AXIS Capital Holdings Limited said Jim Rhyner has been appointed head of North America financial lines, programs, and Canada. Rhyner will take the role on Aug. 31 and report to Head of North America Mike McKenna. He will work out …
China Evergrande Group’s founder Hui Ka Yan has been sentenced to life in prison, bringing an end to one of the most dramatic rise and fall stories in China’s corporate history.The disgraced property tycoon, once Asia’s second richest man, had …
Climate change could cost London as much as £36 billion ($50 billion) a year by the 2050s, the Mayor of London’s office said in a report.Lost working hours, disruption to businesses and damage to infrastructure caused by extreme weather in …
A former Maryland police officer has been sentenced for his role in an auto-insurance fraud scheme that involved several other police officers over several years. Michael Anthony Owen, Jr., of Accokeek, a former Prince George’s County police officer, was sentenced …
Daniel Ilg started out in the freight brokerage industry at 14 years old, learning from his dad how to match trucking companies with loads of goods that needed to move around the country. About two decades later, now running the …
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday sued the former CEO and two other top executives of Tricolor, the latest fallout after the collapse of the Texas-based used-car seller and subprime lender last year. The SEC charged former CEO …
Latin American non-life insurers are moving into a softer part of the cycle, but they are doing so from a position of relative strength. After two years of pricing adjustments in response to the effects of the pandemic and the …
Munich Re Group on Aug. 19 said it has agreed to acquire cyber insurtech At-Bay, Inc. for $575 million. The cyber insurance and managed detection and response (MDR) provider primarily serving small- to medium-sized enterprises in the U.S. will be …
Data center developers are turning to bespoke natural-gas power plants, a development that promises to dramatically increase carbon emissions and make it harder for US technology companies to meet their lofty climate goals. Ninety-nine proposed plants tracked by BloombergNEF would …
To establish an operational presence in the U.S., reinsurance broker Willis Re on Aug. 18 said it is acquiring BMS Re, US. The deal includes BMS Intermediaries Inc. and BMS Capital Advisory LLC, as well as the associated US reinsurance …