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RIMS 2017: Experts Urge Insurers to Treat Cyber As Risk Management Issue
If fire breaks out in a building, you wouldn't run out and buy and extinguisher to fight it after the fact. You'd likely already have one. The same idea should apply to cyber insurance, and yet ...
Trump, Brexit Fueling Interest in Political Risk Insurance Demand
Rocked by a shakeup in the Western political order, companies are buying more insurance to protect themselves against the threat of rising protectionism and upheaval to their operations in emerging ...
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Swiss Re Economists Win International Awards for Research on Catastrophe Protection Gap
Thomas Holzheu and Ginger Turner of Swiss Re have received Shin Research Excellence Awards for their paper on "The Natural Catastrophe Protection Gap." The awards are given by the Geneva Association ...
Rising Global Protectionism Threatens Economic Growth: Atlantic Council/Zurich Insurance
A new report from the Atlantic Council and Zurich Insurance Group examines best-, worst- and base-case scenarios for global protectionism and other geopolitical trends and the potential impact for ...
Handling Cyber as Standalone Insurance Could Benefit Carriers, Buyers Alike
Treating cyber risk as a standalone insurance market holds the promise of unlocking the potential for meaningful coverage for both insurers and buyers, according to a new report by JLT Re and JLT ...
AXIS Begins Actuarial Scholarship With China’s Renmin University
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. has partnered with Renmin University in China to launch a scholarship there for actuarial students. The AXIS Re Actuarial Scholarship will provide financial assistance to ...
Hamilton Re Will Snatch Up Canopius’ Excess Casualty Renewal Rights
Hamilton Re said it has agreed to acquire the renewal rights to Canopius Underwriting Bermuda Ltd.'s excess casualty insurance book of business. Neither side disclosed financial details. The ...
Lawsuit Alleges Tesla Peddled Vehicles With ‘Dangerously Defective’ Autopilot Software
Tesla Inc. is facing its first U.S. legal challenge over self-driving technology in a case alleging the electric carmaker sold 47,000 vehicles with Autopilot software that's "dangerously defective" ...