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AIG Closes $5.6B Validus Acquisition; Q2 Earnings Out on Aug. 2
When American International Group reports its 2018 second-quarter financial results on Aug. 2, it will be the proud new owner of Validus Holdings. AIG disclosed on July 18 that it has closed a $5.6 ...
MGM Resorts Sues Victims of Vegas Mass Shooting to Try and Limit Liability
MGM Resorts International sued the victims of a Las Vegas music festival mass shooting in an effort to block any potential compensation claims against it. The owner of the Mandalay Bay hotel claims a ...
New Butler U. Online Insurance Master’s Degree Billed as Way to Help Fill Talent Gap
Butler University's Lacy School of Business will introduce an online Master of Science in Risk and Insurance (MSRI) program. The Indiana-based university bills the offering as among the first of its ...
Tolerating Rogue MGAs Could Harm Entire Sector’s Reputation: Gallagher UK’s Chilton
While there's a bright future for managing general agents that "get it right," Grahame Chilton, CEO of Gallagher UK, warns against tolerating the few rogue MGAs who could ruin the reputation of the ...
A Deep Dive Into Willis Re’s Cyber Modeling Tools
Willis Re's proprietary PRISM-Re cyber modeling tool considers catastrophic as well as attritional losses to portfolios of risk. It employs a two-part framework for analysis of cyber threats. The ...
The Latest Launches From RMS, Liberty Mutual and JLT Re
RMS debuted the newest iteration of its signature catastrophe risk management software. Liberty Mutual's National Insurance Property unit increased its per-risk capacity to help property owners and ...
Cyber Catastrophe Modeling: Challenges of an Inexact Science
Insurers, their regulators and ratings agencies are increasingly aware of the potential for a catastrophic cyber loss. The aggregation of cyber risk assumed under policies providing affirmative or ...
May’s Brexit Rebellion Worsens; Second Referendum Proposed
Theresa May's long-running battle with her divided Conservative Party took a potentially more dangerous turn, as one of her former ministers began assembling lawmakers to vote against her Brexit ...