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Former Zurich Insurance Exec Joins Berkshire Hathaway Specialty’s Singapore Team
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance continues to build its Singapore executive team, this time with a new hire from Zurich Insurance Group. Min Ong will serve as Asia Regional Head of Energy and ...
U.S. Dominates Climate Change Litigation
It's almost counterintuitive if you think about it. There is far more litigation related to climate change in the U.S. compared with Europe, which is usually considered more progressive on the issue. ...
A market conduct examination is a formal review by a state insurance department of how an insurer operates in the...
Google Compare May Go Beyond Auto Insurance
The way Valen Analytics President and CEO Dax Craig describes it, Google's move into insurance with Google Compare for auto insurance is an "all-aboard, wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee" call to the ...
Amlin Sets Sights on Latin American Growth With New Miami Beachhead
Amlin Plc, a Lloyd's of London insurer and reinsurer, is the latest carrier to expand its focus on Latin America by way of Miami. The new Amlin office had a soft launch last October and formally ...
Delphi to Take on U.S. Coast-to-Coast Driverless Auto Test
Delphi Automotive Plc, a supplier of car electronics, is undertaking the longest test of a driverless auto, going coast to coast in the U.S. with a specially outfitted Audi Q5 sport-utility vehicle. ...
AXIS, PartnerRe and Their $11B Merger Are Back in S&P’s Good Graces
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., PartnerRe Ltd. and their pending $11 billion merger are back in Standard & Poor's good graces, which has affirmed the ratings of both companies after essentially ...
Denial of Earthquake Claims Incurs Warning From Oklahoma Commissioner
With the dramatic increase in the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma — which some say are at least partly attributed to waste water injection wells related to the practice of hydraulic fracturing in ...
Chance of California Mega-Quake Rising: USGS
Scientists are virtually certain that California will be rocked by a strong earthquake in the next 30 years. And now they say the risk of a mega-quake is more likely than previously thought. The ...