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18 09, 2020

EU’s Barnier Still Hopes for UK Trade Deal Despite Latest Crisis

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The European Union’s Brexit negotiator told the bloc’s 27 national envoys to Brussels that he still thinks a trade deal with Britain is possible despite a new crisis in the tortuous four-year saga, diplomatic sources told Reuters. Britain left the …

18 09, 2020

Beazley Restructures U.S. Executive Risk Leadership Team

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Beazley has restructured its Executive Risk leadership structure in the United States, which aims to support greater knowledge sharing and collaboration within the global executive risk teams and will focus on developing innovative insurance solutions that tackle the board-level risks …

17 09, 2020

Soccer Star Messi Scores Trademark Victory Over Massi in EU Court

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Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel Messi has won a legal battle over trademark rights relating to his own logo after the European Union’s top court on Thursday dismissed an appeal against the player from a Spanish cycling clothing brand. The …

17 09, 2020

How Spain’s COVID Tracing App Navigates Europe’s Privacy Protections

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“What does RadarCOVID not do?” a promotional video for Spain’s contact-tracing app asks. The answer: while navigating the country’s decentralized healthcare system, it does not locate users, identify them, record personal details, or send data. Without a vaccine or a …

17 09, 2020

Blackstone Joins Brit’s Parent Fairfax in Investing in Lloyd’s Digital Venture Ki

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Digital Lloyd’s syndicate KI reported that it has raised US$500 million from funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Fairfax Financial Holdings, parent of specialty insurer Brit that is behind Ki. Ki said the capital commitment will fund its expansion …

17 09, 2020

Arcadian Risk Starts New Underwriter in Bermuda With Third Point Re Backing

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Arcadian Risk Capital is launching as a new underwriting operation based in Bermuda that will initially underwrite excess casualty and professional lines insurance. Arcadian said it has received its licence from the Bermuda Monetary Authority and will operate as a …

17 09, 2020

Rental Car Company to Pay $80K in Penalties, Implement Reforms Over Fraud Allegations

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A discount car rental company operating out of Newark and JFK Airports has agreed to pay $80,000 in penalties, enter binding arbitration to resolve consumer complaints and change its policies and practices following New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal …

17 09, 2020

U.S. Prosecutors Charge 7 in Alleged Multi-Target Chinese Hacking Scheme

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The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it has charged five Chinese residents and two Malaysian businessmen in a wide-ranging hacking effort that encompassed targets from video games to pro-democracy activists. Federal prosecutors said the Chinese nationals had been charged …

17 09, 2020

Slowness, Not Speed, of Hurricanes Like Sally Becoming Major Concern

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For Grant Saltz, who runs a barbecue restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, what struck him about Hurricane Sally was its steady, deliberate pace, after the storm rumbled into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday as a powerful Category 2 hurricane. “It’s …

17 09, 2020

Sompo’s Davis Named President of Canopius USA as It Eyes Expansion

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Specialty insurer Canopius Group has appointed Lisa Davis to the new position of president and chief underwriting officer of Canopius USA, effective October 1. Davis joins Canopius from Sompo America Insurance Services, where she has served as executive vice president, …