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If You Want a Job, 63 Percent of Insurers Are Looking, Jacobson/Ward Study Found
A majority of insurance companies plan to hire additional employees in 2018, even as the industry's unemployment rate hovers at a record low and the labor market remains extremely competitive, ...
H1 ILS Issuance Reached a Robust and Resilient $7.3B: Swiss Re
Insurance-linked securities continued at a healthy clip during the 2018 first half but failed to reach record levels hit last year, Swiss Re said in its latest report on the matter. H1 2018 ILS ...
California, Hammered by Fires, Plans for Many More Climate-Change Risks
Two-thirds of California's beaches may be washed away by the end of the century, according to the state's latest forecast. California's fourth statewide climate assessment details the increasingly ...
India Recommends J&J Pay Patients Compensation Over Recalled Hip Implants
A government panel has recommended that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) pay compensation of at least $28,500 to each Indian patient who suffered from artificial hip implants the U.S. healthcare firm ...
October Brexit Deadline May Quietly Go Away
The U.K. and the European Union still say in public they want a Brexit deal wrapped up in the next seven weeks. Behind the scenes, though, senior officials on both sides admit this is unlikely. They ...
Watsa’s Fairfax Financial Donates $1M Toward Flood Recovery/Relief in India
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said it is donating $1 million toward relief and recovery involving the recent floods in Kerala, India. The donation will be primarily through the Red Cross. Prem ...
Insurers Can Handle Hurricane Lane’s Hawaii Damage: A.M. Best
Hurricane Lane may have caused widespread floods and landslides in Hawaii, but insurers should be equipped to handle any losses, A.M. Best said in a new briefing. The ratings agency said that most ...
Executives On The Move at Allied World, CyberCube and At-Bay
Risk analytics startup CyberCube is bringing on a former Swiss Re executive as part of its board of directors. Allied World promoted one of its rising executives to a position involving Asia Pacific ...