Specialty
Biodiversity Loss Among ‘Very Top Risks’, Warns AXA Executive
AXA Group's chief risk and investment officer, Alban de Mailly Nesle is required to ponder myriad dangers to the Paris-based insurer and its 830 billion-euro ($995 billion) asset management arm. He ...
Legal, Cultural Backlash Likely to Prevent U.S. Employers From Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine
Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but are unlikely to do so because of the risks of legal and cultural backlash, experts ...
Executives On The Move at BHSI and AXIS Re
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance named an insurance industry veteran to lead its downstream energy property insurance underwriting in Europe. AXIS Re hired a new head of its Japan business.
Broker AmWINS Eyes Bermuda Expansion With New Acquisition
AmWINS Group, Inc. has agreed to buy International Specialty Brokers Ltd. a Bermuda-based wholesale insurance and reinsurance broker. AmWINS, a North Carolina-based global broker focused on specialty ...
D&O Insurance Underwriters Scrutinize Diversity as Lawsuits Climb
Insurers in the United States are taking a closer look at the recruiting and succession practices of corporate customers, worried about mounting lawsuits over a lack of diversity among top executives ...
AXA Sells Persian Gulf Biz to Kuwait-Based Group
AXA SA sold its Persian Gulf business for $269 million to a Kuwait-based group, as the French insurance giant shifts its focus and exits some overseas investments to shore up its finances amid the ...
Evolving COVID BI Case Strategy: Convince Judge Virus Is Present
Policyholder attorneys pursuing COVID-19 business-interruption claims are hoping to persuade judges to accept a premise that many Americans appear to doubt: The novel coronavirus is physically ...
Empathy: What Pie Insurance Co-Founder Craig Cares About
This year has posed an unthinkable number of challenges, and it has me considering whether or not empathy can exist in insurance. How can we create a world where buying and using insurance isn't a ...
U.S. Thanksgiving Flyers Create Surge in Catch-All Travel Insurance
U.S. websites have seen a surge in travelers seeking expensive ironclad insurance this Thanksgiving, as Americans desperate to break the monotony of a year spent at home look to cover themselves ...