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WHO: COVID-19 No Longer a Global Health Emergency
COVID-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, a major step toward the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, ...
RIMS Conference Cut Short by Fatal Shooting in Midtown Atlanta
A fatal shooting incident Wednesday that locked down portions of Atlanta as a suspect was on the loose resulted in the early closing of RIMS' Riskworld annual conference. The shooting occurred at a ...
Chubb’s Greenberg: Start Questioning the Societal Benefits of Litigation Funding
Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg said society and the business community need to start asking questions regarding the purpose of third-party litigation funding, a major contributor to increases in frequency ...
Discarded Joints Pose Hazards for Dogs
Bondi, an 8-month-old toy poodle, had just returned from a walk when he began stumbling. His head wobbled and soon he could barely stand, so his owner, Colleen Briggs, rushed him to the vet. The good ...
Swiss Re Returns to Q1 Profit, Driven by Adequate Pricing, Higher Investment Results
Swiss Re swung back to a first-quarter profit, reporting net income of $643 million compared with a loss of $248 million for the prior-year period. "Profitability improved in all our main businesses, ...
Tizzio Becomes President and CEO of AXIS Capital, Succeeding Benchimol
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that Vincent C. Tizzio assumed the role of president and CEO of AXIS as part of a planned leadership transition, first announced in December 2022, and timed to ...
Robust ERM Programs Vital as Risks Evolve: Report
Though most insurance companies feel their enterprise risk management (ERM) programs are operating at a robust level, rising economic risks and claims costs and the increasing severity and frequency ...
Employees Want Companies With Strong Culture, Values, Leadership
Culture is top of mind when workers weigh up which "unicorn business" they want to work for. That's according to the results of a recent broad-based study by Hu-X which assessed conditions at a ...