The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Tampa battery recycling center and smelter almost $320,000 for exposing workers to unsafe levels of lead, cadmium and arsenic, despite being warned about its practices last year, OSHA announced. Envirofocus …
This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at Amwins Global Risks, AXA XL and Randall & Quilter. A summary of these new hires follows. Amwins Global Risks Launches Underwriting Portfolio Management Team Amwins Global Risks, the international arm of …
BMS Re, the independent specialist reinsurance broker, announced the launch of BMS Brasil Corretora de Resseguros Ltda (BMS Re Brazil), headquartered in Sao Paulo. Confirmation of BMS Re Brazil’s license was published in the Official Gazette on Sept. 27. José …
SYDNEY – CNN said it is preventing Australians from accessing its Facebook Inc pages after a court ruled that publishers can be liable for defamation in public comment sections and the social media firm refused to help it disable comments …
ACORD, the standards-setting body for the global insurance industry, announced the expansion of its Global Reinsurance & Large Commercial (GRLC) Data Standards, to include new standards for electronic placing. Re/insurers will be able to leverage these newly developed standards in …
UK connected motor insurtech Ticker and Abacai Group have partnered to increase Ticker’s capacity and introduce new levels of pricing sophistication, bringing connected insurance to a much wider market. Founded in 2018 and launched in 2019 with the backing of …
Cash-strapped China Evergrande Group left its offshore bondholders guessing whether it would pay interest on a bond coupon due Wednesday, despite agreeing to settle debt with a Chinese bank in a $1.5 billion stake divestment deal. With liabilities of $305 …
The final chunk of a cargo ship that capsized two years ago along the Georgia coast is awaiting removal from the water. Salvage crews have worked since November to cut the South Korean freighter Golden Ray into eight giant chunks …
Climate change has returned to the top of the list of insurers’ biggest concerns as the vaccine roll-out and gradual lifting of health restrictions see pandemic fears ease in many countries. Global warming was ranked as the biggest risk to …
Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (Arrowhead) has announced the expansion of its Workers’ Compensation Program into five new southeastern states: Tennessee, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Alabama, with more states to come next year. “Expansion in these southeast states …