Specialty
Warming Arctic Tundra Will Make It Tougher to Curb Climate Change: Study
The warming Arctic tundra will make it harder for the world to curb climate change, as thawing permafrost and wildfires release greenhouse gases that are not fully accounted for in global emissions ...
Veteran Assurant CEO Colberg to Retire at Year-End; Demmings to Replace Him
Assurant CEO Alan Colberg plans to retire at the end of 2021, and the company has designed Keith Demmings to replace him. Demmings, currently the leader of Assurant's Global Lifestyle segment, has ...
Private Firefighters Highlight Inequities in California Wildfire Battles
Last October, firefighter Ryan Bellanca and his crew battled to keep the raging Glass Fire from devastating an upmarket Napa Valley vineyard.
But Bellanca wasn't ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys Big Aon Stake
Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Monday it has taken a $943 million stake in insurance brokerage Aon Plc and sold large portions of its investments in Chevron Corp and Wells Fargo & Co. The changes ...
Executives On The Move at BHSI, Lockton and TigerRisk
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance appointed a former AIG executive to lead its Casualty Claims business in the UK. Lockton made a number of key executive hires in multiple business segments. ...
New Post-COVID Hybrid Work Arrangements May Not Be Flexible or Functional
Fourteen months after coronavirus confined the world's office-workers to their homes, companies are embarking on another great experiment — how to get their teams back together, in-person, at least ...
Digital Transformation Is Vital to Keeping the London Market Competitive
Digital transformation is imperative to remaining competitive in the London market, according to the results of a new survey published by the International Underwriting Association (IUA). Companies ...
Does Cyber Insurance Protect Against Hackers or Attract Them?
The ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. that caused gasoline shortages along the U.S. East Coast also sparked a debate about whether cyber insurance helps protect against marauders — or ...