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Climate Change Law for Financial Firms Introduced in New Zealand, a Global First
New Zealand has become the first country to introduce a law that will require banks, insurers and investment managers to report the impacts of climate change on their business, minister for climate ...
AIG, Lemonade, Among Insurers Who Signed Letter Opposing Laws Restricting Voting Rights
A handful of insurance industry executives signed a letter from hundreds of major companies, corporate leaders and celebrities released on Wednesday stating opposition to laws restricting voting ...
Global Regulators Pressured to Refine Climate Change Risk Rules for Banks
Global banking rulemakers need to undertake further analysis to clarify if lenders need to build up bigger capital buffers to cover possible environmental risks, the Swiss-based Basel Committee of ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg Reiterates a Call for Litigation Reform
Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg is reiterating a call for litigation reform nationally and at the state level to address what he said is a "systemic" worsening of the legal environment and its ...
Dislodged Ship Kept in Suez Canal as Compensation Claims Talks Continue
A ship that blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week in March has not been given clearance to leave the waterway as discussions continue over a compensation claim made to the vessel's owner Shoei ...
As La Nina Fades, U.S. Gulf Coast Still Faces Robust Hurricane Risks
La Nina, the cooling of the equatorial Pacific that shifts weather patterns the world over, is fading away. But California may still be prone to dryness, and the U.S. Gulf Coast faces the risk of ...
Aon Offers Concessions to Win EU Antitrust Approval for $30B WTW Bid
Insurance broker Aon has offered concessions to gain EU antitrust approval for its $30 billion bid for rival Willis Towers Watson, a European Commission filing showed on Monday. The sector's biggest ...
March U.S. Storms Caused More than $1B in Insured Losses: Aon
An onslaught of U.S. storms and flooding in March caused as much as $2 billion in economic damage. Public and private insurers were likely to see losses surpass $1 billion, Aon plc said in its ...