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Yahoo Must Make Privacy Changes in EU Due to Massive Data Breach
Yahoo's European regulator has ordered it to make privacy changes following a probe into what it said was one of the largest ever data breaches to impact EU citizens. Yahoo, most of whose assets were ...
Ryan Specialty Group Launches Reinsurance MGU RyanRe
Ryan Specialty Group LLC is expanding its managing underwriting strategy with the launch of reinsurance managing general underwriter RyanRe Underwriting Managers, or RyanRe. Working through ...
10 Ways Insurers Make Significant Economic and Social Impacts: I.I.I.
Insurers, more than just protecting against financial loss, are key ingredients for economic growth and community preservation, the Insurance Information Institute argues in a new white paper. ...
Cyber Insurance Premium Growth Will Soon Outpace All Other Sectors
Cyber insurance premium growth will outpace all other sectors within three years, according to a division of Aon plc. Aon Inpoint, Aon's data, analytics, engagement and consulting team, found that ...
AXA’s Planned XL Group Acquisition Gains XL Shareholder Approval
Insurer XL Group's shareholders have approved an agreement for AXA to acquire 100 percent of XL Group. Total consideration for the planned acquisition would amount to approximately $15.3 billion, to ...
New York, Boston Experience Record Days With Coastal Flooding, Due to Storm-Fueled Tides
New York and Boston experienced a record number of days with coastal flooding in the last year as waters surged time and again more than 1 foot (31 centimeters) above normal high tide levels. New ...
Icahn’s On Board: AmTrust Agrees to Go Private With Enhanced, $2.95B Buyout Offer
U.S. insurer AmTrust Financial Services Inc on Thursday agreed to be acquired by a group of investors for a sweetened $2.95 billion deal that also helped secure the support of dissenting shareholder ...
Amazon’s Rumored Interest in Home Insurance Put Into Perspective
As the largest U.S. insurers gathered at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square to discuss the prospects for their industry, a threat to that future emerged from the nation's other coast. ...