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How Geospatial Analytics Are Helping Workers Comp Insurers During COVID-19
Even the most experienced insurance companies could not have prepared for COVID-19, leaving portfolios riddled with uncertainty for an indeterminate time. Perhaps no line of business has felt the ...
Tech Companies Increasingly Unhappy With Their D&O Cover: Marsh
Technology companies' satisfaction with D&O coverage has dropped sharply so far 2021, as pricing soared and insurers narrowed their terms and conditions, Marsh found in a new study. Approximately ...
Guy Carpenter Launches Asia Pacific Capital Advisory Group
Guy Carpenter & Co., reinsurance specialist and a unit of Marsh McLennan, announced the launch of its Capital Advisory Group in Asia Pacific, with the appointments of Michael Owen and Hussain ...
Insurance Companies Won’t be Covering Suez Shipping ‘Lost Expenses’ Costs
The owners and charterers of ships unable to sail through the the Suez Canal for nearly a week face at least $24 million in expenses they will be unable to recoup as their insurance policies do not ...
Catastrophes Cost Insurers $89 Billion in 2020: Swiss Re’s Sigma
Natural and man-made catastrophes cost the insurance industry $89 billion in 2020 – the fifth costliest year since 1970, according to a report from Swiss Re's sigma. Of that total, $81 billion ...
Supreme Court Considering Nature of Investor Class Actions in Goldman Sachs Securities Case
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday struggled in a case involving Goldman Sachs Group Inc. over how judges should determine when shareholders can collectively sue publicly traded companies for ...
AIG Brings on Wade as Insurer’s First Chief Digital Officer
A former BlackRock executive is joining American International Group to be the insurer's first executive vice president, global head of operations and chief digital officer. Claude Wade is expected ...
Some Post-Brexit Changes for London’s Financial Center
Britain and the European Union agreed a new post-Brexit financial services pact on Friday that will allow them to cooperate on regulation but does little to improve the City of London's access to the ...