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Storm Barry, No Longer a Hurricane, Dumps Dangerous Amounts of Rain on U.S. Southeast
The remnants of the once mighty storm Barry, the first hurricane of the 2019 season, dumped dangerous amounts of rain as it crawled north through the United States on Monday after coming ashore west ...
Going to Monte Carlo for the Rendezvous? What’s It Like?
Have you been to the Reinsurance Rendezvous in Monte Carlo? What would you tell someone thinking of going for the first time about the experience? Carrier Management is looking to compile stories and ...
Shareholder Meetings More Receptive These Days to Climate Change Agenda
Climate activists found companies more receptive to steps like cutting emissions or buying clean power this year, a new tally of shareholder resolutions shows, a trend proponents said undercuts the ...
California Creates $21B Fund for Utilities to Cover Future Fire Liabilities
For a leader with grand ambitions of tackling big issues from health care to taking on President Donald Trump, California Governor Gavin Newsom has spent much of his first six months in office bogged ...
European Storms Took Economic, Insurance Toll in June: Aon
Severe European storms during June had an economic price tag of $2 billion, while insurers anticipated claims topping $1.5 billion, according to the latest edition of Aon's monthly Global Catastrophe ...
Swiss Re, Citing Weak Demand, Suspends IPO of ReAssure Unit
Swiss Re AG said it suspended the initial public offering of ReAssure Group Plc, as a plan that would have put a value of as much as $4.1 billion on the U.K. unit fizzled due to weak investor demand. ...
Louisiana Is at Risk From Heavy Rain and Possibly Hurricane Barry
A gathering storm in the Gulf of Mexico that's already flooding New Orleans could grow into a hurricane before slamming into Louisiana this week, drenching the region with as much as a foot of rain. ...
Expertise and Investment: What Munich Re Digital Partners Brings to InsurTech Partnerships
Three years may not be a long time, but the head of Munich Re Digitial Partners in North America says his operation has made the most of it. David Brune became CEO of Digital Partners' North American ...