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Ex-Chubb Exec Joins AIG to Lead Global Accident & Health Division
American International Group Inc. is bringing over a former Chubb executive to lead one of its major divisions. Edward Levin is AIG's new global head of Accident & Health, General Insurance. ...
North American Insurers Should See Stable Finances Through 2019: Standard & Poor’s
North American insurers' financial strength continues to be strong as the industry enters 2019, and that status should remain stable through the year, S&P Global Ratings said in a new report. ...
One Concern Envisions Wide Use for Its AI Disaster Mitigation Tech
Ahmad Wani was home in 2014 visiting his mother in Kashmir, in northern India, when the floods hit. For seven days, the family waited for help to come. Luckily, they did not lose their home, but many ...
Damaging East Coast Winter Storms Won’t Fade Away Under Climate Change
Climate change may melt away smaller snow storms but it won't be able to hold back more powerful East Coast systems. Minor storms that drop mere inches of powder will become rare by the end of 21st ...
Life After Brexit for UK Financial Sector: British Lawmakers Explore Options
British lawmakers launched an inquiry on Friday to determine if the country should track European Union rules or cut loose to best serve its financial sector after Brexit. Finance is Britain's ...
Qatar Re CEO Saacke to Step Down in March; Interim Leader Named
Qatar Re said that CEO and Executive Director Gunther Saacke would be stepping down from both roles in March, at the company's next board meeting. He'll stay on for the transition and depart later in ...
Progressive Plans 10,000-Employee Hiring Spree
Progressive plans to hire more than 10,000 people through 2019 to help propel rapid growth. The Ohio-based property/casualty insurer said it wants to fill analyst, IT, corporate, customer care, ...
China’s Anbang Insurance Reportedly Close to Selling Health Insurance Arm
Anbang Insurance Group Co., the acquisitive Chinese insurer that's scaling back its global empire, is nearing its first major domestic divestment since the government seized control last year, people ...