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EIS Eyes New Insurance Software Growth Phase With $100 Million TPG Investment
Insurance software company EIS secured a $100 million investment from private equity firm TPG, money designed to help it accelerate product development across multiple product lines. A geographic ...
EU to Update Workplace Safety Rules to Address Remote Work, Mental Health
The European Commission plans to update its rules on worker safety to reflect the shift millions employees made to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and to reflect the anticipated ...
Global RV Rental/Travel Marketplace Outdoorsy Raises $120M, With Plans to Expand Insurance Division
Digital MGA Roamly is poised for expansion, thanks to more than $120 million in equity and debt financing raised by parent company Outdoorsy - a global online RV rental and outdoor travel ...
Hiscox Agrees to Arbitration Settlement with UK Policyholders over COVID-19 BI Losses
Hiscox has agreed an arbitration settlement with a group of policyholders over business interruption losses due to the government's COVID-19 lockdown last year, the Lloyd's of London insurer said on ...
Ping An Insurance Chairman: Digitalization Helps People ‘Make More Intelligent Decisions’
Digitalization has become a buzzword today, with concepts such as digital government, digital currency, digital health care and digital enterprises. It seems many traditional things can appear trendy ...
Warning: High-Tech Cyber Crime Will Keep Coming, ‘Terminator’-Style
Businesses worldwide are fighting sophisticated data scientists as they battle to protect their data-rich computers from cyber crime - and the costly attacks are not going to stop, a top expert at ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Appears to Extend Stock Repurchase Effort
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc appears to have extended its drive to repurchase its own stock, even with its share price near a record high, according to regulatory filings and an analyst. ...
Japan Insurers Struggle to Produce Reliable Climate Change Cost Estimates
As the world tries to price the cost of climate change, Japan's second largest non-life insurer MS&AD foresees the potential rise in claim payments in 2050 to be anywhere between 5% to 50% from ...