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California Wildfires Lowering Surface Temps, Blotting Out the Sun
The smoke from California's deadliest fire is so thick that it's blotting out the sun and lowering surface temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit (6 Celsius), according to the U.S. National ...
Swiss Re Backs Cover of U.S. Solar Power Output Risks
A tool designed as an insurance policy for solar-power generation will be used to manage the risk associated with U.S. residential systems for the first time as part of a financing agreement backing ...
Executives On The Move at Liberty Mutual, Hamilton Re and Willis Towers Watson
Liberty Mutual Insurance appointed four executives who will beef up the technology capabilities of its chief information officer. Hamilton Re hired away a Hiscox Re executive to fill a newly created ...
UK Cabinet Backs May’s Brexit Plan; Divisions Remain
After more than five hours of being locked away with her Cabinet, Prime Minister Theresa May emerged from her office and in less than five minutes announced she'd wrested their backing for her Brexit ...
New Global Insurance Accounting Rule Could Be Delayed One Year
A global standards body has proposed a one-year delay to implementing its new accounting rule aimed at increasing visibility in how insurers earn money. A spokeswoman for the International Accounting ...
With an Eye on Avoiding Financial-Market Chaos, EU Unveils No-Deal Brexit Plans
The European Union pledged to allow U.K. financial infrastructure firms such as London Stock Exchange Group Plc's clearing unit to continue serving the bloc in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The ...
SCOR Forces Resignation of Covéa CEO From Board Following Spurned Takeover Bid
French reinsurer SCOR forced one of its board members — Thierry Derez, the CEO of Covéa — to resign this week. It was the culmination of a boardroom squabble that began in September when SCOR ...
National General Will Buy QBE North America’s Farmers Union Business
QBE North America plans to sell its Farmers Union Insurance business to National General Holdings Corp. for an undisclosed price. The sale reflects QBE North America's ongoing effort to pare down and ...