McKinsey & Co. is nearing a deal with US prosecutors to pay at least $500 million to settle federal probes into its past work helping opioid makers boost sales, according to people familiar with the matter. A settlement, which could …
Centuries ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent with schools of fish, their marshlands and endless tracts of channels melting into the gray-blue horizon. Fast-forward to today, and in estuaries such as New York Harbor, San …
Insurance industry investments in generative AI are expected to surge by over 300 percent from 2023 to 2025 as organizations move from pilots in one or two areas to implementations in multiple functions across business lines. But new research identifies …
The UK said three government bodies are working together to challenge Russian shadow fleet oil tankers if it perceives they have dubious insurance. An announcement from the country’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office didn’t specify how such interventions would occur, …
Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cybersecurity firm, has become the first cyber insurance provider in the UK to launch a service dedicated to recovering funds stolen by cyber attackers. The cyber insurer’s new UK “clawback” service …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Reinsurance and Specialist Risk Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Re Taps Swiss Re’s Schiffer as CEO, North America, Reinsurance AXA XL Reinsurance announced …
Japanese insurer Tokio Marine has paused the sale of its $1 billion Southeast Asia life insurance business, partly due to a dispute with a Malaysian partner over an expiring products distribution agreement, four sources with knowledge of the matter said. …
Four men have been charged with defrauding New York auto insurers by allegedly submitting more than $10 million in fraudulent claims for psychological services —and for allegedly laundering the proceeds of that fraud through a network of illicit check cashers. …
The US opened a federal investigation into whether Tesla Inc.’s partial-automation system marketed as Full Self-Driving is defective after a series of crashes, one of which resulted in a fatality. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it will …
Three of the world’s biggest tobacco companies are near a possible deal to resolve longstanding claims in Canada that they held back information about the health risks of cigarettes. Under the proposal from a court-appointed mediator, Canadian subsidiaries of Philip …