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Sirius Plans to Access Public Markets Though Easterly M&A Deal
Sirius International Insurance Group is hitting the public markets in a bid to raise capital, pursue acquisitions and grow. "Access to the public equity markets will facilitate and accelerate our ...
Corporate Britain Warns: Slow Brexit Negotiations Place Thousands of UK Jobs at Risk
Prime Minister Theresa May faces a new onslaught over her Brexit plans from corporate Britain, after the U.K.'s five main business lobbies urged her to make progress in the negotiations or risk ...
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Saudi Insurance Stocks See Huge Gains With End of Female Driver Ban
Saudi insurers posted significant gains on Sunday, on hopes that insurance volumes will rise as women began driving in Saudi Arabia, in the end of the world's last ban on female drivers. This lifted ...
The Good and the Bad at Lemonade: Latest Chronicles
In a blog item titled "We suck, sometimes," a co-founder of Lemonade, the insurer powered by behavioral economics and artificial intelligence, revealed a recent 1,000 percent growth spurt but ...
Backup Driver Distracted In Fatal Autonomous Uber Crash; Streaming Hulu
The human backup driver in an autonomous Uber SUV was streaming the television show "The Voice" on her phone and looking downward just before fatally striking a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix, ...
Toxic Danger in Teflon Chemicals EPA Previously Thought Were Safe
The chemicals used by a West Virginia factory to make nonstick products are dangerous at levels the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had thought were safe, according to a federal study that had ...
Most Global Organizations Fail to Learn from Cyber Mistakes: WTW Survey
A majority of executives around the world feel their organizations can do better when it comes to learning from their past cyber mistakes, according to the results of a global survey conducted by The ...
Sea-Level Rise Puts $117.5B at Risk From Chronic Flooding
Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously. The evidence is anecdotal, but for proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk ...