International
After Brexit: EU Links Financial Relations With UK to Trade Deal
Access to the European Union market for Britain-based financial firms will be linked to the overall results of trade talks with London, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Monday. Britain and ...
Berkley CEO Warns ‘Clouds Are Beginning to Build’ for Workers Comp
While the market is hardening and rates are increasing for nearly every commercial insurance line, workers compensation remains stubbornly soft. That reality is something that W.R. Berkley's CEO ...
Facebook Will Fork Over $550M in Giant Biometric Privacy Settlement
Facebook Inc. agreed to pay $550 million to resolve claims it collected user biometric data without consent in one of the largest consumer privacy settlements in U.S. history. The accord, which ...
Brexit Arrives, While Scotland Keeps Fighting for Independence
As jubilant Brexit supporters gather to celebrate the U.K.'s departure from the European Union, Scotland is digging in to its position as the last bastion of political resistance. First Minister ...
Brexit Transition Period Ahead for UK, EU Insurers: A.M. Best
As of Jan. 31, 2020, Brexit is finally here. But the UK's departure from the European Union shouldn't have any immediate impact on UK or EU insurers, A.M. Best said in its latest commentary. That ...
Brexit Finally Dawns, and the European Central Bank Urges Calm
The European Central Bank said it's closely monitoring financial markets and is ready for all contingencies from Brexit, in a statement of reassurance on the eve of Britain's final departure from the ...
AXIS Loses Money in Q4; CEO Benchimol Insists Insurer Is Improving
AXIS Capital Holding's 2019 fourth quarter was a money-loser, culminating a year hampered by Japan's typhoons and poor U.S. crop conditions, among other obstacles. Still, the company's results are ...
W.R. Berkley Sees Higher Premiums; Investment Results Ding Net Income
W.R. Berkley Corp. said its gross premiums written grew by more than 10 percent in the 2019 fourth quarter, thanks in part to accelerated rate increases. But net income dipped compared to the same ...