International
UK PM Johnson Proposes Spending $6.6 Billion on Flood Defenses Through 2027
Prime Minister Boris Johnson proposed 5.2 billion pounds ($6.6 billion) of spending on flood defenses through 2027 as his government seeks to protect hundreds of thousands of British homes. Under the ...
Executives On The Move at AGCS and AXIS
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE appointed a number of new North America executive and simplified its organizational structure as part of its ongoing "New AGCS" transformation program. ...
U.S. Focuses on Ship Insurers, Maritime Industry to Strengthen Venezuela Sanctions
Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to ...
LinkedIn Accused of Secretly Reading Apple Users’ Clipboard Content in New Suit
Microsoft Corp's LinkedIn was sued by a New York-based iPhone user on Friday for allegedly reading and diverting users' sensitive content from Apple Inc's Universal Clipboard application. According ...
Global Insurance Premiums Will Rebound in 2021 After Pandemic-Related Dip: Swiss Re Sigma
Though the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to lead to the deepest recession since the 1930s, global insurance premium volume will rebound to pre-crisis levels by the end of 2021, forecasts Swiss Re in ...
Lloyd’s to Leave U.S. Admitted Market, Double Down on Reinsurance, E&S
Lloyd's announced it plans to stop accepting admitted market accounts in the U.S. in a year and focus on the U.S. reinsurance and excess and surplus (E&S) insurance market, where it is the market ...
W.R. Berkley Corp. Booked $85M in Q2 Pretax COVID-19-Related Catastrophe Losses
W.R. Berkley Corp. cautioned that its 2020 second quarter pretax catastrophe losses will reach $145 million, with more than half of that coming from COVID-19 related costs. Out of that total, $85 ...
Insurity Grabs Virtual MGA for an Undisclosed Price
Insurity said it has snatched up Virtual MGA, a Texas-based company with a cloud-based binding authority, underwriting and distribution product for wholesale brokers, syndicates and MGAs. The ...