The U.S. State Department is tracking efforts to complete Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and evaluating information on entities that appear to be involved, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday. “Any entity involved in the …
The Winners Are InsurTech NY announced the winners of its 2021 Early-Stage InsurTech Competition at the InsurTech Spring Conference on March 10. The winners received prizes worth $200K in total. Winners were selected by judging panels grouped by their background—angel …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away Facebook Inc.’s bid to pare back a $15 billion class action lawsuit accusing the company of illegally tracking the activities of internet users even when they are logged out of the social …
While the Chubb’s $23.2 billion opening bid for The Hartford appears to be mostly a commercial lines play to many observers, one experienced industry observer has a different take on it. Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg would certainly welcome what The …
A new generation of so-called “advanced” nuclear power reactors that Washington believes could help fight climate change often present greater proliferation risks than conventional nuclear power, a science advocacy group said on Thursday. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, has made …
BRUSSELS – The European Union threatened on Wednesday to ban exports of COVID-19 vaccines to Britain to safeguard scarce doses for its own citizens facing a third wave of the pandemic that would jeopardize plans to restart travel this summer. …
Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its virtual healthcare service to other Washington-state employers starting Wednesday and to its own employees nationwide this summer, the company said in a press release. Piloted in September 2019 for staff near its Seattle headquarters, “Amazon …
Britain expects to seal a financial services cooperation pact with the European Union shortly, a senior finance ministry official told a conference on challenges from market fragmentation. The City of London’s ties with the bloc were severed after Britain left …
SEOUL- Authorities in the South Korean capital defended on Thursday a decision to order coronavirus tests for all foreign workers on penalty of fines, as calls grew for the controversial measure to be rescinded. At least one lawmaker of the …
Chubb Ltd., the global insurer led by Evan Greenberg, is exploring an acquisition of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. in what could be one of the industry’s biggest deals in years, people familiar with the matter said. The New York-listed …