends Bid Deadline for Polish Operations Over Santander Contract
Aviva has pushed back the deadline for final offers for its Polish operations to late March as the British insurer is still haggling with Spanish lender Santander over the renewal of a key ...
Chubb, AXA Among 15 Insurers Ceasing Business With Nord Stream 2 Pipeline to Avoid Sanctions
Baker Hughes Co and AXA Group and 16 other companies recently quit work on Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and will not be sanctioned, according to a document the Biden administration ...