All News articles – Page 94
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NewsTravelers’ profit beats estimates on investment gains, fewer claims
Travelers has reported a jump in quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates on Thursday, helped by an increase in returns from investments and lower catastrophe claims.
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NewsPolice discover first cannabis farm in London financial district
The City of London Police said 826 cannabis plants were found in a building near the Bank of England.
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NewsBuilding resilience against winter storms
Ensure flood plans are up-to-date and any impact from COVID-19 (eg reduced staffing) is accounted for, urges FM Global
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News72% of risk managers responsible for reputation
As a largely uninsurable risk, risk professionals are seeking metrics to better measure, monitor and manage reputational risk
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NewsUK startup Nayms nabs £1.5 million to develop insurance for cryptocurrency
The London-based company wants to insure digital assets “through a collaboration between regulated underwriters/brokers and capital markets,” says CTO Theodore Georgas.
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NewsOperational resilience takes centre stage
Why breaking down barriers between risk and business continuity is the key to greater operational resilience
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NewsHurricane risk in 2050
Study assesses the likely impact of climate change on hurricane severity and storm surge over the next 30 years
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NewsService to measure cyber ‘human error’ risk
The Workforce Cyber Culture Assessment assesses people risk and the impact of business culture in a cyber context
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NewsReuters: Trump’s legacy: A more divided America, a more unsettled world
A major part of his legacy when he departs the White House on Wednesday is likely to be Americans more politically and culturally estranged from each other than they were when he took office.
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NewsCorant Global launches
Corant is the new name for BGC Insurance (BGCI), and will comprise of its broking operations Ed, Besso, Piiq Risk Partners and Junge as well as the group’s MGAs Cooper Gay, Globe Underwriting and Epsilon.
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NewsWEF: Why investment in resilience pays off
“It is always cheaper to build a dam than to pay for the flood” - WEF Global Risks 2021
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NewsFitch: Saudi Insurance M&A Activity Increasing Despite Challenges
The changing regulatory landscape, the increased required minimum capital, and the fragmented market will further drive M&A activity for Saudi Arabian insurance companies, says Fitch Ratings in a new report.
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NewsSCOR to provide life insurance products for people with chronic conditions through new partnership with Bayer and One Drop
This joint effort between SCOR, Bayer and One Drop aims to empower people to proactively manage their health through innovative products and to reduce the risk of life-threatening complications from medical conditions.
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NewsBI and pandemic top Allianz Risk Barometer 2021
Pandemic is a “reminder that risk management and business continuity management need to further evolve”
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NewsMore UAE employees want ‘comprehensive’ insurance cover for mental health
“COVID shifted the focus of the individual, and employers need to face up to that when designing their health benefits,” said David Healy, CEO EMEA at Aetna International.
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NewsTHB places the first risk with Global Health Risk Facility through Syndicate 1796
THB brought PFSCM together with the GHRF - an alliance of insurance and technology partners providing comprehensive and data-driven cargo insurance and risk mitigation services for the storage and transit of life-saving medical supplies - including temperature-sensitive Covid-19 vaccines.
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NewsAM Best releases Country Risk Assessment Report on Iraq
The Country Risk Tier of CRT-5 for Iraq reflects a very high level of economic, political and financial system risk.
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NewsHiscox response to Supreme Court Judgment
In order to achieve clarity for customers on the application of relevant policies as quickly as possible, Hiscox agreed in May 2020 to assist the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) by participating in the Industry Test Case alongside seven other insurers.
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NewsSCOR develops a cyber risk management tool through an innovative partnership with CyberCube
The reinsurance industry must manage the risk of large cyber events potentially impacting multiple insured portfolios. Reinsurers are facing a multi-faceted and fast-evolving cyber threat that requires ever greater modeling and analytics capabilities. SCOR has leveraged its leading edge internally developed CAT Platform designed to manage natural catastrophe risk ...
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NewsZurich Insurance to drop out of Nord Stream 2 project: Reuters
Zurich Insurance Group will drop out of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project in the face of looming U.S. sanctions against European companies that support construction of the $11 billion gas pipeline, two sources familiar with the situation said.
