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Swiss Re Estimates Global Insured Catastrophe Losses of $112B for 2021
Natural catastrophes caused global insured losses of $105 billion in 2021—the fourth highest since 1970, according to Swiss Re Institute's preliminary sigma estimate. This was up from $90 billion ...
Boy Scouts Secure $800M From Chubb for Sex Abuse Settlements
One of the Boy Scouts of America's primary insurers, Chubb Ltd unit Century Indemnity Company, said on Monday it will contribute $800 million to a deal proposed by the youth organization to settle ...
Log4j Software Flaw Sends Companies Scrambling Against Hackers
A newly discovered vulnerability in a widely used software library is causing mayhem on the Internet, forcing cyber defenders to scramble as hackers rush to exploit the weakness. The vulnerability, ...
What Disclosures of Audit Firings Mean About Restatement Odds: Nothing
Mandatory Securities and Exchange Commission disclosures about the reasons behind auditor firings are useless for assessing whether restatement trouble lies ahead for the company, according to new ...
Generali Links With Accenture, Vodafone to Provide Cyber Insurance Services
Generali has joined forces with Accenture and Vodafone Business to create a package of cyber insurance services for corporate and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients. The services include ...
MAPFRE to Make Nearly $984M Payout Over Controversial Columbia Dam
Spanish insurer Mapfre on Friday signed a contract to make a $983.8 million contingency payout to Colombia's Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM) over issues with the construction of the massive ...
Insurance Rates Soar to Cover M&A Boom, Deal or Not
The cost of insurance to cover problems involving M&A has nearly doubled in just two years, underwriters and brokers said, after an explosion of global dealmaking during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Half of $17B Litigation Funding ‘Industry’ Money Spent in the U.S.: Swiss Re
Litigation funding has become a $17 billion industry globally, with 52 percent of that money being spent in the United States, Swiss Re said in a report released Thursday. The reinsurer said ...