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UK Lawmakers Vote to Have May Demand EU Reopen Brexit Deal
British lawmakers on Tuesday instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to demand that Brussels replace the Irish border arrangement known as the "backstop," in a last-ditch attempt to renegotiate an exit ...
Insurance Information Institute Beefs Up Communications Staff
The New York-based Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) has appointed two new full-time employees with experience in consumer education, media relations, public affairs and strategic ...
$27 Billion: Predicted Insurance Payout for Global Malware Attack
A co-ordinated global cyber attack, spread through malicious email, could cause economic damages anywhere between $85 billion and $193 billion, a hypothetical scenario developed as a stress test for ...
The Latest Launches From PIMCO/Allianz, Everest and AmWINS/AXIS
PIMCO will work with corporate parent Allianz to launch its property/casualty insurance-linked securities business. Everest Insurance now offers property, commercial auto and workers compensation ...
These Are the Ways the UK Parliament Brexit Votes Could Go
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May faces a series of votes on Tuesday that could change the direction of Brexit. Two rival factions in Parliament are trying to take control. If one wins, Brexit will ...
One Concern Envisions Wide Use for Its AI Disaster Mitigation Tech
Ahmad Wani was home in 2014 visiting his mother in Kashmir, in northern India, when the floods hit. For seven days, the family waited for help to come. Luckily, they did not lose their home, but many ...
Bermuda Market ‘Resilient’ Despite Higher Cat Losses, U.S. Tax Reform Changes: Fitch
Bermuda-based insurers and reinsurers continue to be tested by challenging market conditions, including heightened catastrophic losses and diminishing competitive advantage resulting from U.S. tax ...
Damaging East Coast Winter Storms Won’t Fade Away Under Climate Change
Climate change may melt away smaller snow storms but it won't be able to hold back more powerful East Coast systems. Minor storms that drop mere inches of powder will become rare by the end of 21st ...