International
Allianz Commits $75 Million, Strategic Partnership to Hong Kong Fintech WeLab
Allianz's technology investment arm is committing $75 million to WeLab, a Hong Kong-based fintech focused on virtual banking, consumer financing and other related digital services. The deal also ...
E&O Cyber Incidents Exploded in 2020: Aon
Aon released its first ever Errors & Omissions/cyber insurance product snapshot and it presents a pretty dire snapshot of worsening conditions. There were on average three new E&O cyber ...
Executives On The Move at Zurich Insurance and Aon
Zurich Insurance promoted its chief underwriting officer to the role of CEO for its Commercial Insurance division. An Allied World veteran is joining Aon plc as Head of Casualty in its Reinsurance ...
First Anniversary of COVID-19 Shutdown Orders Could Spur New Wave of Lawsuits
The upcoming anniversary of COVID-19 shutdown orders may reveal whether a significant number of policyholders have been waiting on the sidelines before suing their insurers for business-interruption ...
Generali CEO Donnet: Insurers Can’t Handle Pandemic Risk on Their Own
Europe's insurance industry doesn't have the capacity to deal with the systemic risk of a pandemic and more protection needs to be put in place through private-public partnerships, the head of ...
Microsoft: Chinese Hackers Struck Groups Via Server Software
A China-linked cyber-espionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software, the company and outside researchers said on Tuesday - ...
Hiscox Loses Money From Virus Claims; Cites ‘Brand Damage’ From Court Case
British insurer Hiscox reported a big loss for 2020 after a jump in claims from businesses disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and also faces "brand damage" from a legal dispute over policy wordings ...
Beazley CEO Horton Will Leave to Lead QBE
Beazley Chief Executive Officer Andrew Horton is leaving to become the group chief executive officer of QBE Insurance Group Ltd. in Australia, the two companies announced. Horton will be succeeded in ...