Global Economy
New Cyber Services From AXA XL/Accenture and Cowbell Cyber/Advisen
AXA XL and Accenture's partnership will give the insurer a new service to help clients respond to and recover from cyber attacks. Managing general agent Cowbell Cyber said it will incorporate ...
CNA Scores With Improved Q4 Results and Investments
Higher premiums, soaring investment results and fewer catastrophe losses helped CNA Financial Corp. produce solid net income to close out 2019. CNA's Q4 2019 net income reached $273 million, or $1 ...
AXA Confirms Plans to Sell Eastern Europe Operations for Nearly $1.1B
AXA has confirmed earlier reporting that it has agreed to sell its operations in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia to Austria's Uniqa Insurance Group. AXA will sell 100 percent of its life and ...
Bayer Appeals to Overturn $86M Roundup Cancer Verdict
Bayer AG has asked a California appeals court to overturn an $86 million verdict that found it was responsible for a couple's cancer caused by its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup. In a Friday ...
Facebook Pledges Security Improvements After Hack of 29 Million Users
Facebook Inc. pledged to improve security protocols to resolve a lawsuit blaming the company for a 2018 data breach that exposed personal data of 29 million users. The company will check more ...
Leaders Can Accomplish More by Doing Less
It seems contradictory, but leaders can actually get more done by doing less. That's a central argument in a recent posting at the Let's Grow Leaders blog. That decision to do less is part of a ...
French Insurer Covea Reportedly in Talks to Buy PartnerRe for $9B
French insurer Covea is in advanced talks with the Agnelli family's Exor NV to buy the Italian company's reinsurance business PartnerRe for about $9 billion in cash, according to people familiar with ...
Argo Will Sell Trident Public Risk Solutions Biz to Paragon MGA
Bermuda-based global specialty lines underwriter Argo Group International Holdings has agreed to sell its Trident Public Risk Solutions brand and underwriting platform to Paragon Insurance Holdings. ...