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Insurers Could Spend $20B to Implement New International Financial Reporting Standard: WTW Survey
Global insurers face a hefty price tag to implement a new international financial reporting standard, according to a new Willis Towers Watson survey. The global insurance industry will spend between ...
Insurers Accelerate Their Flight to the Cloud: Novarica
Insurers are largely planning to expand their cloud usage into new areas in the coming months, according to a new Novarica study. Approximately 75 percent of insurers said they would expand their use ...
Nationwide Invests in Startup Focused on Streamlining Certificate of Insurance Issuance
Nationwide invested in an early-stage funding round for Certificial, an InsurTech with a platform focused on the real-time certificate of insurance issuance and compliance management. Certificial's ...
Executives On The Move at AIG, Zurich North America, BHSI and Guy Carpenter
AIG named a Marsh McLennan veteran as its new senior director of Investor Relations. Zurich North America appointed a new Head of Strategy for Innovation & Business Development. Berkshire ...
Wildfire Near Misses Spark Greater Push for Mitigation Efforts
As the Missionary Ridge Fire raged in 2002, the Valley Fire, a second fire, broke out and destroyed six homes within hours near the Falls Creek Ranch subdivision north of Durango, Colo. When ...
Argo Group, Joining Other Carriers, Ends Coverage of Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline
Lloyd's insurer Argo Group has decided to stop insuring Canada's Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline when its current insurance policy expires on Aug. 31, 2021, following similar moves by other ...
Climate Stress Test for Insurers and Banks Debuts at Bank of England
The Bank of England on Tuesday set out its first comprehensive stress test of the ability of the British financial system to cope with climate change, saying the results will not be used to determine ...
G-7 Agree On 15% Minimum Profits Tax To Curb Multinational Firm Tax Dodges
The Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed Saturday to support a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15 percent in order to deter multinational companies from avoiding taxes by stashing ...