Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its “deep and non-democratic intrusion” into people’s private lives, EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said on Friday. The comments come two days after the European Commission proposed …
After its initial offer of $65 per share to acquire The Hartford was rejected, insurer Chubb came back with two additional offers of $67 and then $70 per share, The Hartford reported today in its first quarter filings. The Hartford’s …
LONDON – UK Club, an insurer of the Ever Given cargo ship which ran aground in the Suez Canal in March, said on Friday it had filed an appeal in an Egyptian court over the detention of the vessel by …
This wrap-up of international People Moves details recent appointments at AXIS Re, Guy Carpenter, Marsh and Dale Underwriting Partners. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced …
Property/casualty insurance software firm Insurity has completed its acquisition of Instec, a cloud software maker for mid-size property/casualty carriers, managing general agencies and specialty insurers. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Insurity said the deal further increases its support …
Despite the combined effects of around $25 billion of pandemic- and natural catastrophe-related losses as well compromised investment returns, a group of reinsurers studied by Aon reported positive earnings for 2020 and an increased capital base, aided by access to …
North American buyers of commercial property/casualty insurance can expect an “ever-so-slight turn for the better” and a “less difficult marketplace” in the months ahead. However, global broker Willis Towers Watson’s 2021 Insurance Marketplace Realities report adds, buyers will continue to …
Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. announced estimated catastrophe losses of approximately $47 million for the first quarter of 2021. Argo expects to report Q1 natural catastrophe losses of approximately $43 million, primarily related to Winter Storm Uri. Approximately half …
The U.S. inland marine insurance segment experienced a “significant downturn in profitability” in 2020, with its loss ratio deteriorating by nearly 16 percentage points amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an AM Best report. The Best’s Market Segment Report, “Significant …
BRUSSELS – The European Commission on Wednesday announced tough draft rules on the use of artificial intelligence, including a ban on most surveillance, in an attempt to set global standards for a key technology dominated by China and the United …