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Google, Berkshire, 8 Others Commit to Renewable Energy Investments
Some of the biggest U.S. corporate names offered their support—and billions of dollars in green financing pledges—to buttress the Obama administration's quest for a global agreement on combating ...
Public-Private Catastrophe Plan Could Boost UK’s Cyber Risk Resilience: Study
A public-private, cyber-catastrophe reinsurance arrangement would improve the UK's resilience against the growing threat of cyber risks in this interconnected world, according to a recently-released ...
OneBeacon Exits Crop Insurance Business
OneBeacon Insurance Group is getting out of the crop insurance business. The Bermuda-domiciled insurance holding company made it official with the sale of its exclusive managing general agency – ...
Cyber Attacks Escalate in Asia, But Secrecy Prevails
Once a month, cyber security lawyer Paul Haswell gets a call from an Asian company with the same question: We've been hacked. Who do we need to tell? More often than not, his answer is "no one." The ...
China-Linked Hackers That Hit U.S. Govt. Reportedly Breached United Airlines
The hackers who stole data on tens of millions of U.S. insurance holders and government employees in recent months breached another big target at around the same time -- United Airlines. United, the ...
Zurich Insurance Confirms Possible Bid For Rival RSA
Cash-rich Zurich Insurance is weighing a bid for British rival RSA Insurance Group which could top $8 billion and be the latest industry tie-up amid toughening regulations. The impending launch of ...
Most Western, Middle East Insurers See Iran As Attractive Market
Western and Middle East insurance specialists see Iran as an appealing $8 billion market in the wake of its nuclear deal with world powers, though uncertainty over when sanctions on Tehran will be ...
Employers Bracing for Discrimination Suits: Littler Mendelson Study
Your company is bracing itself for lawsuits. Yours included. U.S. employers are anticipating a rise in workplace discrimination claims based on their own hiring policies, a survey released last week ...