Global Economy
Britain Train Crash Is Worst in 15 Years; 3 People Dead
Britain suffered its worst train crash in more than 15 years after a derailment in Scotland killed three people, including the driver, and left another six injured. The Scotrail service was traveling ...
InsurTechs Focused on Commercial Auto and Climate Risk Secure New Funding
An InsurTech MGA focused on commercial auto insurance has raised $16 million in new Series A financing. A climate-risk related InsurTech raised $4.2 million in new seed financing. 
Global Insured Catastrophe Losses Jump to $31B in H1: Swiss Re
Global insured property losses from disasters were $31 billion in the first half of 2020, up from $23 billion during the same period last year, according to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma ...
Coronavirus Costs Deal Relatively Modest Blow to Major U.S. Insurers
The coronavirus pandemic dealt a relatively modest $2.5 billion blow to five insurers with large U.S. operations in the second quarter - a cost that was far less than feared and which the industry ...
Beyond Facts, Good Leaders Also Follow Gut Instincts
In a rapidly changing business climate, executives must nurture their intuition as much as they rely on facts and figures to make decisions. A recent posting on the Great Leadership Blog argues as ...
Companies Risk Substantial Loss of Annual Profit Due to Supply Chain Shocks
Companies risk losing more than 40% of annual profit once a decade in a world threatened by trade wars, cyber attacks, pandemics and climate change, according to McKinsey & Co., which estimates ...
AXA Mulls Sale of Singapore Business
AXA SA is considering a sale of its Singapore business as it seeks to raise funds divesting peripheral operations, according to people familiar with the matter. The French insurer is working with an ...
Beirut Blast Marine Insurance Losses Likely Less Than $250M
Insurance claims for damage to ships, goods and the port itself after a warehouse explosion last week in the port of Beirut were likely to total less than $250 million, reinsurance broker Guy ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS Re and Beazley
AXIS Re promoted an executive to a leadership role in North America. Specialist insurer Beazley appointed four new underwriters within its Chicago, Ill.-based cyber and executive risk division.