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Insurance Linked Securities Reached Record Levels in Q3: Willis Re
The issuance of non-life insurance-linked securities during the third quarter reached a record $1.6 billion, according to a report published by Willis Re. The total exceeds the former Q3 record of ...
Cathay Pacific Airways Faces Hong Kong Probe Over Massive Data Breach
Hong Kong's privacy commissioner will launch a compliance investigation into Cathay Pacific Airways over a data breach involving 9.4 million passengers, saying the carrier may have violated privacy ...
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Climate Change Risks Forcing States, Cities to Borrow Billions in Move to Adapt
Dan Gelber, the mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, says climate change will be a homeowners' worst nightmare. "If you own a home and you find that your roof has a problem or you find out there's a ...
Executives On The Move at Great American Insurance Group and Swiss Re
An ex-Liberty Mutual executive joined Great American Insurance Group to help grow its cyber liability business. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions hired a new head of Property & Specialty Lines in ...
CNA Buoyed by Trump Tax Cuts and Lower Catastrophe Losses
The Trump tax cuts helped CNA Financial Corp.'s 2018 third quarter net income soar. Lower catastrophe losses also helped the bottom line, but investment income declined. Net income for the ...
Cyber Risk Management Firm Zeguro Secures $5M Financing From Munich Re, QBE, Others
Cyber Risk management firm Zeguro closed a $5 million seed financing round, attracting insurance industry investors including Munich Re and QBE. Both insurers made the capital contributions through ...
SCOTUS Lets Youths’ Climate Change Trial Proceed, but Other Challenges May Come
The U.S. Supreme Court refused, for now, to stop a trial in a sweeping lawsuit pressed by young people seeking to force the federal government to take steps against climate change. The order on ...
UK Believes Financial Sector Brexit Agreement Is Imminent
The United Kingdom is confident that it is on the verge of reaching an agreement with the European Union to give London's vast financial center access to EU markets after Brexit, Britain's financial ...