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Record Rain From Hurricane Lane Causes Hawaii Floods and Landslides
A weakening Hurricane Lane has brought record rainfall to Hawaii, where flooding threatens $8 billion of homes. In 12 hours, 16.48 inches (42 centimeters) of rain fell on the Big Island of Hawaii, ...
Court Upholds Twitter Decision to Ban White Nationalist
Twitter Inc. won a battle in the culture wars with a court ruling that upheld its decision to delete the accounts of a self-proclaimed "white advocate." The social media giant has faced mounting ...
Executives On the Move at Zurich North America, Arch and CopperPoint Insurance
A former Allied World executive will become Zurich North America's new chief claims officer. Arch Insurance promoted a long-term executive to handle strategy and distribution for its North American ...
Hannover Re CEO Wallin to Retire; Swiss Re’s Henchoz Will Replace Him
Hannover Re Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Wallin plans to retire in 2019, after the company's annual general meeting scheduled for May 8. Wallin's replacement will be Jean-Jacques Henchoz, a ...
Major Cyber Event Could Produce Significant Losses for Some Major Carriers: A.M. Best
Three of the top 20 cyber insurance providers could face "meaningful to significant gross losses" from a single-event cyber catastrophe, according to an A.M. Best report based on modeling conducted ...
Japan Floods Leave Behind Up to $4B in Insured Losses: AIR Worldwide
Massive flooding in Japan earlier this summer will be costly, with insured losses landing between an estimated $2 billion and $4 billion, according to AIR Worldwide. As the catastrophe modeling firm ...
For Uber, Sexual Harassment Settlement Costs $34,000-a-Head
The cost of Uber Technologies Inc.'s March agreement to settle sexual harassment claims is now itemized: 56 current and former employees who filed claims stand to collect an average of $33,928.57. In ...
No-Deal Brexit Could Affect Everything From Insurance Contracts to Consumer Pricing
Britons face higher prices when buying from the European Union unless the government can secure a Brexit deal, while retirees in countries like Spain risk losing access to pensions paid into U.K. ...