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Argo Group Acquires Italian Specialty Insurer Ariscom
Argo Group International Holdings is the proud new owner of Italian specialty insurer Ariscom, giving it an efficient way to expand through Europe. Neither side disclosed financial details. Argo ...
Microsoft Lawsuit Reveals 238 Gender Discrimination/Harassment Complaints
Women at Microsoft Corp working in U.S.-based technical jobs filed 238 internal complaints about gender discrimination or sexual harassment between 2010 and 2016, according to court filings made ...
China Will Merge Its Insurance, Banking Agencies in Big Regulatory Revamp
China is merging its banking and insurance regulators, giving new powers to policymaking bodies such as the central bank and creating new ministries in the biggest government shake-up in years. The ...
GM Reportedly Will Test Airbnb-Like Service for Personal Auto Owners
General Motors Co. plans to start a pilot program this summer that will enable car owners to rent out their vehicles when they aren't using them, according to people familiar with the matter. The ...
Zurich’s Cover-More Accelerates Latin America Travel Insurance Expansion
Zurich Insurance Group is doubling down on plans to expand throughout Latin America. Weeks after agreeing to pay $409 million for the Latin American operations of Australian insurer QBE, the Swiss ...
Third Winter Storm in 10 Days Menaces East Coast
The third winter storm in 10 days is bearing down on the East Coast, threatening to coat New York City with several inches of snow and dump more than a foot on Boston. New York could get 2 to 4 ...
Willis Towers Watson Sees Small U.S. Commercial Insurance Price Uptick in Q4
Another market analysis has determined that average U.S. commercial insurance pricing nudged slightly in the 2017 fourth quarter. Willis Towers Watson's latest Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing ...
Yahoo Data Breach Victims Allowed to Sue in the United States
Yahoo has been ordered by a federal judge to face much of a lawsuit in the United States claiming that the personal information of all 3 billion users was compromised in a series of data breaches. In ...