Industry News
New Software Tool From Cornell to Aid Post-COVID Office Airflow
Cornell University announced it will soon be releasing an easy-to-use planning tool to assist interior space designers and architects in designing an office environment that maximizes fresh air flow ...
The Insurance Industry’s Diversity Quest: One Size Does Not Fit All
In the wake of massive protests last year focused on racial equity and social justice, insurers are among the many industries confronting the need to incorporate more diversity into their hiring and ...
Executives On The Move at AXA XL and The Hartford
AXA XL appointed a new chief underwriting officer for its casualty business in the Asa-Pacific region and Europe. The Hartford named a new head of the Southeast Division for the its Middle and Large ...
Arch Capital Closes $700M Acquisition of Watford Holdings
Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd., along with investment partners Kelso & Company and Warburg Pincus, announced the completion of its previously disclosed acquisition of Watford Holdings Ltd. ...
Finance Envisioned to Help EU Achieve Climate Neutral Continent
Europe plans to funnel hundreds of billions of euros into sustainable investments each year through EU banks and markets to create the first "climate-neutral continent" by 2050. The European Union's ...
EU Auditors Want Polluters to Have Insurance or Funds to Fix Environment
Taxpayers are too often being forced to pay to clean up environmental damage while the companies responsible dodge the costs, the European Court of Auditors said on Monday. The European Union's ...
Coronavirus Positive: Pandemic Led to Greater Societal Understanding of Systemic Risks
As horrible as the coronavirus pandemic has been, it has led to greater societal understanding of systemic risks, and that's a good thing, a Lloyd's of London executive asserted recently. "The ...
Judge Questions Whether $48M in Coverage for Collapsed Condo Tower Will Be Enough
Five lawsuits have been filed against the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association in Surfside, Florida as of Thursday afternoon as plaintiffs move to preserve evidence at the site of the ...