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Alliant, Everest Re Launch Bid to Help Protect Hedge Funds From Cyber Attack
Hedge funds can spend years crafting a trading algorithm or a strategy to keep ahead of competitors. A Stone Point Capital-backed insurance broker is offering to help protect those trade secrets, and ...
Don’t Worry? EU, UK Regulators Will Cooperate to Aid Smooth Brexit
European Union regulators have recognized the need to cooperate with their UK counterparts to avoid disorderly markets if no agreement is reached on the terms of the UK's departure from the EU, ...
The Hidden Truth About MoviePass
MoviePass. Consumers love it; consumers hate it. Savior of the movie theater; destroyer of the movie theater. It's one of the most hotly debated companies of the past five years, particularly as ...
Growth vs. Accumulation Disaster: Cyber Reinsurers Mull Both Sides
Cyber insurance is a market with enormous growth potential – but one that also has the potential to become a costly, worldwide event in a matter of seconds. Unlike natural catastrophes, cyber isn't ...
The Latest Launches From Zurich Insurance and Marsh
Zurich Insurance said it has revamped its cyber insurance policy to include more coverages. Marsh said it is developing a blockchain-based verification product for clients focused on the sharing and ...
Canada’s Intact Financial Wary of Insuring Recreational Cannabis Industry
Don't expect Intact Financial Corp., Canada's largest property and casualty insurer, to insure the recreational-cannabis industry anytime soon. "It's not seen as the pot of gold that we should chase ...
RenaissanceRe Non-Committal About Exploring ‘Strategic Alternatives’
A ReinaissanceRe shareholder's call for the company to explore a possible sale is drawing a non-committal response from management. TimesSquare Capital Management, an institutional management firm ...
Are Current Climate Change Mitigation Targets Feasible? We’ll Find Out on Oct. 8
The world's leading climate scientists this week are preparing the final version of a cornerstone United Nations report to assess whether global temperatures can be kept in check this century to ...