Banks, asset managers and other financial firms have won a reprieve from Europe’s most consequential ESG regulation to date, as a wave of intense industry lobbying pays off. Spain, which holds the European Union’s rotating presidency, has proposed that financial …
Members of Generation Z who have worked with insurance agents believe they are knowledgeable and help them make better choices. Nevertheless, Gen Z is under-tapped in the independent agent channel and over-indexes on direct writers. During a recent Travelers Institute …
DP World Plc is slowly working through a backlog of more than 20,000 freight containers piled up at Australian ports following a crippling cyberattack, as labor strikes impede a return to normal operations. DP World, one of the world’s largest …
Insurance broker WTW announced the launch of “A-Star,” an excess layer D&O insurance solution for directors and officers. The new facility provides streamlined access to up to £/$/€ 80,000,000 additional capacity for directors & officers liability insurance, ensuring comprehensive protection …
Cyber catastrophe bonds may be about to move out of the shadows of private deal-making and into the public debt markets. So-called cat bonds, which farm out hard-to-insure risks to capital market investors in exchange for double-digit returns, have typically …
HOUSTON (AP) – A crash at a red light killed six people including former NFL cornerback D.J. Hayden in downtown Houston early Saturday. The two-vehicle crash occurred about 2 a.m. when a Chrysler 300, apparently “going very fast, high velocity,” …
The Bank of England said on Friday it would start the second leg to its first system-wide stress test of how banks, insurers, pension schemes and clearing houses collectively cope with shocks involving interest rates and risky asset prices over …
Freight costs for ships in Ukraine’s alternative export corridor have eased back to their former levels, a government source said on Friday, after brokers said earlier they had risen following an attack on a cargo vessel in the Black Sea …
Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot said on Thursday it had clinched a settlement with leasing company BOC Aviation under which nine aircraft are to be handed over to Russian state insurance company NSK. A statement issued by Aeroflot said NSK would …
Swedish truck maker Scania must share car data, such as vehicle identification numbers, with repair shops and parts distributors, Europe’s top court said on Thursday in a ruling that could provide a boost for the latter looking to tap a …