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Cyber Security Field Faces Worsening Gender Gap and Workforce Shortage
Women account for just one out of 10 cyber security professionals, as the gender gap widened over two years in a male-dominated field with a drastic workforce shortage, a survey showed. ISC2, the ...
AmTrust Will Grow Again Through Acquisition With $233M Republic Companies Buy
AmTrust Financial Services will buy Texas-based property/casualty insurer Republic Companies, Inc. for $233 million, continuing an ongoing strategy of growth through strategic acquisitions. The ...
Catholic Mutual, Church Mutual Insurance Co. Form Business Alliance
Two mutual insurers who generate their business from the Catholic Church and other religious organizations are forming a strategic alliance that will expand each other's reach. Catholic Mutual Group, ...
ACE’s Andrade to Run Post-Chubb Merger International Non-Life Business
ACE Ltd., in the final months of concluding its $28.3 billion acquisition of The Chubb Corp., has appointed one of its own to lead the company's combined international non-life insurance operations. ...
Sources: Volkswagen Managed Faked Emissions Test Results From Germany
Volkswagen AG executives in Germany controlled the key aspects of emissions tests whose results the carmaker now admits were faked, according to three people familiar with the company's U.S. ...
NSA Chief Questions Viability of Cyber-Weapons Treaty
Achieving a multinational arms-control treaty governing the use of cyber-weapons may be impossible because groups unaffiliated with governments wouldn't honor it, Admiral Michael Rogers, the director ...
Executives On The Move at OneBeacon, Liberty Mutual, Argo Group and More
We have a number of executive promotions and hires to tell you about at OneBeacon Insurance Group, Liberty Mutual, Hamilton Underwriting Ltd., Argo Group and Erie Indemnity Company: *** A veteran ...
Opinion: Putting a Price Tag on Volkswagen’s Emission-Fraud Liability
An $18 billion liability figure attached itself last Friday to Volkswagen's diesel disaster. This morning comes news that the German car maker has set aside $7.3 billion (€6.5 billion) to cover a ...