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Fake Coal Dumped in Front of Lloyd’s HQ in Climate Change Protest
Lloyd's of London was the focus of climate change activists on Friday, when a group called "Insurance Rebellion" used a dump truck to deposit a large pile of fake coal in front of the Lloyd's ...
Top D&O Risks Include Cyber Attacks and Data Loss: WTW Survey
Cyber attacks and data loss are the top two risks facing directors & officers, with pandemic-related changes in working practices heightening these concerns, according to a global survey from ...
Insurer Representing Grounded Suez Ship Appeals Detention by Egypt
UK Club, an insurer of the Ever Given cargo ship which ran aground in the Suez Canal in March, said on Friday it had filed an appeal in an Egyptian court over the detention of the vessel by ...
Insurity Completes Acquisition of Cloud Software Maker Instec
Property/casualty insurance software firm Insurity has completed its acquisition of Instec, a cloud software maker for mid-size property/casualty carriers, managing general agencies and specialty ...
Without Mitigating Action, Climate Change Could Shrink Global GDP 18% by 2050: Swiss Re
If no mitigating action is taken, global temperatures could rise by more than 3°C in the next 30 years and the world economy could shrink by 18 percent, reveals a new Swiss Re Institute report. But ...
Unemployment Scam May Be Part of GEICO Data Breach
Auto insurer GEICO recently reported that fraudsters have been stealing license numbers of its customers for the past few months and possibly using them to fraudulently apply for unemployment ...
Reinsurers Still Made Money in 2020 Despite Catastrophe and Investment Losses: Aon
Despite the combined effects of around $25 billion of pandemic and natural catastrophe-related losses as well as compromised investment returns, a group of reinsurers studied by Aon reported positive ...
The Hartford CEO Swift: Optimistic About BI Claims and Pandemic Fading
The Hartford CEO Christopher Swift expressed confidence that the property/casualty insurer has weathered the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic and said related concerns about business interruption ...