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Leaders Should Take Nature Walks to Boost Cognitive Skills
Take a walk, particularly a nature walk. That endeavor can help executives improve their cognitive skills, a recent guest posting with Suzi McAlpine's "The Art of Leadership Blog" asserts. The guest ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and Lemonade
Chubb has rolled out insurance cover designed to bridge gaps in traditional terrorism business interruption policies. Lemonade plans to debut pet insurance designed for cats and dogs.
Chubb’s Q4 Soars With Strong P/C Premium Gains
Chubb has plenty to celebrate about its 2019 fourth quarter. The property/casualty insurer enjoyed a large jump in net income due mostly to rate hikes and P/C underwriting gains. Chubb's catastrophe ...
Coronavirus Will Cause Limited Losses in China’s P/C Insurance Market: AM Best
Ratings firm AM Best said it expects that China's non-life insurance market will experience limited losses from the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The analysts based their outlook on factors including ...
Aon Grabs Cybersecurity Firm to Bolster Division That Handles Cyber Hacks
Aon Plc bought closely held Canadian firm Cytelligence Inc. to help boost its ability to respond to and investigate attacks on computer systems. Aon picked up employees with cybersecurity consulting ...
Singapore Will Add More Climate Change Risks to Financial Industry Stress Tests
Singapore plans to include a broader range of climate change-related risks in a future stress test of its financial industry, a government minister said. The Monetary Authority of Singapore plans to ...
The Hartford’s 2019 Navigators Acquisition Pays Off
The Hartford closed out 2019 with gains in net income and net investment income, buttressed in part by its $2.1 billion acquisition of specialty insurer Navigators Group. Net income hit $543 million, ...
Safety National Revamps Leadership Team With Growth, Innovation on Its Mind
Safety National is making four changes in its executive leadership it frames as a reorganization designed to keep the company growing and innovating. The specialty insurance and reinsurance provider ...
Scientists Perplexed by Climate Change Models Running Red Hot
There are dozens of climate models, and for decades they've agreed on what it would take to heat the planet by about 3° Celsius. It's an outcome that would be disastrous—flooded cities, ...