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3 05, 2021

In His Own Words: Q&A with Applied Underwriters’ Menzies on Buffet, California and ‘Pumping Entrepreneurial Power’

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Steve Menzies, founder and chairman of Applied Underwriters Inc., is a busy man. Since he reacquired his company from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in 2019, he has been buying businesses, creating new subsidiaries, welcoming new teams of professionals and growing …

3 05, 2021

Swiss Re Scores Profit Despite COVID Death Claims, Catastrophe Losses

By | May 3rd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Swiss Re Scores Profit Despite COVID Death Claims, Catastrophe Losses

Swiss Re reported consolidated net income of USD 333 million in the first quarter of 2021, despite heightened losses in its life and health reinsurance business related to COVID and property and casualty reinsurance losses from U.S. catastrophes. The company …

30 04, 2021

Lack of Travel Has Harmed Business Relations, Chubb Survey Finds

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Business travelers are eager to travel again for work and life, but most remain concerned at the same time about contracting COVID-19 and favor extra precautions. They are also concerned that their lack of travel has hurt their business relationships, …

30 04, 2021

GM Says It Has Software Fix for Electric Car Bolt’s Battery Fires

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Engineers at General Motors have figured out how to fix a battery problem with the Chevrolet Bolt electric hatchback that caused five of them to catch fire. The company says they developed diagnostic software to look for anomalies in the …

30 04, 2021

As Ransomware Criminals Get More Ruthless, Experts Call for Multi-Pronged Response

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Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and interference in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening digital scourge with a far broader wallop: crippling and dispiriting extortionary ransomware attacks by cybercriminal mafias that mostly operate in …

30 04, 2021

Judge Wants NRA to Name Insurance Witnesses in Claims Against New York

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A judge ordered the National Rifle Association to provide the names Lloyd’s of London agents or employees who the gun rights group says have information backing its claim that New York’s insurance regulator bullied the company into severing ties with …

30 04, 2021

Biden’s Labor Chief Walsh Weighs Employee Status for Many Gig Workers

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President Joe Biden’s top labor official said most gig workers in the United States should be classified as “employees” deserving of related benefits, in what could be a policy shift that is likely to raise costs for companies that depend …

30 04, 2021

Liberty Mutual Weighing Options, Delays Australian Coal Mine Project

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MELBOURNE — U.S. insurer Liberty Mutual will not be filing an environmental impact assessment for a coal project in Australia, it said on Friday, missing a deadline as it weighs alternatives for the proposed mine. Community groups worried about pollution …

30 04, 2021

New York Begins Probe Into Toxic Metals in Baby Food

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New York’s attorney general said on Thursday she has opened a probe into whether baby food contains arsenic and other toxic metals, and asked four manufacturers to provide information on whether their infant rice cereal products are safe. In letters …

30 04, 2021

EU Seeks Review of GMO Rules for Gene-Edited Crops

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BRUSSELS — The European Commission launched a review of EU rules on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on Thursday, opening the door to a possible loosening of restrictions for plants resulting from gene-editing technology. Prompted by a 2018 ruling from the …