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3 11, 2020

DiBattista to Lead Nationwide E&S Brokerage

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Nationwide has named Jude DiBattista to head its E&S Brokerage wholesale primary and excess casualty unit. DiBattista will lead the E&S Brokerage wholesale casualty team from New York and will report to Tom Jurgens, senior vice president, E&S/Specialty Brokerage Underwriting. …

3 11, 2020

Pilot Unions, Families of Crash Victims Seek Revisions to Training for Boeing 737 Max

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Pilot unions and families of those killed in a crash of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max are asking for revisions to proposed new training for the grounded jetliner. The Federal Aviation Administration’s proposed new training module and emergency checklists for the …

3 11, 2020

Arch Capital to Buy Watford for $700M in Cash, with Support from Former Rival Enstar

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Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Watford Holdings Ltd. announced a revised definitive agreement under which Arch will acquire all of the common shares of Watford for $35.00 per share, in an all-cash offer valued at approximately $700 million. The deal …

2 11, 2020

CoreLogic Shareholders Should Support Dissident Nominees for Board, Says ISS

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Two investors pushing CoreLogic Inc. to explore a sale won partial support from a prominent shareholder advisory firm, which urged shareholders to support three of the dissident group’s nominees for the board. Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. said investors should elect …

2 11, 2020

Holzworth to Head Applied Systems’ IVANS

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Applied Systems has named Reid Holzworth as chief executive officer of IVANS, the insurance industry’s exchange connecting insurers, MGAs, agencies, and the insured. Holzworth will lead the expansion of the IVANS strategy and all business functions to accelerate the digitization …

2 11, 2020

Rescue Efforts Continue After Earthquake Strikes Turkey, Greece with at Least 57 Dead

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IZMIR, Turkey – Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, killing at least 57 people and injuring …

2 11, 2020

World’s Strongest Storm in 2020 Kills at Least 16 in Philippines

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The world’s strongest storm this year killed at least 16 people in the Philippines, and sent tens of thousands more to evacuation centers, risking coronavirus infection. Nearly 458,000 people were evacuated mostly in the main island of Luzon, including 177 …

2 11, 2020

Retail Investors Placed Bids for Record $3 Trillion of Shares in Ant Group’s IPO

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Retail investors placed bids for a record $3 trillion of shares in Ant Group Co. Ltd.’s dual listing in an unprecedented show of interest by mom-and-pop savers betting on demand for its financial services in China. The total value of …

2 11, 2020

Japan’s Largest Airport Opens COVID-19 Testing Lab for Departing Travelers

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TOKYO — Japan’s largest airport opened a novel coronavirus testing facility on Monday as it takes steps to reopen international travel that has been largely grounded for months by the pandemic. The Narita International Airport PCR Center is aimed at …

2 11, 2020

Legal Actions Across Globe Could Push Next Wave of Green Investing

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The legal risk for pension funds that fail to account for climate change in portfolio investments is about to become a little clearer. While activists and investors around the world are using courts to push government officials and company executives …