Global Economy
The Latest Launches From AXA XL and Liberty Mutual/Ironshore
Two units with AXA XL have teamed up to offer a new product for U.S. domiciled multinational businesses. A policy offered by a division of Liberty Mutual's Ironshore has been expanded to offer more ...
Generali Sees Net Profit Plunge Due to COVID-19-Related Investment Losses
Generali's first-quarter net profit plunged 84.8 percent to €113 million ($124 million) from €744 million ($815.5 million) reported in Q1 2019 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Purell Under Fire in Three Lawsuits Alleging Germ-Killing Shortfalls
Everyone's favorite hand sanitizer may have to stand trial for claiming it can stop you from getting sick. A trio of lawsuits has hit Purell's maker, Gojo Industries Inc., since the World Health ...
Johnson & Johnson Will Pull Talc Baby Powder From U.S., Canada
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it would stop selling its talc Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, saying demand had dropped in the wake of what it called "misinformation" about ...
InsurTech Coalition Raises $90 Million to Fuel Cyber Insurance Global Growth Plan
Coalition, an InsurTech startup focused on cyber insurance and security, disclosed it raised $90 million in new venture financing earlier this year to fuel development of new products and a global ...
Cyber Attack Targets easyJet, Netting Personal Details for 9 Million Customers
A cyber attack on British airline easyJet accessed the email and travel details of around nine million customers, as well as the credit card details of more than 2,000 of them, it said on Tuesday. ...
Sony Will Take Full Control of Listed Financial Arm for $3.7B
Sony Corp said on Tuesday it will turn its listed financial arm, Sony Financial Holdings Inc, into a wholly owned unit through a tender offer worth about 400 billion yen ($3.72 billion). The deal ...
Ethiopian Airlines Expects Boeing 738 MAX Compensation Agreement by June 30
Ethiopian Airlines expects a settlement with planemaker Boeing by end of June over compensation related to the 737 MAX grounding in March 2019 following two fatal crashes, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam ...