International
Allianz CEO Baete Recaps ‘Horrible Week’ Regarding U.S. DOJ Fund Division Probe
Oliver Baete, chief executive officer of Germany's Allianz, on Friday spoke of a "horrible week" for him and the insurer, his first response to a disclosure that the U.S. Department of Justice was ...
As Workers Return to Office, Insurers Worry About COVID-19 Discrimination Claims
Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected wave of discrimination claims as employers call staff back to their desks after ...AIG Celebrates Strong Q2 Gains Driven by Investment Income, Business Growth, Rate Hikes
American International Group generated a modest profit in the second quarter, citing gains from higher net investment income, far fewer catastrophe losses and strong rate hikes in its ...
London Struggles to Lure Back Financial Workers, Legal & General Warns
The head of one of the UK's largest insurers and investors warned that the City of London is struggling far more than the country's other office districts in luring workers back to their desks. Since ...
Competitors Poached Talent as Aon/WTW Merger Plans Grew Uncertain
While Aon and Willis Towers Watson were trying for many months to land their merger, their competitors were able lure away some of their producer talent – capitalizing on the "distraction and ...
Updated: Moody’s to Pay $2B for Daily Mail’s RMS Cat Modeling Unit
The publisher of Britain's Daily Mail said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its insurance risk business RMS to Moody's Corporation for about 1.425 billion pounds ($1.99 billion) in cash. Chief ...
Zurich Insurance, Metromile Disclose Their Post-COVID Return-to-Office Plans
Zurich Insurance and Metromile are among a number of industry companies that have plotted post- COVID returns to the office. Like the others who have recently disclosed their plans, they are doing so ...
COVID Variant, Disasters Cripple Global Supply Chains
LONDON/BEIJING – A new worldwide wave of COVID-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyber attack targeting key South African ports. Events have conspired to drive global supply chains ...