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Life After Brexit for UK Financial Sector: British Lawmakers Explore Options
British lawmakers launched an inquiry on Friday to determine if the country should track European Union rules or cut loose to best serve its financial sector after Brexit. Finance is Britain's ...
Everest Re Warns Q4 Catastrophe Losses Will Almost Hit $700M
Everest Re Group Ltd. expects nearly $700 million in catastrophe losses for the 2018 fourth quarter due to wildfires, a hurricane and a hailstorm. Everest's prediction of $695 million in catastrophe ...
Qatar Re CEO Saacke to Step Down in March; Interim Leader Named
Qatar Re said that CEO and Executive Director Gunther Saacke would be stepping down from both roles in March, at the company's next board meeting. He'll stay on for the transition and depart later in ...
Regulators Clear California Utility of 2017 Wildfire Liability
As PG&E Corp. barreled toward bankruptcy last week, just one analyst kept a "buy" rating on the shares, largely on valuation. On Thursday, the stock surged by the most ever, rising 75 percent to ...
Corporate America Already Planning for Climate Change Challenges, Business Interruption Risks
Bank of America Corp. worries flooded homeowners will default on their mortgages. The Walt Disney Co. is concerned its theme parks will get too hot for vacationers, while AT&T Inc. fears ...
White House Is Major 2019 Geopolitical Risk: I.I.I. Joint Industry Forum
As insurers track both old and new risks heading into 2019, here's one that carriers don't typically consider: The White House. David Wessel, director of The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary ...
Travelers Seeking Higher Premiums in California After Two Years of Fire Losses
California's deadly wildfires are raising the specter of higher insurance premiums for homeowners in the state. After "two significant years in a row of losses, I think the discussion and the debate ...
2018 Catastrophe Losses Faced 60 Percent Protection Gap: Aon
Economic costs of 2018's 394 natural catastrophe events came to $225 billion with insurance covering $90 billion of the overall total. The results reflect the fourth costliest year on record of ...