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Bank of England Promises Fair Use of Solvency II Insurance Rules
The Bank of England said on Friday that it would apply new European Union insurance regulations "proportionately," following industry fears that the central bank might seek to add extra rules for ...
Zurich Exec to Senate Subcommittee: Industry Needs National Cyber Threat Database
Cyber insurance is one of the fastest growing property/casualty insurance markets. But the sector remains the Wild West of risk prevention, a fast moving target with rapidly-evolving risk portfolios, ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Reports 40 Percent Profit Gain in 2014
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China's second-biggest insurer, said profit rose 39.5 percent last year as stock-market rallies bolstered its investment returns and it accelerated overseas property ...
Target Will Fork Over $10M To Settle 2013 Data Breach Class-Action Lawsuit
Target Corp has agreed to pay $10 million in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit related to a huge 2013 data breach that consumers say compromised their personal financial information, ...
A Son of Watergate Remembers His Father
To the world, H.R. Haldeman was President Richard Nixon's chief of staff beginning in 1969 and a central figure in the Watergate scandal in the early 1970s. To Hank Haldeman, H.R. Haldeman was also ...
Uber Hit With German Court Ban Preventing Use of Unlicensed Cab Drivers
A German court on Wednesday banned Uber from running services using unlicensed cab drivers and set stiff fines for any violations of local transport laws by the pioneering online taxi firm. Uber, ...
RMS Targets New Economic Exposure Datasets For 5 Asia Pacific Countries
RMS said it is rolling out new economic exposure datasets for five Asia Pacific countries, information that should better help perform detailed risk assessments for potential natural disasters. The ...
Target Creates $10M Fund to Settle Claims in Data Breach
Target Corp. agreed to settle with more than 100 million customers whose personal information may have been breached in a database hack in 2013, among the biggest to hobble retailers and banks in ...