1 11, 2024

Companies Are Dropping the D or E From DEI to Avoid Criticism

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After a backlash against DEI programs by conservative activists, a majority of executives in a new survey said that their companies have changed how the initiatives are described with reduced emphasis on racial diversity. Among more than 60 executives, slightly …

1 11, 2024

Abbott, Reckitt Score First Victory in Baby Formula Trial

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Abbott Laboratories and a unit of Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc were cleared by a jury over claims they hid risks their premature-infant formulas can cause a bowel disease that severely sickened a baby boy. It was the companies’ first trial …

1 11, 2024

Purdue Pharma Nears New Bankruptcy Deal With Sacklers, Mediator Says

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Purdue Pharma is close to a new bankruptcy settlement with its owners, members of the wealthy Sackler family, and state and local governments that have filed lawsuits alleging that its painkiller OxyContin spurred a deadly opioid-addiction crisis in the U.S., …

1 11, 2024

Deadly Spain Floods Show Difficulty of Adapting to Intense Rains

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Floods that killed more than 150 people in eastern Spain this week were caused by a storm that dumped a year’s worth of rainfall in less than 24 hours. The tragedy has raised questions about whether earlier warnings could have …

1 11, 2024

People Moves: Marsh Promotes Lang, Aronson, Rouse in Placement Strategy; Chubb Expands Merna’s Role to Include Multinational Clients

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Marsh Makes Global Senior Leadership Appointments Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan, named Christopher Lang as digital leader, Marsh Specialty and Global Placement. In this newly created role, Lang leads Marsh’s digital global insurance placement strategy. Lang has spent the …

1 11, 2024

Bain-Backed Motor Insurer Esure Draws Interest from Aviva, Allianz

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Aviva Plc and Allianz SE are among potential bidders for Britain’s home and motor insurance firm Esure Group Plc, according to people familiar with the matter. Sampo Oyj, which owns British general insurer Hastings Group, and Belgium-based Ageas have also …

1 11, 2024

Kremlin Says Google Should Lift YouTube Block on Russian Broadcasters

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The Kremlin said on Thursday that Alphabet’s Google should lift its block on Russian TV channels broadcasting on YouTube and said it hoped huge legal claims racking up against the U.S.-based company would jolt it into action. Google stopped serving …

1 11, 2024

Ryan Specialty in Discussions to Acquire UK’s Innovisk Capital Partners

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Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based specialty insurance services firm, announced it is in final discussions to acquire Innovisk Capital Partners from Abry Partners and BHMS Investments LP. As a result of the acquisition, Innovisk would become a part of Ryan Specialty …

1 11, 2024

Ardonagh Advisory Agrees to Acquire Rowett Insurance Broking in UK

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Ardonagh Advisory announced it has agreed to acquire Rowett Insurance Broking Ltd. in the UK. Rowett specializes in commercial, and personal insurance from its offices in St. Austell and Plymouth, England. Its subsidiary company, AGRi Insurance Facilities Ltd., specializes in …

1 11, 2024

Markets/Coverages: IQUW Launches Financial Institutions Product in Australia

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IQUW, the London-based property and specialty re/insurer, has announced that its financial institutions (FI) product, FortiFI, has launched new wording for the Australian insurance market. Launched in the US earlier this year, FortiFI is one of the only fully end-to-end …