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VC Firm Eos Venture Partners Closes InsurTech Investment Fund
Eos Venture Partners said it has closed an $85 million InsurTech investment fund that will tap into new insurance industry needs. To be known as the Strategic Investment Fund, the investment vehicle ...
Generali Sees Net Profit Plunge Due to COVID-19-Related Investment Losses
Generali's first-quarter net profit plunged 84.8 percent to €113 million ($124 million) from €744 million ($815.5 million) reported in Q1 2019 as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Johnson & Johnson Will Pull Talc Baby Powder From U.S., Canada
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it would stop selling its talc Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, saying demand had dropped in the wake of what it called "misinformation" about ...
InsurTech Coalition Raises $90 Million to Fuel Cyber Insurance Global Growth Plan
Coalition, an InsurTech startup focused on cyber insurance and security, disclosed it raised $90 million in new venture financing earlier this year to fuel development of new products and a global ...
Cyber Attack Targets easyJet, Netting Personal Details for 9 Million Customers
A cyber attack on British airline easyJet accessed the email and travel details of around nine million customers, as well as the credit card details of more than 2,000 of them, it said on Tuesday. ...
Sony Will Take Full Control of Listed Financial Arm for $3.7B
Sony Corp said on Tuesday it will turn its listed financial arm, Sony Financial Holdings Inc, into a wholly owned unit through a tender offer worth about 400 billion yen ($3.72 billion). The deal ...
Ethiopian Airlines Expects Boeing 738 MAX Compensation Agreement by June 30
Ethiopian Airlines expects a settlement with planemaker Boeing by end of June over compensation related to the 737 MAX grounding in March 2019 following two fatal crashes, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam ...
Executives On The Move at QBE and Great American
QBE North America hired a former Chubb executive as its new Chief Human Resources Officer. Great American Insurance Group named a new divisional vice president within its Ocean Marine division.
COVID-19 Will Make Reinsurers Lose More Money in 2020: S&P
Reinsurers globally will lose money in 2020, a reality Standard & Poor's said COVID-19-related losses stand to make worse. What's more, the level of red ink could worsen substantially depending ...