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Executives On The Move at Sompo International and AXA XL
Sompo International promoted a long-time executive in a branch of its commercial property/casualty business. A long-time executive affiliated with AXA XL is stepping down from one of its divisions to ...
More Brexit Chaos as UK Parliament Rejects Four Alternative Plans
Britain was no nearer to resolving the chaos surrounding its departure from the European Union after parliament failed on Monday to find a majority of its own for any alternative to Prime Minister ...
Ex-Wells Fargo Official to Join AIG in Security Leadership Role; Three Nominated to Board
American International Group, Inc. hired a former Wells Fargo & Company executive and government security official in a leadership role, and separately nominated three new board members. Rich ...
Ethiopian Airlines Crash Could Become Largest Non-War Aviation Reinsurance Claim on Record: Willis Re
Liability claims related to the Ethiopian Airlines crash and the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft could be the largest non-war aviation reinsurance claim on record, hitting reinsurers' ...
Extreme Weather Makes Weather Trackers Valuable to Insurers, Banks, Commodity Traders
Every uptick in wind speed along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline is of enormous interest to Mike Eilts. The senior vice president for weather at DTN, a Minnesota-based analytics firm, knows that an ...
Germany’s Merkel Dives Into Brexit Process to Help Shield EU From UK Turmoil
Angela Merkel will this week stage her most significant intervention in the Brexit process in more than two years, as the European Union moves to shield itself from the fallout of political chaos in ...
Crop Insurance Planting Deadlines Stressed by Massive U.S. Farmland Flooding: Reuters
At least 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of U.S. farmland were flooded after the "bomb cyclone" storm left wide swaths of nine major grain producing states under water this month, satellite data ...
InsurTech Startup Sees Room for Chatbots for Workers Comp Claims
For years, automobile insurers have used automatic dialogue devices, called chatbots, to field calls from policyholders when they report claims. Last year, personal insurance startup Lemonade took ...