International
Arch Capital Turns to Dublin for Post-Brexit EU HQ
Arch Capital Group Ltd. has picked Dublin for its post-Brexit European Union headquarters. The Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer said the new offices will help ensure continuity with its ...
Mexico Is Watching Out for Hurricane Bud
Parts of Mexico's Pacific coast, including the port city of Manzanillo, have been placed under a tropical storm watch with the eastern edge of Hurricane Bud potentially scraping the shoreline as it ...
A $42B Cryptocurrency Plunge Follows South Korean Hack Attack
The 2018 selloff in cryptocurrencies deepened, wiping out $42 billion of market value over the weekend and extending this year's slump in Bitcoin to more than 50 percent. Some observers pinned the ...
Even With Few May Tornadoes, U.S. Storms Still Packed a Punch: Impact Forecasting
Fewer than 450 tornadoes were reported in the U.S. this year as of June 1 — an historic low going back to 1950 — but a handful of severe weather outbreaks still caused problems in May, according ...
Zurich Insurance Acquires Minority Stake in CoverWallet
Zurich Insurance Group acquired a minority stake in CoverWallet, a digital business insurance agency startup. CoverWallet, which launched in 2016, disclosed the investment, which it said builds on a ...
Yahoo Must Make Privacy Changes in EU Due to Massive Data Breach
Yahoo's European regulator has ordered it to make privacy changes following a probe into what it said was one of the largest ever data breaches to impact EU citizens. Yahoo, most of whose assets were ...
AXA’s Planned XL Group Acquisition Gains XL Shareholder Approval
Insurer XL Group's shareholders have approved an agreement for AXA to acquire 100 percent of XL Group. Total consideration for the planned acquisition would amount to approximately $15.3 billion, to ...
PartnerRe Acquires Canadian Predictive Analytics Company
PartnerRe Ltd. disclosed it has acquired Claim Analytics, a Canadian-based company focused on predictive analytics products and services for insurers. Financial terms were not disclosed. The ...