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U.S. DOJ Files Antitrust Suit to Block Aon/Willis Towers Watson Merger
Aon's proposed $30 billion acquisition of Willis Towers Watson has hit a major roadblock, with the U.S. Department of Justice suing to block the deal. The DOJ's civil antitrust lawsuit argues that ...
AXA Investment Managers Broaden Deforestation Exclusions
AXA Investment Managers is expanding its palm oil investment strategy to exclude companies involved in major land use controversies or in causing biodiversity loss due to soy, cattle and timber, it ...
COVID Crisis Hurts Global Macro Resilience, Widens Insurance Protection Gap: Swiss Re
The COVID-19 crisis reduced overall global macro resilience – or the ability of societies to absorb shocks – by 18% in 2020 from 2019, according to a sigma report published by Swiss Re Institute. ...
Executives On The Move at Lockton Re and Guy Carpenter
Lockton Re hired an executive who will focus on Global Retrocession & Property Specialty, Bermuda and Market Capital. Guy Carpenter & Company appointed a new Head of UK & Ireland Motor ...
Climate Change Spurs Britain’s Biggest Investor to Drop AIG, Others From Some Funds
Legal & General Investment Management, Britain's biggest asset manager, said on Tuesday it would drop four companies from a number of its funds over their "insufficient" response to the challenge ...
SOMPO Invests Additional $45M in One Concern, a Global Resilience AI Startup
SOMPO Holdings, one of Japan's largest insurers, is investing an additional $45 million in One Concern, Inc., an AI startup focused on building the global resilience market. The money is part of an ...
U.S. Insurers Slammed in May by Hail, Tornado, Wind and Floods
Many U.S. insurers face a multi-billion-dollar payout from May's convective storms, which spawned extensive hail, tornado, wind and flood damage across a series of separate events during the month, ...
USAA Will Snatch Up Noblr, a Digital Usage-Based Auto Insurer
USAA plans to snatch up Noblr, an InsurTech digital insurer offering usage-based auto insurance. The company declined to disclose its purchase price, though the deal is expected to close later in ...