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Executives On The Move at Sompo International and AXA XL
Sompo International Holdings Ltd. appointed some of its rising executives to a new team that will sell small business insurance products in the U.S. and Mexico. A former Zurich executive is joining ...
Many Men Claim They’ve Faced U.S. Workplace Age Discrimination: Hiscox
Age discrimination affects over one-fifth of U.S. workers over the age of 40, a particular number of which are men, according to a new Hiscox survey. With that in mind, the international specialist ...
Carriers and InsurTechs Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate
If you had visited the Berlin Industrial Exposition of 1879, you would have been transfixed by a new kind of train that seemed to move by invisible means. It was powered not by steam but by ...
Apple Offers Up to $1M to Researchers Who Uncover iPhone Cybersecurity Flaws
Apple Inc is offering cyber security researchers up to $1 million to detect flaws in iPhones, the largest reward offered by a company to defend against hackers, at a time of rising concern about ...
Tesla Owner Sues Carmaker, Alleging Use of Defective Batteries
A Tesla Inc owner has filed a lawsuit against the electric vehicle maker, claiming the company limited the battery range of older vehicles via a software update to avoid a costly recall to fix what ...
Lloyd’s, London Markets Exceed Q2 Electronic Placing Targets
More than half of in-scope market risks were placed electronically in the London and Lloyd's markets during the second quarter, surpassing targets placed on the Platform Placing Ltd. (PPL) and other ...
Climate Change Could Increase Turbulence On Your Next Transatlantic Flight
Keeping your seat belt buckled for the duration of Transatlantic flights increasingly looks like a good idea, according to a study of weather systems. The research by meteorologists at the University ...
Data Science Startup DataCubes Is Ramping Up Carrier Partnerships
InsurTech DataCubes raised its first funding round of $2.5 million just under two years ago and continues on a growth trajectory today. (Hint: more fundraising is planned in the near future.) The ...