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10 12, 2020

‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Help Stranded Sailors and Avoid Supply-Chain Risks

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Fidelity International is calling for urgent action to address the humanitarian crisis and supply-chain risks caused by the more than 400,000 seafarers who are stranded aboard vessels and a similar number who remain ashore with little prospect for work or …

10 12, 2020

Royal Caribbean Cruise Cut Short When Passenger Tests Positive for COVID-19

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SINGAPORE – An elderly passenger on board a Royal Caribbean “cruise to nowhere” has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, prompting the voyage to be cut short as the vessel returned to Singapore on Wednesday. The 83-year-old guest on board the …

10 12, 2020

Fidelis Raises Additional $185 Million of Capital to Support Growth

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Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced it has raised in the fourth quarter of 2020 an additional $60 million of equity capital from existing and new investor relationships, including Alfa Insurance and affiliated companies with which Fidelis has a long-standing relationship. …

4 12, 2020

Central American Storms in 2020 Preview What’s Ahead with Climate Change: Experts

By | December 4th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Central American Storms in 2020 Preview What’s Ahead with Climate Change: Experts

HAVANA/GUATEMALA CITY – Villagers in Guatemala’s Mayan hillside hamlet Sanimtaca had been about to harvest their cardamom crops that take three years to grow when waves of floodwater triggered by two tropical storms last month washed them away. Now they …

4 12, 2020

Germany Extends $37B Backstop for Credit Insurers to Keep Pandemic Trade Flowing

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Germany agreed to extend a backstop for commercial credit insurers by six months to keep trade flowing and prevent bankruptcies as the economy is hit by a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Under the deal, which still requires a …

4 12, 2020

Momentum Is Building for Pre-Flight COVID-19 Airport Testing

By | December 4th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Momentum Is Building for Pre-Flight COVID-19 Airport Testing

Even as the race to approve and distribute COVID-19 vaccines is entering its final stretch, parts of the travel industry are sprinting to a different finish line: airport testing. In hubs large and small, from JFK to Boston to Frankfurt, …

4 12, 2020

Brexit Trade Talks at ‘Very Difficult Point’ as End-of-Year Deadline Looms

By | December 4th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Brexit Trade Talks at ‘Very Difficult Point’ as End-of-Year Deadline Looms

LONDON/BRUSSELS – European Union officials said on Friday a post-Brexit trade deal could finally be clinched this weekend, but London insisted that negotiations were still “very difficult” and it was determined to “take back control” from the bloc it left …

3 12, 2020

Broker BMS Names Pope from Guy Carpenter as Executive Chairman in Latin America

By | December 3rd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Broker BMS Names Pope from Guy Carpenter as Executive Chairman in Latin America

BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the appointment of Aidan Pope as executive chairman of its Latin American and Caribbean business, effective on Jan. 1, 2021. Pope will focus on growing BMS’ operations in Latin America and the …

3 12, 2020

Brexit Trade Negotiations Are Making ‘Good Progress’

By | December 3rd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Brexit Trade Negotiations Are Making ‘Good Progress’

BRUSSELS – European Union diplomats said on Thursday they hoped a Brexit trade deal with Britain could be agreed by Friday or at the weekend, and EU officials said negotiators were likely to review progress in the next two days. …

3 12, 2020

AXA’s Chief Risk and Investment Officer Says Biodiversity Loss Among ‘Very Top Risks’

By | December 3rd, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on AXA’s Chief Risk and Investment Officer Says Biodiversity Loss Among ‘Very Top Risks’

AXA Group’s chief risk and investment officer, Alban de Mailly Nesle is required to ponder myriad dangers to the Paris-based insurer and its 830 billion-euro ($995 billion) asset management arm. He says one of the greatest and most under-appreciated threats …