Tesla Inc.’s directors will return $735 million to the company to settle claims they grossly overpaid themselves in one of the largest shareholder settlements of its kind, according to a Monday filing in a Delaware court. The settlement resolves a …
The worldwide impact of cybercrime on business is predicted to balloon to $10.5 trillion by 2025, but boardroom focus on cyber risk appears to be diminishing, according to a Beazley risk and reliance report. “The perceived threat of cyber risk …
After returning to New York from Oslo in late May, Harley Hendrix noticed her suitcase containing a cherished Alexander McQueen dress had been diverted to Copenhagen. Also rotting in Denmark: packs of cheese that Hendrix had stuffed into the suitcase …
Britain’s financial watchdog on Monday proposed toughening up safeguards against the illegal marketing of financial products on social media by applying a stringent “consumer duty” that is being rolled out to banks, funds and insurers on July 31. The Financial …
AXA XL Insurance Names CNA’s Smith as Head of US Mid-Market Business AXA XL Insurance appoints Adele Smith as head of Mid-Market Generalist in the next phase of its targeted U.S. Mid-Market insurance business launch. Based in New York, and …
An alternative investment vehicle controlled by French insurer AXA said on Tuesday it will inject $49 million into reforestation projects in Brazil led by local startup Mombak. AXA IM Alts, which has over 185 billion euros ($208 billion) under management, …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Munich Re Specialty Group and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. Munich Re Specialty Group Names Richardson as CUO of Green Solutions Portfolio Munich Re …
Tractable, the London-based insurtech that uses artificial intelligence (AI) for visual claims assessments and disaster recovery, announced a $65M Series E investment led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Existing investors Insight Partners and Georgian participated in the round. Tractable said …
Fred C. Church Insurance Promotes Burbine to SVP, Sales Leader Fred C. Church Insurance, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., promoted Bill Burbine to senior vice president, sales leader. Burbine’s insurance career began in 2002 with Banknorth Insurance Group of Portland, Maine. …
Tesla sued Australian company Cap-XX in Texas federal court on Friday, claiming its supercapacitors used for storing energy in electric-vehicle batteries infringe two U.S. patents owned by a Tesla subsidiary. Tesla CEO Elon Musk pledged in 2014 not to “initiate …