Global Economy
Post-Brexit Discussions Pulled From Agenda for EU Envoys’ Meeting
A discussion about the negotiations over Britain and the European Union's post-Brexit relationship has been dropped from the agenda of a meeting of EU envoys next week because the talks have stalled, ...
U.S. Black Farmers Sue to Ban or Place Product Warnings on Roundup Weedkiller
A group of Black U.S. farmers filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, seeking to force Bayer AG to either stop selling its widely used weedkiller Roundup or roll out new product warnings. The National ...
COVID-19 Moves Global Festival Promoting Insurance Diversity Online
An international festival designed to promote diversity and inclusion in insurance is going virtual for its 2020 global gathering. Dive In debuted in London in 2015 as an outgrowth of ...
Aon, Willis Towers Watson Shareholders Sign Off on Planned Merger
Shareholders of insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson have approved all of the proposals necessary to complete their previously announced combination, the firms announced. Aon intends to ...
MS Amlin Names Carrier as Chief Underwriting Officer in Ongoing Corporate Revamp
MS Amlin Underwriting Limited, the Lloyd's insurer and insurer, has appointed Andrew Carrier to the new position of chief underwriting officer. Carrier will be responsible for managing all of MS ...
Hurricane Laura Rivals Katrina’s Threat to US Oil Industry
Oil production shutdowns in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico are approaching the level of 2005's Hurricane Katrina, and coastal refiners on Tuesday scrambled to cut processing ahead of a major hurricane ...
Pandemic Accelerating Volatile 2020 Political Risk Landscape: Marsh JLT Specialty
The global COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an "already volatile political risk landscape," according to a midyear update to Marsh JLT Specialty's Political Risk Map 2020. In fact, all 197 countries ...
Post-Brexit Negotiations Between Britain, EU Hit Stalemate
Britain and the European Union made scant progress towards a deal on future ties in talks last week, and their chief negotiators blamed each other for the stalemate as time ticks down to an ...