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14 11, 2023

California Funeral Home Stored Bodies for 4 Years, Deceived Families, Prosecutors Say

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The owners of a Colorado funeral home were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing there for four years. …

14 11, 2023

Federal Court Splits North Carolina Hurricane Insurance Claims

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A North Carolina investment firm and its property insurer have each won partial victories in a dispute over hurricane insurance claims that has been in court since 2019. A federal district court judge for Eastern North Carolina dismissed the insured’s …

14 11, 2023

Piercing Through Rain, Smoke and Fog: How Radar Satellites See Catastrophes

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Executive Summary: The potential for satellite technology to revolutionize claims management has long been recognized but has only recently been realized with technological advancements. Satellite-based data can give the insurer a “head start” on the event, according to Stephen Lathrope …

14 11, 2023

Banks, Insurers May Escape EU’s Toughest ESG Regulation So Far

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Banks, asset managers and other financial firms have won a reprieve from Europe’s most consequential ESG regulation to date, as a wave of intense industry lobbying pays off. Spain, which holds the European Union’s rotating presidency, has proposed that financial …

14 11, 2023

Port Operator DP World Chips Away at Freight Backlog After Crippling Cyber Attack

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DP World Plc is slowly working through a backlog of more than 20,000 freight containers piled up at Australian ports following a crippling cyberattack, as labor strikes impede a return to normal operations. DP World, one of the world’s largest …

14 11, 2023

Markets/Coverages: WTW Launches Global D&O Excess Facility Called ‘A-Star’

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Insurance broker WTW announced the launch of “A-Star,” an excess layer D&O insurance solution for directors and officers. The new facility provides streamlined access to up to £/$/€ 80,000,000 additional capacity for directors & officers liability insurance, ensuring comprehensive protection …

13 11, 2023

Cyber ‘Catastrophe Bonds’ Move Step Closer to Hitting Public Debt Markets

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Cyber catastrophe bonds may be about to move out of the shadows of private deal-making and into the public debt markets. So-called cat bonds, which farm out hard-to-insure risks to capital market investors in exchange for double-digit returns, have typically …

13 11, 2023

Former NFL Cornerback Among Six Killed in Crash in Downtown Houston

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HOUSTON (AP) – A crash at a red light killed six people including former NFL cornerback D.J. Hayden in downtown Houston early Saturday. The two-vehicle crash occurred about 2 a.m. when a Chrysler 300, apparently “going very fast, high velocity,” …

13 11, 2023

Bank of England to Deepen System-Wide Stress Test for Banks, Insurers

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The Bank of England said on Friday it would start the second leg to its first system-wide stress test of how banks, insurers, pension schemes and clearing houses collectively cope with shocks involving interest rates and risky asset prices over …

13 11, 2023

Freight Costs for Ships in Ukraine’s Export Corridor Ease Back to Former Levels

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Freight costs for ships in Ukraine’s alternative export corridor have eased back to their former levels, a government source said on Friday, after brokers said earlier they had risen following an attack on a cargo vessel in the Black Sea …