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15 12, 2020

Legacy Specialist Carrick Specialty Holdings Buys UK-Based Community Re

By | December 15th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Legacy Specialist Carrick Specialty Holdings Buys UK-Based Community Re

Carrick Specialty Holdings LLC, a New York City-based international non-life legacy business that provides reinsurance and run-off management solutions, announced its UK-based subsidiary, Carrick UK Holdings Co. Ltd., has acquired London-based reinsurer Community Reinsurance Corp. Ltd. from Hampden PLC. Terms …

14 12, 2020

UK Insurer Aviva to Sell Vietnamese Business to Canada’s ManuLife

By | December 14th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on UK Insurer Aviva to Sell Vietnamese Business to Canada’s ManuLife

British insurer Aviva is to sell its Vietnamese business to Canadian insurer ManuLife it said on Monday, as it pushes ahead with plans to pull out from its non-core markets. Aviva, under new boss Amanda Blanc, is looking to sell …

14 12, 2020

Mastercard Loses $18.6B Class Action Court Ruling in UK

By | December 14th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Mastercard Loses $18.6B Class Action Court Ruling in UK

Inc. faces the prospect of a 14 billion-pound ($18.6 billion) UK class action — the largest of its kind — after losing another battle at the country’s highest court over illegal swipe fees. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of …

14 12, 2020

Tortuous Brexit Trade Talks Get New Breath of Life but Next Few Days Critical

By | December 14th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Tortuous Brexit Trade Talks Get New Breath of Life but Next Few Days Critical

BRUSSELS/LONDON – European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Monday that sealing a trade pact with Britain was still possible before the country’s final break with the 27-nation bloc on Dec. 31 but the next few days of negotiations …

11 12, 2020

Global Banks Battle COVID-19 Crime Wave

By | December 11th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Global Banks Battle COVID-19 Crime Wave

LONDON — Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March heralded a new era, of tackling criminals seeking to cash in on coronavirus. A French drugs firm …

11 12, 2020

No-Deal Brexit Grows More Likely as UK-EU Trade Talks Remain Deadlocked

By | December 11th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on No-Deal Brexit Grows More Likely as UK-EU Trade Talks Remain Deadlocked

Britain is likely to complete its journey out of the European Union in three weeks without a trade deal, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. Britain quit the EU in …

11 12, 2020

Chubb Launches Digital Team for Continental Europe and UK & Ireland

By | December 11th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Chubb Launches Digital Team for Continental Europe and UK & Ireland

Chubb has announced the creation of a new digital team for Continental Europe (CE) and the United Kingdom & Ireland (UK&I). The team has been formed to develop and execute the insurer’s plans to broaden its digital product and service …

11 12, 2020

Record Return of Merger Activity Leads to Massive Growth in M&A Insurance Market

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LONDON – A record rebound in merger activity this year and a rise in litigation has brought with it an upsurge in insurance policies that give companies and private equity firms cover for when a deal goes wrong, industry officials …

10 12, 2020

Credit Suisse Shuts Humbolt Re and Kelvin Re After Investor Withdrawals

By | December 10th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Credit Suisse Shuts Humbolt Re and Kelvin Re After Investor Withdrawals

Credit Suisse Group AG is winding down two reinsurance vehicles with assets of about $2 billion after key investors moved their funds out. Humboldt Re and Kelvin Re, which use money from institutional clients to reinsure natural catastrophes and other …

10 12, 2020

Why World Bank’s Controversial Pandemic Bonds Didn’t Function as Promised

By | December 10th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Why World Bank’s Controversial Pandemic Bonds Didn’t Function as Promised

In late January 2015, just after the deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history, then-World Bank President Jim Yong Kim stood in front of a group of Georgetown University students and professors to introduce a new approach to fighting pandemics. Fresh …