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Demand Rises for Trade Credit Insurance as Brexit Insolvency Fears Grow
Companies are stepping up purchases of insurance to protect themselves against insolvencies in Britain, industry sources say, in part due to concerns about the impact of Brexit. The UK economy is ...
Quantemplate, a Cloud-Based Data Processor, Pulls in $12 Million
Quantemplate raised $12 million in new venture financing, money it plans to deploy to expand the use of its self-service cloud-based automated data products and services targeted to insurers and ...
Hurricane Dorian Ties an Atlantic Hurricane Landfall Record: Aon
Hurricane Dorian's early September onslaught in the Bahamas, North Carolina and Canada produced total economic and insured losses in the billions, according to Aon's monthly Global Catastrophe Recap ...
London Remains a Magnet for Global Finance, Though Insurance Employment Declined
From the pinnacle of the City of London's largest skyscraper, Stuart Lipton is wagering a $1.2 billion bet that the British capital remains a master of the international financial universe no matter ...
PartnerRe Getting New CFO, First-Ever Chief Operations Officer
Some executive leadership changes are coming to global reinsurer PartnerRe. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mario Bonaccorso plans to retire on March 31, 2020 to pursue a new ...
No-Deal Brexit Risks Throwing Billions of Data Transfers Into Legal Limbo
If Britain hasn't secured a deal to leave the European Union as the clock ticks past 11 p.m. on Oct. 31, billions of data transfers could be thrown into legal limbo. Though not as visible as lines of ...
Blame Game Escalates as UK Argues Brexit Deal is Near Impossible
The blame game over the likely failure to reach a Brexit deal escalated, with the U.K. accusing German Chancellor Angela Merkel of making an agreement effectively impossible. The pound fell. ...
Arch: Dorian, Faxai Caused Up to $75M in Pre-Tax Cat Losses
Arch Capital Group Ltd. disclosed pre-tax catastrophe losses of between $65 million and $75 million for the 2019 third quarter. Damages caused by Hurricane Dorian and Typhoon Faxai are largely to ...